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Steady in the Storm: Limited Access

Support. Stability. Strength-When It Matters Most.

Length: 2-hour trauma-responsive course | Tools: Caregiver workbook, reflection journal, printable response guides, and repair scripts | Access: Included in Achiever, and Achiever Plus memberships

Trust doesn’t rebuild itself; it’s guided, earned, and practiced.

The Trustwork Series Certification gives facilitators, caregivers, and community leaders a trauma-aware framework for helping children, teens, and families restore emotional safety and connection.
This isn’t just a curriculum; it’s emotional infrastructure designed to transform how we respond to pain, silence, and repair.

You’ll learn to lead conversations that don’t just calm the storm- they teach how to navigate it.

Who It’s For

  • Foster parents, kinship caregivers, and adoptive parents navigating high-emotion moments

  • Youth mentors, child welfare staff, and residential / program staff working with kids in care

  • Family members supporting a child who’s lived through instability, loss, trauma, or system involvement

     

Why It Works

Because healing doesn’t start with control; it starts with safety.

Each lesson translates trauma science into plain, repeatable actions that calm nervous systems and build connection. You’ll learn how to bring steadiness into chaos, compassion into structure, and understanding into every hard moment.

You’ll walk away with the confidence to lead through storms, not get caught in them.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to recognize trauma triggers and calm emotional storms early.
  • How to communicate clearly during shutdowns or meltdowns.
  • How to create predictable routines that restore safety and structure.
  • How to model emotional regulation and teach it step-by-step.
  • How to rebuild trust through consistent, safe relationships.
  • How to balance empathy and boundaries without losing control.

You can’t stop every storm.
But you can be the calm that changes how it ends.

Trustwork Series: Steady in the Storm

  1. Introduction

    3 lessons
    1. General Disclaimer
    2. A Clinical and Personal Reflection
    3. Introduction to Steady in the Storm

  2. Week 1 - PART I: THE STORM ISN’T WHO THEY ARE

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 1: What’s in Your Cup?
    2. Chapter1 Quiz: What Trauma Really Looks Like
    3. Chapter 2: Sponges and Spills
    4. Chapter 2 Quiz: Sponges and Spills

  3. Week 2 - PART I: THE STORM ISN’T WHO THEY ARE II

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 3: You’re Allowed to Be Angry
    2. Chapter 3 Quiz: You’re Allowed to Be Angry
    3. Chapter 4: Who’s Driving the Car?
    4. Chapter 4 Quiz – Recognizing Trauma Responses

  4. Week 3 - PART II: WHAT TO DO IN THE MOMENT

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 5: The Respect Reset
    2. Why It Feels Personal (Even When It Isn’t)
    3. Chapter 6: Don’t Let the Old Stuff Write the New Story
    4. Interrupting Generational Patterns with Awareness, Not Perfection

  5. Week 4 - PART II: WHAT TO DO IN THE MOMENT II

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 7: How to Be Heard (Even When They Shut Down)
    2. Communicating Through Emotional Armor
    3. Chapter 8: Apologizing Doesn’t Make You Weak
    4. Why Accountability Builds Trust Faster Than Authority

  6. Week 5 - PART III: THE LONG GAME OF TRUST

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 9: It’s Not Just Attitude, It’s Overload
    2. Understanding the Signs of Emotional Flooding and Sensory Shutdown
    3. Chapter 10: Staying Present When You Wanna Dip
    4. How to Stay Regulated During Difficult Moments

  7. Week 6 - PART III: THE LONG GAME OF TRUST II

    4 lessons
    1. Chapter 11: When They Hurt You and You Can’t Say It
    2. Making Room for Your Own Grief and Powerlessness
    3. Chapter 12: Forgiveness Isn’t Fake
    4. Letting Go Without Pretending It Didn’t Happen

  8. Week 7 - PART III: THE LONG GAME OF TRUST III

    3 lessons
    1. Chapter 13: Boundaries Aren’t Drama
    2. Chapter 14: Healing Isn’t a Solo Sport
    3. How to Set Limits Without Guilt, Chaos, or Shutdowns

  9. Week 8 - PART III: THE LONG GAME OF TRUST IV

    2 lessons
    1. Chapter 15: You’re the Author Now
    2. Loving Them Well, Even if You’re Only in One Chapter of Their Story

  10. Final Words:

    2 lessons
    1. The Story Continues, Together
    2. Appendix: Tools + Resources

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