Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care

The Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care is a 15-credit program designed to provide participants with foundational knowledge about trauma and the ability to apply that knowledge to their specific settings in order to increase effectiveness with traumatized populations. The program is appropriate for students and professionals in mental health, education, crisis and emergency services, medical settings, criminal justice, law and law enforcement, non-profit and human services agencies, and anyone who works with individuals or systems exposed to trauma. The certificate program may be particularly useful for (but is not limited to) students in the following graduate programs: Clinical Mental Health Counseling, School Psychology, Education, Health Administration, Health Care Administration, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Public Health. Because most of these graduate degree programs permit 6-9 credits of elective coursework, students can often embed some certificate coursework within their degree program.

Trauma Certificate applicants must meet the general requirements for admission to the Graduate School and/or be current students in the Graduate School at Valparaiso University.Submit official transcripts with both original and English translations of all university courses in which you have been enrolled.Once you give the envelope to the Graduate Admissions Office, we will open the envelope, verify the official transcripts, scan them into your profile, and contact the registrar office notifying them we received your official transcripts. 6.0 minimum IELTS.75 minimum TOEFL internet-based780 minimum TOEIC110 minimum Duolingo (the TESOL, ESC, MSN and DNP programs at Valpo do not accept Duolingo at this time)56 minimum PTEEarn a 3.0 GPA (B average) in all undergraduate and/or graduate coursework