Bremen Institute for Trauma Pedagogy

Training and further education as well as expert advice

Since 2006 we have been working with professionals who care for or advise traumatized children, adolescents and their families as well as traumatized adults.

We offer training and further education in trauma-informed pedagogy as well as expert consultation for teams and individuals. We also conduct training courses in-house upon request.

On our website you will find all the important information and links to our cooperation partners. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

All our training courses will take place as planned on the specified dates!

Under pandemic conditions, continuing education seminars are conducted using blended learning, meaning a combination of in-person and online events. In accordance with current legal regulations, electronic learning formats are used if in-person events have to be suspended for health and safety reasons.

Trauma pedagogy

Trauma pedagogy, also called pedagogy of the safe place, applies the findings of modern psychotraumatology and trauma therapy to educational and counselling work with traumatized individuals and their environment.

Their primary task is to stabilize those affected and to promote self-control and self-efficacy. Furthermore, trauma-informed pedagogy provides professionals with competence, confidence, the ability to act, and relief when working with traumatized individuals.

Here's how you can benefit from our offer:

Trauma-informed pedagogy empowers professionals by providing practical strategies for their everyday work. It gives them

• Competence
  includes up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge about trauma, as well as a deeper understanding of trauma-related stress reactions.
• Safety
  and appropriate handling of trauma in both children and adolescents as well as adults
• The ability to act
  and the expanded scope of action offered through the teaching and practice of practical methods provide suggestions and impulses instead of escalations and crises in everyday life.
• Relief:
  Knowledge of possibilities and limitations, as well as effective self-care strategies, reduces the risk of burnout and secondary traumatization.

Founding member of the BAG Traumapädagogik (today: Fachverband Traumapädagogik (FVTP) eV)

The training courses are certified by the DeGPT and the professional association for trauma pedagogy.

About Us

The institute employs a multi-person, multidisciplinary team of consultants. It consists of psychologists, social workers, and special education teachers – all, of course, with extensive additional qualifications in trauma-informed pedagogy.

Our work incorporates many years of professional experience in both inpatient and outpatient educational settings, as well as in specialist services and counseling centers. From this practical experience, we know how important it is to integrate current findings in psychotraumatology with practical strategies for action. This is precisely our stated goal – both in our seminars and in our consultations.

A hallmark of our training courses: We conduct particularly substantial modules with two instructors. The presence of two competent seminar leaders allows for intensive work with the participants. Furthermore, this approach enables us to cover a broader range of knowledge and experience – and last but not least, it simply makes the courses more varied.

Networking and exchange are important to us. We are founding members of the BAG Traumapädagogik (Federal Association for Trauma Pedagogy) and participate in the continuous development of certified curricular training programs as well as in quality assurance of continuing education courses.

Here at the institute, we are absolutely convinced of the possibilities and effectiveness of trauma-informed pedagogy. We therefore teach it with enthusiasm and want to inspire others with it.

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Continuing education

Our seminars offer a highly practical approach to trauma-informed pedagogy, aiming to enhance your competence in working with traumatized individuals and their families. Based on insights from psychotraumatology and attachment psychology, we teach:

• current theoretical knowledge with consistent practical application
• new principles and strategies for daily interaction with those affected
• Expanded scope of action through exercises and practical scenarios
• Methods of stress management and mindfulness for personal self-care and protection against overload and secondary traumatization

Further training

Our training courses to become a trauma educator primarily aim to:

• Understanding the processes that occur in traumatized children, adolescents and adults
• to convey psychological processes and the resulting relationship dynamics,
• To bring security to the planning and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies,
• to ensure relief for skilled workers
• to develop a trauma-informed pedagogical approach that enables compassionate yet differentiated support and guidance.

Each training block includes theoretical input, the testing of practical action strategies, as well as elements of self-reflection and self-care.

Expert advice

Dealing with traumatized individuals often leads to crises and escalations. To better manage such setbacks, we support you with trauma-informed pedagogical consultation.

Our expert advice guarantees you:

• continuous support and relief for teams and individuals
• Timely and solution-oriented handling of current topics and cases from everyday work
• sound content input based on trauma-informed pedagogical principles as well as attachment and developmental psychology findings
• Safety in handling difficult situations
• Planning of intervention strategies
• Clarification of further questions in specific situations

For a detailed review of individual cases, we offer specialized one-on-one consultations. The analysis of specific incidents can also take place with the entire team at your facility.

This offer is also aimed at foster parents who live with one or more traumatized children.