Training of Trainer Institute

Trainer of Trainer, Trauma-Responsive Institute for Authorization (ToT-TRIA)

Application 2025-2026

Purpose: The purpose of the Training of Trainer Institute for Trauma-Responsive Authorization (ToT-TRIA) apprentice program is to help individuals develop a deeper knowledge related to trauma informed, responsive and resilience building practices for educators and to be ready to train providers in the future once they are authorized in Module 100. This intensive apprenticeship program is to support an individual to become authorized and to be able to coach and/or train other providers in learning the foundations and strategies of trauma-responsive and resilience building practices in educational settings.

Overall Activities: Apprentices will participate in a series of trainings, activities and meetings designed to learn the content of module 100 and deepen their understanding and ability to train to the key trauma related concepts. Their Center for Optimal Brain Integration® mentor will lead the apprentices through a process that includes formal instruction, reflective conversation and experiential activities to become ready to independently train on the module. There will be several ToT (Training of Trainer) meetings, independent assignments such as reading and self-recorded practice, all with the intention of deepening knowledge about trauma and key resilience building strategies.

3 Cohorts to Choose on the Application:

Infant and Toddler
PreK-3
TK-12

ToT Time Commitment

Steps to Achieve Authorization

Testimonials

Graduates of our ToT-TRIA

2019 Culturally Responsive Self-Care Practices

Dr. Crystal McClendon-Gourdine

Valentina Torres – Bilingual Spanish

Dr. LaWanda Wesley

2020 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Modules 100 and 200

Silvia Bonilla – Bilingual Spanish
Vanessa Chen – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin
Vincent Cheng - Certificate of Completion*
Denice Lara – Bilingual Spanish
Wendy Lo – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin
Rainbow Markell
Valentina Torres – Bilingual Spanish
Su Mei Wu – Bilingual Cantonese/Mandarin

2020 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Modules 100

Angelena Banks

2020 Health and Wellness Toolkit Spotlight Training

Silvia Bonilla – Bilingual Spanish
Denice Lara – Bilingual Spanish
Wendy Lo – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin
Valentina Torres – Bilingual Spanish
Su Mei Wu – Bilingual Cantonese/Mandarin

2021 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 100

Martha Gomez – Bilingual Spanish
Susanne Kreuzer
Star Fishel-Mohatt
Judy Radiloff
Kathryn Clark Silveira
Jenni Silverstein
Jill St. Peter
Brulene Zanutto - Certificate of Completion*

2022 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 100

Mandy Bailey - Certificate of Completion*
Kate Barbero
Araceli Berenice Cano Ureña – Bilingual Spanish
Alisa Burton
Tonya Byers
Li Wen Cheng – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin Certificate of Completion*
Audra Coburn
Emily Darlington
Joan Davidson
Silvia De La Riva – Bilingual Spanish
Katy Downs-Stroh
Wenonah Elms
Julie Falconer
DeCondia Ferguson
Denise Gale
Nate Gale
Stephanie Gomez
Lori Gonzalez - Certificate of Completion*
Sandra Gonzales-Pabon – Bilingual Spanish
Shadaneca Harbour
Cher Her – Bilingual Hmong
Lee Ho – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin
Namie Ideura – Bilingual Japanese - Certificate of Completion*
Dr. Lisa Katzman
Kristen Krauss
Jena Kubiak
Erica Lara – Bilingual Spanish
Sandra Lee
Pamela Lopez – Bilingual Spanish
Breana Marino
Camille Mays
Yuliana McMurtry – Bilingual Russian
Melissa Melara – Bilingual Spanish
Hazel Naal – Bilingual Spanish
Angelia "La La" Ochoa
Jayme Oliver - Certificate of Completion*
Marissa Pacheco – Bilingual Spanish
Teresa Palomino – Bilingual Spanish
Liz Penman
Jean Raghib - Retired
Adriana Ramirez Diaz – Bilingual Spanish
Sonja Robinson
Vanessa Lopez - Certificate of Completion*
Christina Roseli - Certificate of Completion*
Rebecca Russell - Certificate of Completion*
Noemi Sanchez – Bilingual Spanish
Ramee Serwanga - Certificate of Completion*
Stacy Sewell-Rowe - Certificate of Completion*
Susan Shepardson
Kevin Smith
Robyn Solansky
Cathy Sprints
Rochelle Sweet
Yuen Sin Larissa Tam – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin Certificate of Completion*
Isela Turner – Bilingual Spanish
Maria Magdalena Velarde – Bilingual Spanish
Atti Wali
Sam Watson-Alvarado
Tony Wu – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin

2022/2023 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 100 Infant and Toddler

Kate Barbero

Silvia Bonilla – Bilingual Spanish

Alisa Burton

Tonya Byers

Audra Coburn

Joan Davidson - Certificate of Completion*

Wenonah Elms

Denise Gale

Nate Gale

Martha Gomez – Bilingual Spanish

Stephanie Gomez

Shadaneca Harbour

Cher Her – Bilingual Hmong

Lisa Katzman

Erica Lara – Bilingual Spanish

Angelia Ochoa

Noemi Sanchez – Bilingual Spanish

Cathy Sprints

Robyn Solansky

Jill St. Peter

Rochelle Sweet

Su Mei Wu – Bilingual Cantonese/Mandarin

2023 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 200

Kate Barbero
Alisa Burton
Tonya Byers

Cameo Calhoun

Lisa Carr
Audra Coburn
Emily Darlington
Joan Davidson
Katy Downs-Stroh
Wenonah Elms
DeCondia Ferguson
Denise Gale
Nate Gale
Stephanie Gomez
Shadaneca Harbour
Cher Her – Bilingual Hmong
Star Fishel-Mohatt
Sandra Gonzales-Pabon – Bilingual Spanish
Dr. Lisa Katzman
Erica Lara – Bilingual Spanish
Angelia Ochoa

Aubrey Retamoza
Noemi Sanchez – Bilingual Spanish
Stacy Sewell-Rowe
Robyn Solansky
Cathy Sprints
Rochelle Sweet

2023 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 100

Noemi Alvarado – Bilingual Spanish

Andrea Burnett
Isidro Bruno
Cameo Calhoun
Lisa Carr

Denise Cooper
Monica De Vera
Julia Fang
Janet Garcia

Jennifer Jones
Michelle Kjellesvig
Ka (Carmen) Lo – Bilingual Cantonese
Gloria Lopez – Bilingual Spanish

Erika Melendez
Sheri Noble
Michelle Oliver
Yessenia Pena – Bilingual Spanish

Liliana Reyes – Bilingual Spanish
Elsy Rodriguez – Bilingual Spanish
Theresa Thompson
Jeanne Veich
Andralette Wilson

2023 Module 100 Intersection of Trauma and Disabilities in Early Childhood

Wenonah Elms

Lisa Katzman

2024 Module 200 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Going Deeper

Lisa Carr

Cameo Calhoun

Adriana Ramirez Diaz – Bilingual Spanish

Jenni Silverstein

2024 Module 300 Strengthening Adult Self-Awareness and Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

Isidro Bruno

Silvia Bonilla – Bilingual Spanish

Alisa Burton

Tonya Byers

Cameo Calhoun

Lisa Carr

Audra Coburn

Wenonah Elms

Julia Fang – Bilingual Hmong

Janet Garcia

Stephanie Gomez

Shadaneca Harbour

Cher Her – Bilingual Hmong

Dr. Lisa Katzman

Wendy Lo – Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin

Denice Lara – Bilingual Spanish

Erica Lara – Bilingual Spanish

Elsy Rodriguez – Bilingual Spanish

Stacy Sewell Rowe

Robyn Solansky

Su Mei Wu - Bilingual Chinese/Mandarin/Cantonese

2024 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Module 100

Dr. Shannon Akin - TK-12

Dr. Aysenil Belger - PreK-3

Dr. Jane Bernzweig - PreK-3

Lisa Carr - Infant and Toddler

Kathryn Clark Silveira - Infant and Toddler

Cameo Calhoun - Infant and Toddler

Casey Diamantine - Infant and Toddler

Diana Flores - PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Annabel Gallo - Infant and Toddler

Patricia Garibay - PreK3 – Bilingual Spanish

Sandra Gonzales-Pabon - Infant and Toddler – Bilingual Spanish

Josefina Jimenez - PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Marie Jones - PreK-3

Ramya Krishna - PreK-3

Dr. Piret Leonetti - PreK-3 – Bilingual Russian, Finnish, German and Estonian

Carrie Lecheler - Infant and Toddler

Denice Lara - Infant and Toddler – Bilingual Spanish

Marianne Legassey - PreK-3

Wendy Lo - Infant and Toddler

Tamara McClintick

Amira Mohamed - Infant and Toddler – Bilingual Arabic

Amy Murrah - PreK-3

Sheri Noble - Infant and Toddler

Michelle Oliver - Infant and Toddler

Oscar Ramirez - PreK-3

Rachel Riker - PreK-3

Pang Shoua Her - PreK-3

Feliciana Wong - PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Sara Zapata - PreK-3

2025 Authorizations

Ramya Krishna - Module 400 Trauma Responsive Family Engagement

Jeanne Veich - Module 300 Strengthening Self-Awareness and Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

Pamela Lopez - Module 200 Practicing the Strategies Learned in Module 100 – Bilingual Spanish AND Module 300 Strengthening Self-Awareness and Self-Care to Prevent Burnout – Bilingual Spanish

Dr. Jane Bernzweig - Module 300 Strengthening Self-Awareness and Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

Sapna Shah - Module 100 TIP PreK3 – Bilingual Hindi, Marathi, Gujarathi

Cynthia Fong-Wan - Module 100 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK3

Gregory Lucio - Module 100 Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Dr. Shalek Chappill-Nichols - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Elley Ho - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Cantonese

Cathy Sprints - Module 400 Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement

Tonya Byers - Module 400 Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement

Audra Coburn - Module 400 Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement

Fernando Campos - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Shama Marshall - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Liza Sawyer - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Grisel Meza - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Olivia Ortiz - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Alison Gimpel - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Denise Gale - Module 400 Trauma-Responsive Family Engagement

Maranatha Hosick-Farwell - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Sierra Stackpole - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Mirsha Heredia Gomez, EdD - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Spanish

Polly Yu - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Cantonese

Stephanie Trejo - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Giang Le - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3 – Bilingual Vietnamese

Breana Ware - Trauma-Responsive and Resilience Building Practices PreK-3

Rochelle Sweet - Module 400 Trauma Responsive Family Engagement

Nate Gale - Module 400 Trauma Responsive Family Engagement

Sapna Shah - Module 200 Trauma Responsive Practices Going Deeper PreK3–Bilingual Hindi,Marathi,Gujarathi

Lisa Carr - Trauma Responsive Family Engagement

1. Certificate of Authorization – An individual is authorized to train. You may use the Intellectual Property and training materials to train on the module in which you are authorized by the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®.

2. Certificate of Completion – They have completed all the requirements of the cohort (did not miss more than 6 hours total) but may not train using the COBI intellectual property and training materials. All property must be destroyed should you not receive a certificate of authorization.

3. Certificate of Participation - You have completed many but not all the requirements of the cohort and you may not train using the COBI intellectual property. All property must be destroyed should you not receive a certificate of authorization.