South African Institue For Traumatic Stress
Room 122 Emthonjeni Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
Cr Jorrisen & Station Streets (Entrance from Station Street)
Braamfontein Johannesburg, 2001
Tel: (+27 11) 717 8677, Mobile: 084 2988 135, Fax: 086-6568-216
Leoni.Futter@wits.ac.za

	Research by professionals in the field
	Traumatic Stress Training by specialists in the field
	Organisational Capacity Building Programmes for trauma response
	Monthly Workshops & Seminars by leaders in the field
	Monthly Support, Supervision & Journal Club for persons specialising in the field
	The Traumatic Stress News Letter with new developments in the field
	Resource Centre with relevant publications and materials
	Partial Bursaries for individuals and organisations meeting the selection criteria

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Tel: (+27 11) 648 7376 | Fax: (+27 11) 648 6105 | Email: saits@saits.org.za

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About the Institute

The South African Institute for Traumatic Stress (SAITS) has been operating since the 18th of May 2000, offering ongoing research-based training and development to mental health practitioners in the field.

Core activities

• Development of a high quality body of theory and practical knowledge appropriate to the provision of trauma services within South Africa.
• Provision of the highest standard of training and capacity building for mental health workers and service providers.

About the Training Courses

Certificate in Trauma Support & Early Intervention
(6 months - 4 blocks of 3 days each - Cost: R 2000)
The purpose of the training course is:

• Build knowledge in basic trauma theory and treatment.
• Develop skills in order to provide early trauma intervention and assessment.
• Enable trainees to assist clients with posttraumatic stress response and contain and refer clients who need further intervention.

Intended Participants:
Non-registered counsellors working within organisations, frontline workers and victim support workers.

Certificate in Treatment of Trauma Survivors - Advanced Level 1
(6 months - 4 blocks of 3 days each - Cost R 4000)

The purpose of the training course is:

• Increase professional knowledge on trauma, post-traumatic stress and associated topics.
• Increase clinical skills for treating survivors of trauma.
• Offer self-care skills to learners in their ongoing trauma work.
• Provide case/clinical supervision.
• Provide practical exposure and supervision in a diversity of therapeutic techniques.

Intended Participants:
Mental health workers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers who provide treatment to trauma survivors.

Previously approved for 17 CPD points and 3 ethics points.

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Certificate in Treatment of Trauma Survivors - Advanced Level 2
(6 months - 4 blocks of 3 days each - Cost R 4000)

The purpose of the training course is:

• Supervision and processing of difficult trauma cases.
• A critical look at how cases presented in the course link with approaches, models and interventions in the trauma field.
• A critical exploration of alternative models of intervention and clinical skills to use with complex trauma cases.

Intended Participants:
Advanced clinicians doing trauma work, who have attended Advanced Level 1 Training, and who want to increase their clinical construction and skills in dealing with difficult and complex traumatic stress cases. Clinicians must have extensive experience and in-depth theoretical knowledge in the trauma field.

Certificate in Trauma Education and Training
(1 block of 5 days - Cost R 3000)

The purpose of the training course is:

• Build knowledge through providing specialised information in post-traumatic stress and associated topics.
• Build skills in training techniques in traumatic stress studies.
• Increase overall teaching and training capacity.

Intended Participants:
Professional mental health workers who are in training and educating positions within the traumatic stress sector. Including, university lecturers, trainers in NGO's and Government etc. Previously approved for 17 CPD points and 3 ethics points.

Certificate in Working with Perpetrators
(1 block of 3 days - Cost R 1500)

The purpose of the training course is:

• Increase the capacity of professionals in the treatment of perpetrators of violence.
• Increase skills in working with perpetrators.
• Explore methods of intervention in working with perpetrators.

Intended Participants:
Mental health workers already working with perpetrators of violence.

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Monthly Support, Supervision & Journal Club for Registered Counsellors
(2 hours monthly, last Friday of the month, just before our monthly seminars, 12h00 - 14h00, Cost R180/session)

You will benefit from the monthly support, supervision & journal club If you:

• are currently dealing with complex and difficult trauma cases.
• could benefit from the input of other professionals on how to deal with these cases.
• are wanting to hone your trauma skills.
• are suffering from burnout due to a lack of support.

Intended Participants:
Trauma support workers - who have completed either (SAITS) Trauma Treatment Advanced Level One (TT1), or Trauma Treatment Advanced Level (TT2), or psychologists and social workers working with complex trauma cases.

Monthly Supervision Sessions for Non-registered Counsellors
(2 hours monthly, as arranged with the supervisor)

You will benefit from the monthly support and supervision sessions if you:

• are currently dealing with defusing and containing traumatised clients.
• could benefit from the supervision of professional trauma specialists in dealing with difficult cases.
• are suffering from burnout due to a lack of support.

Intended Participants:
Victim/trauma support workers, auxiliary mental health workers and volunteers, who have attended the SAITS training,
Certificate in Trauma Support & Early Intervention.

Short Workshops specialising in the trauma of e.g. HIV/AIDS, Suicide, Children, Rape, Domestic Violence

Courses over and above the SAITS scheduled training programme can be presented on request, subject to the availability of trainers

Capacity building and training courses can be tailored to organisational and individual needs

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Download your schedules and applications here

Training, Seminars and Workshops schedules for 2007 | Supervision/Journal clubs supervision TT1 and TT2 invite | TOT Application | Trauma Support Application | TT Level 1 Application | TT Level 2 Application |
Download your Bursary Application | Download your Perpetrators Application

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