Full course description
Title: Trauma Informed Care: Ethical Considerations
Presented By: Mark Sanders, MSW, LCSW, CADC
Program #: 26403
Date(s): Friday, August 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM, Central Time
Format: Live Interactive Webinar, Synchronous Distance Learning
Location: Online
CE Credit Awarded: 3 [Ethics] CE Credits
Total Minutes of Educational Instruction: 180 Minutes
Fee: $69; fee collected at registration includes attendance for the training and CE certificate issuance
Agenda:
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (90 minutes)
· Ethical Principles
· Advocacy in trauma informed care and self-care
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM – BREAK
2:45 PM– 4:15 PM (90 minutes)
· How to become trauma informed system of care
· Establishing boundaries
· Worldwide approaches
Speaker Bio: Mark Sanders, MSW, LCSW, CADC is an international speaker and consultant in behavioral health whose presentations have reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, West Indies and Guam. He is the recipient of four lifetime achievement awards including the prestigious NAADAC Enlightenment Award. He was one of three finalists for the National Association for Addiction Professionals 50th Anniversary Legends Award. Mark is also the recipient of the Illinois Certification Board's Professional of the Year Award, The Illinois Certification Board, Jessica Hayes Lifetime Achievement Award and The Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the social work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago alumni. Mark is the author of five books on behavioral health recovery. Recent writings include: Slipping Through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies For Clients With Multiple Addictions Disorders and Relationship Detox: A Counselors Guide To Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships In Recovery. He was lead writer on a trauma informed gun violence prevention curriculum which is being implemented in several large cities in the United States. His groundbreaking monograph Recovery Management co-authored with historians William White and Earnest Kurtz helped shift addictions treatment and recovery from the acute care model solely towards a Recovery Oriented System of Care. Mark has had two stories published in the New York Times bestselling book series, Chicken Soup for The Soul. Mark has also had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at The University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago and Illinois State University School's of Social Work. He is co-founder of Serenity Academy Chicago, a program which sponsors recovery-oriented peer groups in local high schools.
Learning Objectives:
1. Use ethical principles to guide trauma informed care
2. Advocate more effectively with clients with trauma histories
3. Utilize 7 steps for becoming a trauma informed system of care
4. Establish healthy boundaries with clients with trauma histories
5. Address secondary PTSD
6. Articulate worldwide approaches for addressing trauma
Description: In this presentation you will learn principles which can guide ethical decision making when working with clients and communities impacted by trauma. Topics covered include Ethical principles and trauma informed care; advocacy; best practices and evidence-based approaches to trauma treatment; boundaries in trauma therapy; how to become a trauma informed system of care.
Target Audience: Social Workers, Counselors, and/or other Mental Health Professionals
Accreditations:
Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH)
The University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and will maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.
MIMH awards 3 clock hour(s) or 3.6 contact hour(s) (.36 CEUs) for this program, including 3 clock hour(s) towards ethics, 0 clock hour(s) towards suicide prevention, and 0 clock hour(s) towards cultural competency.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
MIMH is an NBCC - Approved Continuing Education Provider, No. 6339 (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC - approved clock hours for events (or programs) that meet NBCC requirements. Sessions (or programs) for which NBCC – approved clock hours will be awarded are identified in the program bulletin (or web site). The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects for the program.
3 clock hour(s) are offered to the participant for this program.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) ACE
University of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Professional Training Center, provider number: 1880, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: September 5, 2024 – September 5, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [3] [Ethics] continuing education credits.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, Approved Education Provider
This course has been approved by the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Professional Training Center, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for [3] CE(s). NAADAC Provider #312308, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Professional Training Center is responsible for all aspects of its programing.
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Complaints about Course Content, Speakers, Facilities, Nonreceipt of Certificates, Miscellaneous:
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Course Completion Requirements:
- Attend course
- Submit the online course evaluation
- Your CE Certificate will be available in your Canvas account upon submission of the course evaluation
Deadline to Register: Registrations may be taken up until one hour before the start of the program to allow for time to receive instructions and login.
System Requirements:
- An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (4G/LTE or 5G)
- Speakers and a microphone – built-in, USB plug-in, or wireless Bluetooth. Participants’ audio and video functionality will initially be off during the webinar. Participants may choose to turn on their own video and/or audio, but are not required to. Participants may type questions in the Q&A or Chat functions in Zoom. The host or speaker will read each question/comment and respond to them during the training.
- A webcam is not required for participants. Participants may choose to turn on their own video and/or audio, but are not required to. The speaker and the host will have their webcam and audio functionality turned on throughout the webinar, so you may see the speaker, host, and slides.
Certificate of Credit:
- Certificate of credit will be available in your Canvas account after the course evaluation has been submitted
- Save your certificate of credit and any pertinent course information (flyer, brochure, program, schedule, agenda, etc.) for your records
- UMSL | MIMH, Professional Training Center will maintain a record of your attendance and certificate of credit for seven years after program start date
Organization Responsible for Course:
UMSL | Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Professional Training Center
RCEW Building
8225 Florissant Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63121-2020
Website: www.mimhtraining.com
Contact Information: conferences@mimh.edu | 314-516-8419