About ATSS

ATSS is an international organization dedicated to serving the needs of professionals working with the traumatized. Our members benefit from education, networking, resource linkage, and certification. Members may obtain one of our three certifications to help set them apart in the provision of trauma treatment and response including the Certified Trauma Specialist, Certified Trauma Services Specialist and the Certified Trauma Responder.

Membership

Members become part of an established group of some of the most internationally recognized experts in the field of trauma. Benefits include receiving our e-newsletter full of cutting edge information on trauma provision, publication in our resource directory identifying members by their area of expertise; teleconferences in current trends in trauma treatment and response and networking opportunities here in the United States, Canada and abroad. ATSS also offers an international conference bi-annually.

Certifications

Certifications entitle members to be recognized as having met a rigorous standard of educational and experiential requirements in the field of trauma provision. ATSS offers three certifications: Certified Trauma Specialist for those involved in ongoing individual or group work with a trauma population; the Certified Trauma Services Specialist for those who are providing crisis intervention to this population and the Certified Trauma Responder to those providing post-traumatic stress reduction groups/interventions. These three categories allow the member to apply for certification in the area(s) of work that they presently engage. Certifications are recognized internationally and set those members apart from others as they engage in ongoing re-certification and continuing education.


 

Join IVAT in Breaking the Cycle of Violence


To break the cycle of violence the Stop Abuse Campaign is actively recruiting America’s adults to join the Stop Abuse movement and to help support the Campaign’s three primary strategies to stop abuse:

1) Educating all adults on how to create safe environments for themselves and those who they love.

2) Providing easy access to enhanced mental health treatment and advocacy to all survivors who need it.

3) Ensuring all abuse is reported into the system and effectively handled.

"If we do only these three things we can substantially stop abuse, but to do these three things we have to recruit America to the cause - and that’s up to each and every one of us. We can do that if we all work together to stop abuse" says Andrew Willis. "So we have a choice, we can stop abuse or condemn our children and all victims to another generation of suffering".

"It is time for all organizations, agencies, survivors, activists, advocates, researchers, frontline practitioners, and others to work together in a unified effort to make this a national priority. The time is now," said Robert Geffner, co-chair of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (NPEIV), and President of the Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University.

The Stop Abuse Campaign is a grassroots movement formed in collaboration with other organizations and causes that share a similar mission. We know that it’s going to take all of us working together to stop abuse and that’s why we provide half of our unallocated revenues in grants to support all participating organizations. The Stop Abuse Campaign is a registered 501(c) 3 organization.

 

 


 

Latest Edition of Trauma Lines Available to Public

Fall 2011

There are several advantages that come with being a member of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists.

There are the certification opportunities which entitle members to be recognized as having met a rigorous standard of educational and experiential requirements in the field of trauma provision.

There is the publication in our resource directory identifying members by their area of expertise. There are teleconferences in current trends in trauma treatment, as well as response and networking opportunities in the United States, Canada, and abroad.

However, now one aspect of ATSS membership is now available to members and non-members alike: the bi-monthly ATSS newsletter.

 

Read the Full Edition Today!

 

 


 

 

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