FIVE LIVE VIRTUAL LEARNING LABS
Beyond Awareness: Trauma-Informed and Human-Centered Foundations
Build a shared foundation for trauma-informed and human-centered work.
Across five live virtual learning labs, you will connect trauma science, organizational stress, boundaries, accountability, leadership, and the Chefalo Core 5 to the everyday decisions and relationships that shape workplace culture.
Five live virtual labs • April 5–June 7, 2027 • 12:00–4:00 p.m. Eastern
Trauma-informed awareness matters. But awareness alone does not change how people work together.
Many people already understand that trauma and chronic stress affect behavior, relationships, and decision-making. The harder question is how that understanding should shape everyday communication, leadership, boundaries, accountability, and support.
Without shared language and opportunities to practice, people can interpret trauma-informed principles differently. Good intentions can remain disconnected from the choices made in meetings, supervision, conflict, service delivery, and moments of stress.
Beyond Awareness gives participants time to learn, reflect, discuss, and practice across five live labs, so the foundation becomes more usable between sessions and back at work.
This is not a passive webinar series.
It is a facilitated learning experience built for participation and application.
A practical bridge from trauma-informed awareness to everyday practice.
Beyond Awareness brings the core content of our three-day Foundational training into five live virtual learning labs. Rather than compressing the learning into a single event, the cohort creates space to learn, reflect, practice, and return with questions from real work.
Participants build shared language and practical understanding across trauma science, organizational stress, boundaries, accountability, leadership, and the Chefalo Core 5. Guided reflection and between-session application help connect the learning to everyday choices, relationships, and workplace culture.
Register individually—or bring a team and build a shared foundation together.
Designed for individuals and teams ready to build a shared foundation
This cohort is open to individual professionals and organizational teams who want a deeper understanding of trauma-informed and human-centered practice and practical ways to apply it in everyday work.
It is especially relevant for leaders, supervisors, HR and people-culture professionals, staff-development teams, educators, direct-service professionals, and staff champions. Participants often come from healthcare, human services, courts and justice, public safety, K–12 education, libraries, nonprofits, and public agencies.
You do not need prior trauma-informed training or every answer before you begin. You do need a willingness to reflect, participate, and consider how the learning connects to your role and workplace.
What you will explore across five labs
Each live lab combines teaching, reflection, discussion, breakout activities, and practical application. Together, the five labs cover:
Lab 1: Foundations for Trauma-Informed and Human-Centered Practice — paradigm shifts, shared language, trauma science, and an introduction to the Chefalo Core 5
Lab 2: Understanding Trauma Responses and Building Resilience — nervous-system responses, behavior, resilience, and organizational chronic stress
Lab 3: Communication, Coaching, and Organizational Patterns — boundaries, needs, standards, accountability, and difficult conversations
Lab 4: Community, Culture, and Structural Conditions — leadership, meetings, decision-making, culture, and the conditions surrounding people
Lab 5: Staff Wellbeing and Moving Learning Into Practice — compassion fatigue, burnout, team care, reflection, and next-step application
What participants can take back to their work
Beyond Awareness is foundational learning, not an implementation engagement. It helps participants leave with three practical ways to understand and approach their work differently.
Build shared understanding
Recognize how trauma, chronic stress, and nervous-system responses can shape behavior, relationships, communication, and decision-making, without reducing people to labels or diagnoses.
Clarify responsibility
Better distinguish between what individuals can choose, what teams can practice together, and what leaders or organizations must address.
Identify next steps
Use reflection, discussion, and the Chefalo Core 5 to identify realistic next steps for communication, boundaries, accountability, leadership, and team culture.
Important distinction
Beyond Awareness is an educational program. It is not therapy, clinical training, crisis response, an organizational assessment, or a substitute for adequate staffing, safe conditions, supportive supervision, or ongoing implementation work.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY
Learning that changes how people work together.
“The virtual masterclass that Shen provided was absolutely amazing! I have done work in Trauma-Informed Care for five years, and she presented concepts, ideas, and language that were new and enhanced my knowledge and commitment to this work.”
-Khiela J. Holmes, PhD
Clinical Psychologist & Owner, Shalom Wellness Services, LLC
What your registration includes
Five live, four-hour virtual learning labs facilitated by Shenandoah Chefalo, with teaching, guided reflection, breakout activities, and opportunities to apply the learning between sessions.
Digital session materials, a mailed Foundational workbook, and a Chefalo Core 5 orientation and workbook cross-reference. Standard U.S. shipping is included; international participants cover additional postage, and a digital alternative is available.
Protected replays of the teaching portions, not breakout rooms or confidential discussions, will be available through July 7, 2027, with downloads disabled.
Your five live learning lab dates
All five labs meet live on Zoom from 12:00–4:00 p.m. Eastern.
The final interval is three weeks to avoid Memorial Day.
Lab 1 — Monday, April 5, 2027
Lab 2 — Monday, April 19, 2027
Lab 3 — Monday, May 3, 2027
Lab 4 — Monday, May 17, 2027
Lab 5 — Monday, June 7, 2027
Certificate eligibility requires attending at least four of the five labs live. One missed lab may be completed through the teaching replay and an application reflection.
Choose the registration option that fits
Register individually—or bring a team to build a shared foundation together.
Payment is due in full; payment plans are not available.
Early Individual Registration
$1,295
Available through February 19, 2027. Includes one participant, all five live labs, digital session materials, a mailed Foundational workbook, the Chefalo Core 5 supplemental materials, and protected teaching replays through July 7, 2027.
Standard Individual Registration
$1,495
Available beginning February 20, 2027. Includes one participant, all five live labs, digital session materials, a mailed Foundational workbook, the Chefalo Core 5 supplemental materials, and protected teaching replays through July 7, 2027.
Team Registration
Each team registration includes one 60-minute post-cohort implementation conversation, to be scheduled by August 6, 2027. Team participant names are due March 22, and substitutions close March 26.
3-Person Team
$3,600
$1,200 per participant. Includes the complete program and participant materials for three people, plus one 60-minute post-cohort implementation conversation for the team.
5-Person Team
$5,500
$1,100 per participant. Includes the complete program and participant materials for five people, plus one 60-minute post-cohort implementation conversation for the team.
10-Person Team
$10,000
$1,000 per participant. Includes the complete program and participant materials for ten people, plus one 60-minute post-cohort implementation conversation for the team.
Considering 11 or More Participants?
Let’s talk about your organization’s goals, participant group, and the best path forward before you register.
Enrollment is limited to 40 participants. Registration closes March 26, 2027, or earlier if the cohort reaches capacity. Full refunds are available through March 6, 2027.
Important policies and logistics
Payment and refunds. Payment is due in full at registration; payment plans are not available. Full refunds are available through March 6, 2027. After that date, registrations are nonrefundable, although substitutions may be made through March 26, 2027.
Team rosters and substitutions. One team coordinator must submit the complete participant roster by March 22, 2027, including each participant’s contact information, certificate name, workbook preference, and participation-support needs. Participant substitutions are permitted through March 26, 2027.
Workbooks and shipping. Standard U.S. shipping is included. Workbooks for a registered team will be shipped together to one address for the team coordinator to distribute. International participants are responsible for additional postage. Replacements for lost shipments or incorrectly submitted addresses carry a fee, and a digital alternative is available.
Recordings and replays. Only teaching portions will be recorded; breakout rooms and confidential discussions will not be recorded. Protected replays will be available through July 7, 2027, with downloads disabled.
Attendance and certificates. Certificate eligibility requires attending at least four of the five labs live. One missed lab may be completed through the teaching replay and an application reflection. Individual makeup sessions are not included.
These resources support learning, reflection, and facilitated discussion. They are not clinical assessments, diagnostic tools, treatment plans, crisis response resources, employee performance evaluations, or substitutes for medical, mental-health, legal, or other professional care.
READY TO BUILD A SHARED FOUNDATION?
Move beyond awareness—together.
Join us for five live learning labs that give you time to learn, practice, reflect, and return with questions from real work. Register as an individual—or bring a team to build shared language and a practical foundation together.
Questions about program fit, accessibility, shipping, or registration? Contact [email protected].
Considering 11 or more participants? Request an organizational conversation.