Bounce Coalition Training & Other Offerings
Bounce Coalition provides interactive training that builds understanding of trauma and promotes resilience. Our workshops serve schools, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, caregivers, and other audiences covering topics like ACEs, trauma-informed practices, racial trauma, and organizational healing. Whether you need a foundational session or a tailored training, we equip you to support healing and wellbeing for all.
Review our trainings and other offerings below.
People face many stressors that can have a life-long impact on their ability to thrive. Yet it is possible to foster resilience, equipping people with the tools to effectively respond to adversity and bounce back. This interactive workshop supports this goal by increasing understanding of the lifelong impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and building individual and organizational skill to nurture resilience. You will complete practical exercises designed to encourage trauma-informed approaches to serving your clients.
- The original ACEs study and research on child adversity and resilience
- How ACEs impact brain development
- The signs of trauma and impact on lifelong health
- How trauma-informed and resilience-building practices help heal ACEs
- Secondary trauma and the importance of self-care
90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
Bounce 102 is an interactive follow-up session that takes participants deeper into practical strategies for building resilience in themselves and others.
The learning outcomes include:
- Identify resilience as an effective prescription for stress and trauma.
- Learn specific strategies for building resilience in yourself and others
- Identify ways to strengthen the resilience of people who have experienced ACEs
- Leave with a commitment to strengthen your own resilience
Participants will work together on scenarios and build a resilience plan for a young person challenged by multiple ACEs. In addition, participants will be challenged to commit to strategies for building their own resilience.
90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
The focus of this training is to assist governing board members and the senior leadership team of an organization to become trauma-informed.
During this training, participants will:
- Learn what Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) are, and how they impact individuals who receive or provide services within the organization
- Learn how trauma and stress impacts individuals
- Learn the relationship between the organization’s vision and mission with becoming trauma-informed using the six key trauma-informed principles for change
- Learn how governing and policy making responsibilities are impacted by transforming into a trauma-informed organization
90-120 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
To support more organizations in becoming trauma-informed and to sustain practices that help their clients and employees to thrive, the Bounce Coalition has developed Bounce University, a three day “train the trainer” program that enables participants to teach the Bounce curriculum. Participants learn to present Bounce’s evidence-based, interactive learning modules, foundational to building trauma-informed individuals, systems, and communities.
Upon completion of Bounce University training, participants are asked to demonstrate the acquisition of the knowledge and skills required to become a Certified Bounce Trainer by: 1) completing an objective assessment that measures understanding of the key learning objectives (with immediate feedback on performance); and 2) presenting portions of the Bounce content to the training team and classmates in a simulated training environment to ensure content is delivered with a high degree of fidelity and competence.
- The seminal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and research on child adversity and resilience
- How ACEs impact brain development
- The signs of trauma and impact on lifelong health
- How trauma-informed and resilience-building practices help heal ACEs
- The importance of self-care
- Resilient behaviors to help people thrive and barriers to building resilience
- Practical actions to build a culture of resilience
Three 8-hour days – Pricing starting at $9,900* for groups of up to 16 participants
This training includes interactive activities and engaging conversations around race-based traumatic stress (RBTS). Participants will be able to define RBTS and name current and historical examples, recognize the impacts, and learn about trauma-informed interventions and local resources available to address RBTS.
120 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
In partnership with the Department of Community Based Services, Seven Counties’ Bellewood and Brooklawn, and St. Joseph Children’s Home, Bounce has created a trauma-informed care framework for agencies to use as their day-to-day milieu with their clients. In addition to our foundational Bounce trainings, this includes four additional training modules that directly addresses the needs and goals of agencies related to their QRTP status and their continued journeys to become trauma-informed providers.
These four modules include:
- Trauma-Informed Supervision
- Trauma-Informed De-Escalation
- Trauma-Informed Treatment Planning
- Trauma-Informed Progress Notes
60-90 minutes each – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
This interactive workshop helps parents and caregivers understand the critical role they play in their child’s education. It includes practical ways to actively partner with teachers to help children flourish, including making the most of parent/teacher conferences.
60-90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
Too often, parents focus on the problems and challenges their children face. This interactive workshop is designed to help parents and caregivers identify the strengths their child possesses and to build on those assets to help them grow up successfully. The training uses the age-specific developmental assets from the Search Institute and incorporates “homework” to encourage parents to put the learning into action.
60-90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
De-escalation Strategies 101 provides an introduction for adults working with youth on the principles of deescalation, SAMHSA’s 6 Principles of a Trauma Informed Approach, Brain research behind adult and child relationships, the 4 C’s of Calming, effective strategies for disruptive behavior, importance of debriefing, and includes a case scenario.
60-90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925*
The one-hour documentary delves into the science of ACEs and the birth of a movement to treat and prevent toxic stress.
Resilience engages and motivates participants by:
- Introducing the concepts behind the ACE studies and the life-long impact of exposure to multiple ACEs.
- Discussing the impact of ACEs in participants’ work life and community.
- Discussing the role participants can play in the lives of the people they serve, including supporting referrals to services in the community.
90-120 minutes – Pricing starting at $600* for groups of up to 35
Building a trauma-informed, healing centered organization requires focused attention and on-going support. Bounce has developed a series of professional development training modules that encourage practical skill-building in each topic area, continued support of staff, prevention of burnout, sharing of best practices, and reinforcement of trauma-informed principles.
- Self-Care and Mindfulness Practices
- Resiliency Building and Strategy Practice
- Effective Problem-Solving Team Meetings
- De-escalation Strategies
- Racial Trauma and Healing
60-90 minutes – Pricing starting at $925* for groups of up to 35
The Bounce Coalition is eager and excited to provide this new training for FREE to communities across the Commonwealth to strengthen community capacity, provide new resources to build resilience, and equip community members with the tools to respond in a trauma-informed way.
Spiritual First Aid teaches frontline peer-to-peer spiritual and emotional care and trauma-informed best practices through its step-by-step BLESS CRP helping framework.
This training can be done in one day (8 hours) or two (4-hour) days.
Free* (for first 5 Organizations) – for groups up to 35
This training is designed to help youth-serving professionals understand the relationship between trauma, brain development, and substance use in adolescents. Participants will gain strategies for building resilience in youth, tools for having conversations about substance use, and activities that create opportunities for positive childhood experiences.
The learning objectives include:
- Define positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
- Describe the relationship between PCEs, ACES, and substance use, as well as their impact on youth.
- Identify risk factors and protective factors pertaining to ACEs and substance use in youth.
- Describe and model scientific and evidence-based strategies for building resilience in youth.
Assistance with: planning and implementing evidence-based initiatives that promote child well-being; encouraging trauma-informed policies and systems; and disrupting the damage ACEs creates in our communities.
Hourly – Pricing starting at $150* per hour
A high-quality evaluation plan can be tightly aligned with each organization’s goals and activities.
Hourly – Pricing starting at $150* per hour
Bounce offers a variety of standard trainings that can be customized to fit the needs of the organization or audience.
*This pricing does not include mileage, travel accommodations, or any requested customizations.
Interested in the Bounce Coalition supporting your organization?
Training inquiries should be submitted at least 6 weeks in advance of the desired date, and responses to requests will be provided within 4–5 business days of the request.
FAQ Section
After I submit my request, what is next?
- A member of the Bounce Coalition team will reach out to begin the conversation for scheduling your request. Be ready to discuss:
- Desired dates and times
- Desired trainings
- Location of training site
- Any other pertinent information regarding your organization
- Are Bounce training free or do they have a cost associated?
- Some organizations may qualify for FREE trainings and other offerings. If you want to see if our organization qualifies, please note in our form submission.
