Storiez Workshops with Dr. Meagan Corrado
Storiez: Trauma Narratives With Urban Youth
Two no-cost virtual workshops!
March 9 and 16, 2023
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
Online via Zoom
Essential to school crisis recovery and renewal is storytelling: creating coherent narratives about our individual and collective experiences help us repair the fracture and rupture that crisis, trauma, and grief create.
As such, SCRR is thrilled to provide two no cost intensive workshops led by Dr. Meagan Corrado, the owner and founder of Storiez Trauma Narratives. Each three-hour training is customized (one for therapists, one for educators and community // school leaders and professionals) and focused on stories as trauma healing practices for youth and our school communities.
Storiez is a trauma-informed intervention designed to help trauma survivors- especially urban youth- to create, voice, and honor their life narratives. Storiez is grounded in trauma theory and reflects an understanding of common factors and best practices for work with victims of trauma. It is grounded in the trauma literature and has been endorsed by some of the leading theorists in the trauma field.
WORKSHOP 1 – Storiez: Trauma Narratives With Urban Youth for Therapists & Clinicians
March 9, 2023
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
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Workshop Description
This training guides clinicians through the process of helping trauma survivors create, voice, and honor their narratives. It begins with an introduction to trauma (defining trauma, exploring trauma exposure and urban youth, and considering the consequences of trauma exposure). It explores trauma treatment for youth (best practices, treatment modalities, common factors, and trauma narratives). Finally, the Storiez intervention is presented using didactic material, video content, and participatory activities. Storiez is a 9-step framework to assist urban youth as they create, voice, and honor their life narratives using a variety of artistic formats and mediums.
Intended Audience
Master’s level clinicians or clinicians in training
WORKSHOP 2 – Storiez: Trauma Narratives With Urban Youth for Community Leaders, Educators and Non Clinicians
A no cost virtual workshop
March 16, 2023
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
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Workshop Description
This training begins with an introduction to trauma (defining trauma, exploring trauma exposure and urban youth, and considering the consequences of trauma exposure). It then explores trauma treatment for youth (best practices, treatment modalities, common factors, and trauma narratives). Finally, the DIY Storiez intervention is presented using didactic material, video content, and participatory activities. Storiez is a 9-step framework to assist urban youth as they create, voice, and honor their life narratives. The DIY Storiez intervention is an adapted version of the full trauma narrative process. It supports trauma survivors in creating abbreviated trauma narratives with the support of teachers, program leaders, coaches, and other community supports.
Intended Audience
Community partners, educators, school site administrators & open to master’s level clinicians or clinicians in training who work in brief treatment settings
Learning goals for both workshops
- Participants will increase knowledge about the prevalence and impact of trauma on urban youth.
- Participants will learn nine steps to implement when helping a trauma survivor create their trauma narrative.
- Participants will identify culturally sensitive, strengths-based strategies to support youth in creating, voicing, and honoring their narratives.
Faculty: Dr. Meagan Corrado
Meagan Corrado is a Doctor of Social Work and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As the owner and founder of Storiez Trauma Narratives, she has authored 9 books and trained over 6,000 clinicians, community leaders, and trauma survivors across 20 innovative training programs.
Dr. Meagan’s interest in helping others process difficult life experiences began at a very early age when she helped family members and friends process feelings about significant life stressors. Storiez stems from Dr. Meagan’s own personal experiences with trauma, as well as her clinical work with children, adolescents, and families.
Dr. Meagan earned her DSW from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016, her Masters of Social Services from Bryn Mawr College in 2009, and her Bachelor’s of Social Work from Cairn University in 2008. She has instructed graduate-level social work students at West Chester University, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Meagan specializes in work with children and teenagers who have experienced difficult life experiences. She takes a creative approach to her work with children, adolescents, and families, incorporating elements of art, music, poetry, and play therapy in her clinical practice. She also engages in her own creative practice, using mosaic, alcohol ink, collage, and resin as a way to process her own experiences of trauma and resilience.
Dr. Meagan completed training in a variety of modalities, including Childhood Sexual Abuse Treatment, Trauma-Focused CBT, CBT, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and Narrative Exposure Therapy. Her experience includes clinical work in a variety of settings, including community mental health agencies, residential treatment facilities, schools, and homes.
More recently, Dr. Meagan has supported systems in implementing trauma-informed practices. She has worked collaboratively with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the American Institutes for Research.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Please only register if you can attend for the entirety of the workshop
- Are CEs offered? Yes. 3, Continuing Education Hours are available for LCSW, MFT, LPCC, LEP & RN.
- Are certificates of completion offered? Yes, upon request.
- Will this space be recorded? Yes, but only sent to workshop participants and only available for two weeks after the workshop.
- Do I need to work with “urban” youth to attend? No! This is applicable and transferable to any young person who has experienced trauma (big T or little t)
- Who can I contact if I have additional questions? Email us at scrr [at] cars-rp.org with “Storiez: Trauma Narratives With Urban Youth” in the subject line.
