This foundational course is a pre-requisite to receiving certification as a Nervous System Informed Birth Professional. However, you can take this course as a stand alone course to enhance your knowledge around trauma, nervous system informed care, maternal mental health and post traumatic growth.
By the end of the
Level I: Foundations course you will...
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Define trauma informed care and nervous system informed (NSI) care
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Describe the principles of trauma and nervous system informed care
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Explain the benefits of NSI care as a birth worker
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Create a birth point of view that is from a NSI perspective
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Define trauma stewardship
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Identify your role as a trauma steward for birth work
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Explain the polyvagal system
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Map your own nervous system using the profile map
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Explain the profile map to a client
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Define trauma
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Differentiate between a coherent state vs an incoherant state
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Define and describe birth trauma and its contributing factors
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Describe symptoms of PPD/PPA through a NSI lens
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Explain how trauma is stuck in body, heart, mind and soul
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Describe the difference between assessing, diagnosing, and 'doing' therapy within their scope of practice
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Recognize the difference between traumatic grief vs expected grief
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List and explain healing modalities that support trauma recovery