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Theiss Training Center for Trauma and Early Childhood Mental Health

Grant projects at the Theiss Center always seek to expand the impact of our work with children and families by providing different forms of training, professional development, consultation, and other supports to the broader family-serving community of professionals. Visit this page to find links to our professional development offerings, information about ECMH consultation, and coming Reflective Supervision and Consultation trainings and services for early childhood professionals.

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CCAT Trauma Proficient Practice Series

The CCAT Project has developed the Trauma Proficient Practice Series, providing baseline level trauma training followed by more intensive training and support to professionals and agencies serving individual children and adolescents as needed.

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PEAR Trauma Series: Children with Trauma Histories in Group Settings

The PEAR Project is now offering a three-part series, developed from the Trauma Proficient Practice series with a specific focus on behaviors and challenges of children with trauma histories for the early childhood professional, including strategies designed with the unique context of group settings in mind.

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Theiss Training Center at major regional and national conferences

Training staff at the Theiss Training Center frequently speak at regional and national conferences. Information about past and coming presentations is available here.

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Event and Professional Development Calendar

Please visit the Pitt Event Calendar to see our coming publicly available trainings, including our CCAT Trauma Proficient Practice Series and our PEAR trainings on Children with Trauma Histories in Group Settings.