Trauma-Informed Family Practices – Online Microcredential

Support long-term healing with trauma-informed care

Help people in your community move forward, gain resilience and feel empowered to resolve trauma. When you earn a microcredential in trauma-informed family practices online from Oregon State University, you’re prepared to deliver trauma-informed care to people who have experienced childhood neglect, intimate partner abuse or elder abuse. 

Examine how trauma can impact health and well-being, and gain practical skills in active listening, motivational interviewing and trauma-informed practices. This microcredential is ideal if you’re interested in a career as a social worker, community health worker, substance abuse counselor, guidance counselor or probation officer.

Coursework

Required courses (12 credits)

• HDFS 444 – Family Violence and Neglect (4)
• HDFS 462 – Professional Helping Skills (4)
• HDFS 463 – Trauma-Informed Family Practices (4)

Note: You can enroll in HDFS 463 beginning in winter term 2026 and HDFS 462 beginning in spring term 2026.

College of Health recommendation

The trauma-informed family practice microcredential is designed by Oregon State’s College of Health to be taken after completing the introduction to human services microcredential or the human lifespan development microcredential. Doing so will help you be prepared for the subject matter in the advanced trauma-informed family practice coursework.

Skills

The in-demand skills you’ll develop in this microcredential will give you what you need to stand out and level up your career.

• Trauma-informed care
• Active listening and motivational interviewing 
• Cultural competence and humility 

Start working toward a degree in human development and family sciences

Once you complete a microcredential in trauma-informed family practices, you can apply the 8 credits you earned in HDFS 444 and HDFS 462 directly toward Oregon State’s online bachelor’s degree in human development and family sciences.

If you plan to apply these credits toward a full degree, we encourage you to first contact the program to learn about the degree requirements. Please note that acceptance into a microcredential does not guarantee acceptance into a degree program.