Course Outline

  • Stress and our Bodies Response

  • What is Trauma

  • How does Trauma Affect Us?

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

  • Trauma Informed Care

  • Secondary Trauma

  • Screening vs Assessing for Trauma

  • Responding to Strong Emotional Reactions in Patients

  • Grounding and Grounding Techniques

Part of being Trauma-Informed is knowing how to help a person who is overwhelmed by stress

Course Testimonials

"This is the first time I’ve ever learnt about Trauma Informed Care and I feel it is so applicable and relevant to my current musculoskeletal case load. I’m in my early stages of Womens Pelvic Health training and feel like this has really helped to equip me with knowledge and skills to help both my patients and myself!"
Great lecture, definitely recommend for all physios!"  
Melissa B

"Thank you so much for bringing forward much needed guidance and expertise on trauma informed pelvic care.  I really loved the webinar and it has inspired me to really go deeper down this path and treat those who have had experience of trauma with the skills and care they require"

Brenda C

"Your talk on trauma informed care was super interesting. It has made me rethink the wording I use for consent. I’m just embarking into women’s health but this will flow through to my musc patients as well."

Tracey L

"Thanks for the webinar Mandy, loved the grounding techniques and some wording on how to politely curb a conversation when you know you won’t be able to close Pandoras box again."

Kristen M

Instructor

Mandy Roscher

Mandy Röscher is a Physiotherapist living in Brisbane, Australia Mandy qualified as a Physiotherapist from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2008. She has worked in Private Practice since she qualified. She has a keen special interest in Female and Children's Pelvic Health. Mandy has a passion for teaching and mentoring and has presented a variety of lectures to qualified physiotherapists. Topics have included a variety of Physiotherapy based subjects particularly around Women’s Pelvic Health, Sexual and Genital Pain, Musculoskeletal Assessment, Pain Neurophysiology, Pain Neuroscience Education and Communication. Her courses are centred around the most current evidence available but are extremely clinically orientated. She focuses on the clinical application and integration of current research and practice with the goal being that course participants leave feeling their circle of competence has increased.

Trauma-informed care is about being sensitive to the WAY IN WHICH a service is delivered and NOT JUST WHAT the service is