Course Description

Continuing Education Hours: 11

This training is designed to enhance the non-clinical care professional’s knowledge and skills to support the healing process for those they care for who struggle because of a history of trauma and adversity. Learn the essential information and skills to help trauma survivors recover fully from the events of their past. Those that care will increase their ability to use the active ingredients that are vital and fundamental to effective recovery and resilience of a trauma history.

Certification Description

Certified Trauma Support Specialist is a certification that attests that the bearer has completed the educational requirements necessary to help non-clinical care professionals learn the essential information and skills to help trauma survivors recover fully. This certification is valuable for non-clinical trauma professionals, mental health staff, nurses, and emergency first responders. Certification demonstrates knowledge of the essential information and skills to help trauma survivors recover fully from the events of their past.

Learning Objectives

  • Understanding how to have high quality deliberate relationships with co-workers, clients, and your own family.

  • Improving your ability to respect and believe in others, regardless of their emotion, thinking and behavior.

  • Increased ability to create a growth oriented environment characterized as nurturing, open, accepting while promoting high ethical standards.

  • More focus on managing one's self than trying to control others.

  • Greater ability to encourage and empower others to live their values and have integrity.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome and Handouts

    2. Introduction

    1. Module 1 Overview

    2. What is Trauma?

    3. What is Trauma? - Questions

    4. A Simple Truth

    5. A Simple Truth - Questions

    6. Beneficial, Acute, and Toxic Stress

    7. Beneficial, Acute, and Toxic Stress - Questions

    1. Module 2 Overview

    2. Pathogenics

    3. Pathogenics - Questions

    4. Salutogenics

    5. Salutogenics - Questions

    1. Module 3 Overview

    2. An Interacting System

    3. An Interacting System - Questions

    4. Stress Hormones

    5. Stress Hormones - Questions

    1. Module 4 Overview

    2. Balance and Stability

    3. Balance and Stability - Questions

    4. Limbic Shift

    5. Limbic Shift - Questions

    1. Review Overview

    2. Review

    3. Review - Questions

About this course

  • $158.00
  • 55 lessons
  • 11 hours of video content

Course Instructor

Dr. Roderick Logan

DPTh, D.A.A.E.T.S.

Dr. Roderick Logan’s life and work reflect his deeply held conviction that human suffering is not a fate to be borne, but a mission to overcome. He is a Senior Faculty member and Director of Organizational Programs at the Arizona Trauma Institute. As well, he is Senior Faculty at the Trauma Institute International. For over 40 years, Dr. Logan has helped individuals, families, and organizational teams to work through trauma, toxic stress, and histories of adversity, and build towards resiliency. He holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a Doctorate in Practical Theology. He is a Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and a Certified Trauma and Resiliency Life Coach. Dr. Logan trains and consults with organizational leaders and professional care providers throughout the United States and in multiple countries outside the United States. At his core, Roderick is an advocate fighting ignorance and apathy. He believes those who teach and train others need to be taught and trained themselves. His routine includes a list of discerning teachers and mentors, who speak into his life and inspire him to grow and improve. Dr. Logan’s career includes a wide array of first-hand experiences, from California’s Youth Authority in the early 80’s to the Arizona Department of Child Safety, Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family, the Trauma Release and Wellness Centre in Pakistan, and a variety of various community service organizations across the United States. Dr. Logan’s prolific platform, training, experience, and informed passion uniquely qualify him as an authority on trauma-informed care, principles for building towards resiliency, and pathways for living the optimum life. Roderick and his wife, Melody, have been married for 43 years. Together they have raised three children and now play with their eight grandchildren. Thousands of folks read his weekly Facebook blog, Trauma Informed Parenting (@traumainformedparents). Among his family and friends, Roderick is known as, the man in a rowboat, rowing backward into the future.

What This Version Includes

This purchase includes both the full Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS) course and the official certification process through Trauma Institute International (TII).

You will receive:

  • 11 CE hours of trauma training (CTSS course)

  • Access to the certification portal

  • A unique coupon code to activate your certification (valid for 1 year)

  • Step-by-step instructions to complete the application, upload documents, and take the exam

  • Certification valid for 1 year upon approval with option for annual renewal


Certification Requirements

To earn the Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS) credential, you must:

  1. Complete the full CTSS course within 12 months of applying.

  2. Submit the following to Trauma Institute International:

    • Proof of course completion

  3. Pass the certification exam (80% passing grade).

  4. Complete the process within 90 days of certification access activation.

What Our Students Have To Say

5 star rating

Very informative and relevant

Anna Swanson

I appreciated a new perspective and the research /biological components to back it up. Well presented. I would recommend to all practitioners. This education is especially relatable and important for those in healthcare.

I appreciated a new perspective and the research /biological components to back it up. Well presented. I would recommend to all practitioners. This education is especially relatable and important for those in healthcare.

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5 star rating

Phenomenal Instructor, Great Information and Well Designed Class

Joy Binion

Dr. Roderick explains concepts soo well. I finished the course and I've learned so much. I'm using all this information in my everyday life and practice.

Dr. Roderick explains concepts soo well. I finished the course and I've learned so much. I'm using all this information in my everyday life and practice.

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5 star rating

Worthy of Honor

Fitzroy Lewis

This is such an utterly amazing course! The theoretical and practical elements are woven together beautifully, and the presentation is very engaging. I want to review and share this regularly. Thank you very much for presenting this valuable and n...

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This is such an utterly amazing course! The theoretical and practical elements are woven together beautifully, and the presentation is very engaging. I want to review and share this regularly. Thank you very much for presenting this valuable and necessary training.

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5 star rating

Take it to learn and understand trauma

Daryl Butricks

This class was relevant to my position and opened my eyes to trauma informed care. I strongly believe that all behavioral health workers should take this class.

This class was relevant to my position and opened my eyes to trauma informed care. I strongly believe that all behavioral health workers should take this class.

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Pricing Options

Course + Certification (CTSS + TII Certification)

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Refund Policy

Course Refund/Cancellation Policy:

We do not allow for refunds to occur after the completion of the first module of any of our courses. 

  • You will have a 14 day window in which to make a request for a refund, providing you have not completed any of the modules in a given course. 
  • If you believe you have made a purchase by mistake then you can contact us at [email protected]. 
  • Refund requests that come after 14 days of the initial purchases or that come after completing any of the modules will not be approved. 
  • There is an $8 Processing Fee for every refund that we process.


Certification Refund/Cancellation Policy:

At Trauma Institute International, we strive to provide a fair and transparent certification process. Please review our refund policy carefully before making a purchase.

Certification Completion Deadline

  • You have 90 days from the date of purchase to complete the certification process.
  • If you do not complete the required steps within 90 days, your fee is forfeited, and you will need to repurchase to restart the process.

Refund Requests

  • Refunds can be requested within 14 days of purchase.
  • Once you open the examination, refunds are no longer available.

Certification Eligibility & Refunds

  • If you apply for certification but do not qualify, you will not be refunded if you have taken the exam.
  • If you apply for certification, do not take the exam, and do not qualify, you will be refunded and withdrawn from the process.

Processing Fees

  • All refunds will have an $8.00 processing fee deducted from the total refund amount.


If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact [email protected].