The two-day PREP Topical Training, Life Interrupted: Moving Beyond Adolescent Brain Development and Trauma, will equip grantees with knowledge, skills, and resources to better understand adolescent brain development and under what circumstances adolescents are more likely to make risky decisions and why. Grantees will also learn how to apply trauma-informed strategies to decrease unhealthy risk-taking behaviors.

At the end of the training, participants will be able to do the following:

• Identify and understand the effect of trauma on adolescent brain development and behavior
• Understand the importance of trauma-informed approaches in reducing risky behaviors
• Apply strategies to adapt trauma-informed principles and techniques in their program environment
• Utilize trauma-informed knowledge, resources, and tools to effectively support and engage youth

Registration for this training has closed. Please visit the training website to join the waitlist and for additional information.