Trauma-Informed Training Programs and Keynotes
One body of research on ACEs, toxic stress and trauma-informed practice, delivered in the language of your sector. Each program opens with your audience's real challenges and ends with a framework they can use.
Signature programs
When the Past Shows Up at Work
For healthcare, human services and public-facing professionals.
When Behavior Is a Signal
For educators and child-serving organizations.
Choose by audience
| Audience | Program | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Employers and associations | When the Past Shows Up at Work | How stress and adversity shape communication, conflict, trust and performance. |
| Healthcare and human services | What Happened Before the Appointment? | Better patient engagement, fewer escalations and more responsive care. |
| Schools and youth organizations | When Behavior Is a Signal | Responding to challenging behavior without lowering standards. |
| Child-serving institutions | Safe Adults, Safer Systems | Prevention, recognition, reporting and organizational safeguarding. |
| Frontline and public-facing staff | Before the Situation Escalates | Stress-aware communication and de-escalation. |
| Executive and nonprofit leaders | Leading People You Cannot Fully Know | Humane, effective leadership without requiring personal disclosure. |
Formats
Keynote
45–60 minutes. Gives a large audience a shared way to understand stress-driven behavior and a framework they will remember.
90-minute training
Practice with real scenarios from the audience's own work, using the Pause, Interpret, Respond, Refer framework.
Half-day implementation workshop
For teams and leaders ready to apply it to their own communication, policies and response protocols.
The framework in every program
Pause
Notice a stress response before reacting to it, in yourself and in the other person.
Interpret
Ask what may be driving the behavior, without guessing at anyone's history.
Respond
Use communication that lowers the temperature while keeping standards and boundaries.
Refer
Know when and where to connect someone to the right support, and stay in your role.
Past engagements
Conferences, agencies and universities including the House of Commons (UK Parliament), University of Maryland, Government of Cyprus, Prince George's County and ISPCAN.
Not sure which program fits?
Describe your audience and the problem you want to solve. Dr. Pine will recommend a program or adapt one.