Learning Community

Since 2019, the Trauma Services and Training Network is grateful to have continually received funding via a program administered through the Provosts’ Office. MSU Learning Communities “provide safe and supportive spaces for complicated conversations about curriculum and pedagogy and leadership and administrative issues.

The focus of the TSTN Learning Community is to support, explore and develop strategies to advance a commitment to creating a trauma-informed university. The work focuses on service delivery including clinical services, advising, and student support services. In addition, during Learning Community meetings, there is a focus on trauma-informed teaching and developing trauma-informed communities. The Learning Community is open to anyone in our MSU community interested in working to build a trauma-informed campus. We aim to create a space for members to learn and grow our skills that apply to the many different roles and positions we collectively hold. Some learning community members attend regularly while others drop in when available. MSU TSTN steering committee members are always present to introduce content and guide discussions.

Examples of resources and topics previously addressed during the Learning Community:

• Trauma Informed Organizational Change Manual
• Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR)
• Framing Adversity, Trauma, and Resilience
• And many other topics such as pandemic-related stress, vicarious trauma, trauma informed classroom strategies, boundaries and professional roles, etc.

Meetings are held once monthly during the academic year and occur virtually via Zoom. To join the community and obtain the meeting schedule and Zoom link email tstn@msu.edu  

For additional Information contact: 

Natalie Moser, Department of Psychology and Office for Resource and Support Coordination mosern@msu.edu

Cheryl Williams-Hecksel, School of Social Work will1534@msu.edu