Do you know how to...
- Discuss with clients their individualized needs for trauma informed care?
- Design a plan with clients to avoid triggers and re-traumatization?
- Predict how a trauma history may lead to Postpartum Depression, and select assessment tools and appropriate treatment actions?
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
1. Develop a plan to identify clients who may besurvivors of trauma in need of planned intervention to avoidre-traumatization
2. Define ways to elicit client-identified concerns and client-directedsolutions that will minimize triggers and positively impact outcome
3. Relate how Trauma-history is related to Postpartum Depression and show how to assess and take effective actions for treatment
Check out the full curriculum below for more details.
Note: While the course covers issues of general trauma history that will be relevant to previous birth trauma, it does not specifically address previous birth trauma.
Course completion does not authorize the learner to use skills outside their scope. Please refer to your state guidelines for determining scope of care.
HiveCE is an approved provider of continuing education by the California Board of Nursing, and this course is provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17686, for 4 contact hours, through November 30th, 2025. (This is widely accepted nationwide as continuing education for nurses and midwives. This course is accepted by NARM as Category 1 CE for CPM renewal.)
Accepted by NARM for the Midwifery Bridge Certificate, Category 3.
This course was previously approved by MEAC for 4 hours of continuing education through November 30th, 2023, under approval numbers M2122-34-1101DE and M1920-27-1031DE.
For information regarding our refund policy and other Frequently Asked Questions, please refer to our FAQ. If you have additional questions, please email [email protected].
Course curriculum
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1: Introduction
Show details- 1.1 Welcome!
- 1.2 Before We Start
- 1.3 Stories ~ "Janet"
- 1.4 Stories ~ "Linda"
- 1.5 Stories - "Valerie"
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2: Expanding Our Understanding Of Trauma
Show details- 2.1 What is trauma?
- 2.2 PMD Risk Factors vs Trauma Survivor Data
- 2.3 A Surprising Discovery in an NIH Study
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3: Trauma Sources and Statistics
Show details- 3.1 Trauma Statistics By Race
- 3.2 Domestic Violence, Firearms, and Stalking
- Printable PDF: Home Firearm Questions
- Printable PDF: Creating A Safety Plan
- 3.3 Adult Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking
- 3.4 Trauma from War and Natural Disasters
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4: Identifying Trauma Survivors
Show details- 4.1 Developing Options for Disclosure
- Printable PDF: Developing Intake Questions
- 4.2 Increasing Voluntary Disclosures
- Printable PDF: National Resources for Intimate Partner Violence
- 4.3 Identifying Suspected Trauma Without Disclouse
- Printable PDF: Identifying Trauma Survivors in the Absence of Disclosure
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5: Care During Pregnancy (and preparation for birth)
Show details- 5.1 Clinical Presentation by Age and Frequency of Abuse
- 5.2 Identifying Triggers
- 5.3 Taking The Punch Out Of Triggers
- 5.4 Addressing Self-Harm
- 5.5 Considering Co-Care
- 5.6 Essential Elements of Care
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6: Meeting the Relational Needs of Trauma-Impacted People
Show details- 6.1 Why Understanding Relational Needs and Coping Mechanisms Matter
- Printable PDF: Meeting the Relational Needs of Trauma-Impacted People
- 6.2 Aggrieved/Adoring
- 6.3 Submissive
- 6.4 Crisis Oriented
- 6.5 Control Driven
- 6.6 Detatched
- 6.7 Story of Dissociation at Birth
- 6.8 Self-Focused
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7: After The Birth
Show details- 7.1 Postpartum Care
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
- 7.2 Healing In Community
- 7.3 Maintaining Your Own Emotional Health
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8: Post-Test and CE Certificate
Show details- Evaluation Questions
- Post-Test
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Instructor(s)
Maryl Smith
CPM, LDM
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