Fostering Safety, Empowerment, and Recovery for All.
Delve into the Meaning and Methods of Trauma-Informed Approaches with this concise definition, shedding light on compassionate, informed practices to support individuals affected by trauma.
This training is geared towards creating an environment that promotes Trauma-Informed supervision. The course helps supervisors create common, shared language and understanding across their organizations. Â Clients interacting with various agencies and service providers across our systems deserve to reap the full benefits of implementing trauma-informed care; that means we must be engaged in moving Trauma-Informed approaches forward within our entire organization.Â
As a supervisor in these organizations, you are uniquely positioned to help influence the culture. The staff looks directly to you for guidance and support in many areas; trauma-informed will be another area in which you will have the opportunity to prepare staff to impact the population they serve positively. As a supervisor, this course will offer you tools and practical skills that move your supervision style on various levels.
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At Radiant Sunshine, our goal is to offer a special blend of expertise and client-centered care that encourages emotional, spiritual, physical, social, and intellectual wellness. Radiant Sunshine’s core values incorporate our beliefs as a center of excellence in human service and social work. Our overarching principles of empowerment, enrichment, and education combine to offer a lifelong impact to those we serve. Radiant Sunshine, #1403, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026. Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
Lance M. Wilson is a Neuroscience Medical Social Worker who works with patients, families, and care partners impacted by the diagnoses of movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease. Lance works to provide education, assistance navigating healthcare systems, and information on benefits, etc. Lance has the skill set to assess patient/care partner dynamics – intervening (as necessary), assists individuals with building a care team, referring to community/national resources, and conducts brief therapy while aiding in identifying an ongoing mental health professional. Lance acts as a support and guide throughout the course of the disease. Lance has professionally worked in the medical, mental health, and public health field for over 8 years and is often asked to speak on a variety of topics in both academia and the community. Lance is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in the State of Pennsylvania. Lance holds a C-SWHC (Certified Social Worker in Health Care) and ASW-G (Advanced Social Worker in Gerontology) both are specialty certifications from the National Association of Social Workers. Lance holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (BS) in Human Services from Lincoln University of PA and a Master’s Degree in Social Service (MSS) in Clinical Social Work from Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Currently, Lance is pursuing his clinical supervision for his licensure in clinical social work (LCSW) and is currently a PhD student of Social Work at Widener University’s College of Health & Human Services.
CEO
Sharea Farmer is the Founder and CEO of RS Counseling & Wellness with over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Theory, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Racial Trauma. Her expertise in both clinical and administration has allowed her to work in the private and public sectors as an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity & Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices. Her unique practice that focuses on empowerment and education creates transformative wellness for her clients that range from executive leadership teams to supervisors to staff. RS Wellness has developed employee resilience plans and trauma-informed care programs for state and public health agencies, as well as educational groups, both locally and nationally. The workshops and courses created by RS Wellness are the keys to a healthy trauma-informed workplace where everyone can thrive. Courses fall under four categories: DEI, Social Work Continuing Education, Trauma-Focused, and Wellness. Although each course is tailored to its specific subject matter, the courses provide curriculum, assignments, video, and affirming activities. In recent projects, Sharea led the development of Racial Equity training, committees, DEI, and trauma-informed supervision in both Philadelphia and New Jersey-based government, public health, and nonprofit agencies including the City of Philadelphia Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction, Access Matters, Philadelphia Futures, The Ladipo Group, National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, NJ National Association of Social Work and more. This led to assisting those agencies with the development of their trauma-informed and diversity and inclusion strategies. Sharea lives in New Jersey with her husband. She enjoys all things basketball, live NBA games, traveling, coloring, and spending time with family and friends.
