1.5-Hour Spotlight: Trauma Responsive Supervision and Leadership (B16)

A Spotlight Training for Early Childhood Leaders

Course•By Julie Kurtz, MS, LMFT

1-Hour Spotlight: Top Tips to Support Children in Times of Uncertainty and Stress (A62)

Researched based tips to support children in times of uncertainty and stress.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

1-Hour Spotlight: Top TIPS to Support Children in Times of Uncertainty and Stress (Early Childhood Educators) (A62)

Learn evidence-based Trauma-Informed Practice Strategies (TIPS) to support young children in times of uncertainty and stress.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

1-Hour Spotlight: Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement Strategies that Promote Resilience (A25)

Learn trauma-responsive and family engagement strategies in this 1-hour spotlight training.

Course•By Julie Kurtz, MS, LMFT

2.5-Hour Spotlight: Trauma-Responsive Practices for Early Childhood Leaders: Creating and Sustaining Healing Engaged Organizations (B20)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

2-Hour Spotlight: Culturally Responsive Self-Care (Live and Recorded Panel of Trainers) (C5)

YOU CAN’T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST.—UNKNOWN

Course•By Julie Kurtz

2-Hour Spotlight: Top Tips to Support Children in Times of Uncertainty and Stress (A62)

Learn evidence-based Trauma-Informed Practice Strategies (TIPS) to support young children in times of uncertainty and stress.

Course•By Julie Kurtz, MS, LMFT

2-Hour Spotlight: Trauma-Responsive Supervision and Leadership (Early Childhood) (B16)

A Spotlight Training for Educators

Course•By Julie Kurtz

5-Hour Module 100: Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building for Infants and Toddlers Caregivers (Module 100)

Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices for Infant and Toddler caregivers provides an overview on the neurobiology of trauma, the impact of toxic stress on a child and adult and introduces the science of resilience and neuroplasticity. Participants will walk away understanding the difference between a challenging behavior and trauma trigger. The training will guide infant and toddler providers to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children’s brains, behavior, learning, and development. The training introduces a range of trauma-responsive and resilience building relational and environment strategies they can use in their environment that support our youngest children’s health, healing, and resiliency.

Course•By Julie Kurtz, M.S., LMFT

5-Hour Module 100: Trauma-Responsive Practices for Elementary Educators (Module 100)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

5-Hour Module 100: Trauma-Responsive Practices for Middle and High School Educators (Module 100)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

5-Hour Module 200: Practicing the Trauma-Responsive and Resilience-Building Strategies Learned in the Core Module 100 (Module 200)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

5-Hour Module 300: Strengthening Self Awareness and Self-Care to Reduce Burnout in Times of Stress (Module 300)

Module 300 introduces participants to the neurobiology of stress and the science behind cultivating self-awareness, self-regulation, and restorative practices. Participants will explore how these skills buffer stress, reduce burnout and compassion fatigue, and decrease reactive responses when supporting and co-regulating with children and youth. This training invites participants on a reflective journey inward—sometimes described as “earning a PhD in YOU.” By strengthening self-awareness and regulation skills, providers build the internal capacity needed to remain grounded, compassionate, and effective, even in high-stress or emotionally charged situations.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

5-Hour Training: Trauma-Responsive Foundational Principles for Leaders and Organizations (B23)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

6.5-Hour Module 400: Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement Practices for Educators: Building Asset-Focused Partnerships to Improve Equity (Module 400)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

6-Hour Module 100: Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices for PreK-3 Educators (Module 100)

Description: Module 100 for PreK-3: Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices for Early Childhood Educators provides an overview on the neurobiology of trauma, the impact of toxic stress on a child and adult and introduces the science of resilience and neuroplasticity. Participants will walk away understanding the difference between a challenging behavior and trauma trigger. The training will guide educators to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children’s brains, behavior, learning, and development. The training introduces a range of trauma-responsive and resilience building teaching strategies they can use in their classroom to create strength-based environments that support children’s health, healing, and resiliency.

Course•By Julie Kurtz, MS, LMFT

6-Hour Module: Social-Emotional Series for Early Childhood Providers (PreK-3) (E2)

Course•By Julie Kurtz

Growing Humane Beings: Parenting Middle and High School Children with Resilience in Mind

Middle and High school is a pivotal time for growth, identity development, and emotional change. This course provides parents and caregivers with practical, relationship-based strategies to nurture resilience, emotional well-being, and healthy development in their children. Participants will learn how to build responsive relationships, create safe and predictable environments, teach sensory and emotional literacy, support self-regulation during big emotions, and strengthen problem-solving skills. Grounded in neuroscience, the course explores the connection between brain development and behavior, helping adults understand how everyday interactions can foster integrated, resilient brains that support learning, healthy relationships, and lifelong success.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

Growing Humane Beings: Parenting with Resilience in Mind for Children Ages 0-12

This is a self-paced asynchronous training for parents/caregivers of children ages 0-12. The training topics are as follows and recorded in segments, each from 30-60 minutes. • Brain and Behavior • Nurturing and Responsive Relationships • Predictable Environments that Optimize Regulation • Managing Big Emotions and Promoting Resilient Regulation • Teaching Kids About the Brain and How to Be Their Own First • The Impact of Technology on the Brain and Behavior An automatic certificate of completion is provided at the end of the series. You can decide if you want the training delivered sequentially or you have the freedom to choose the order they wish to watch. For questions contact Julie Kurtz at www.optimalbrainintegration.com  

Course•By Julie Kurtz

Micro Learning Series: Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices for Children and Educators: Reducing Stress in Schools: Restore Community and Connection (Early Childhood Focus)

This early childhood series will consist of 40 15-minute micro learning sessions. Each learning sessions build upon the next and it is important to take them in order starting with #1 and ending with #40.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access) Module 400 ToT Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement in Early Childhood: Practices for Equity and Resilience

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access) National Training of Trainer Module 200 PreK-3

Private Access Only

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access Only) National ToT Module 100 Infant Toddler

(Private Access) National ToT: Module 100 Infants and Toddler Caregivers

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access Only) ToT Module 300 Self-Awareness and Self-Care

Course•By Julie Kurtz, M.S., LMFT

(Private Access Only) Training of Trainer National Module 100 PreK-3

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access) ToT Module 201 Looking at Trauma through the Lens of an Individual Child

After attending Module 100 (prerequisite) and/or 200, participants dive deeper in exploring how to observe children using the trauma-responsive observation checklist. They learn to observe themselves and their unconscious reactions using the adult trigger checklist. Finally, they will gain the practical experience of writing trauma-responsive and resilience building support plans that will help young children with histories of trauma build resilience and rewire their bodies to feel safe and secure in the classroom environment.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

(Private Access) ToT Module 700 Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience and Heal from Trauma through Play

Module 700 Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience and Heal from Trauma through Play. For children who experience trauma, play is a powerful tool that provides them with a context to transform the experiences that are overwhelming, frightening, and unimaginable into manageable and predictable events that they have control over. In this training, we go deeper in understanding the intersection of trauma and play and how to support children to have a voice and pathways to heal.

Course•By Julie Kurtz

Spotlight de 1 Hora: Consejos para Apoyar a los Niños Durante los Momentos de Estrés e Incertidumbre (A62)

Course•By Valentina Torres