LIFTS Virtual Summer Institute
Week-Long Institute | July 13 – 18, 2025 | 9 AM – 3 PM
Earn graduate credits leading to a certificate in trauma and learning.
The summer will kickoff with a convening on Sunday, 7/13 from 5pm-7pm. The courses are a week-long virtual institute, 7/14 – 7/18, 9am – 3pm. Each day will include synchronous Zoom meetings, group work, and assignments. Participants are expected to attend the convening and be available during the entire week-long session. Full participation is required to earn credit.
What: Join us this summer for a week-long virtual institute! Take a three-credit graduate course, attend a keynote speaker, network with educators, and share ideas!
When: July 13 – 18, 2025
Sunday | Keynote Kickoff | July 13th, 5pm–7pm EST
Monday - Friday | Institute | July 13th – July 18th, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. EST
The institute timeframe is comprised of online synchronous Zoom sessions, small group work, cross-convening connections, and asynchronous working time. Specific schedules for each course will be available on Blackboard 2-4 weeks before the start date. Please log onto Blackboard at that time to review the schedule, pre-readings, and details to access the Sunday evening keynote.
Who: Educators who are interested in the impact of trauma on learning. Because the institute is virtual, we encourage educators from near and far to join us.
How much: With generous funding from the Oak Foundation and Lesley University, the cost to attend the summer institute is the same as our spring/fall course offerings: $500 per person.
Registration: See registration links below.
Course Desciptions
*Courses for the Certificate of Completion (course 1 through course 4) must be taken one at a time, and in sequence. For example, if you took course 1 in the spring, you’re eligible to join for course 2 this summer.
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This first course of the certificate examines the impact of traumatic experience on student learning (academic, social, and emotional) and provides a structured approach to individual and school wide interventions. The biological, environmental, and sociocultural aspects of traumatic experience will be presented, and participants will analyze the effects of their work with students impacted by trauma on their own well-being (secondary trauma)
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
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The second course of the series explores how trauma affects self-regulation, social skills and a child’s sense of health and wellbeing, along with interfering with more traditional academic skills that require language, memory, and executive function. This course will address ways to promote these non-academic and academic competencies for students impacted by trauma, including which competencies can be incorporated into the learning flow (as they benefit all children) and which are best taught with an individual support plan.
Full participation is required in order to take a course and earn three-graduate credits.
Take Your Next Step:
Register for a Course Today.
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Course 1: The Impact of Trauma on Learning: An Overview
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Course 2: The Impact of Trauma on Learning: Classroom and Student Supports
Early Access to Registration
Early Access to Registration
Interested in taking a course in Fall 2025?
Remote courses will run late-October through December 2025
Sign up for priority access, and we’ll email you when the schedule is available!
Registration and Course Access Instructions
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❖ Elevate is an online registration system at Lesley University for continuing education services, such as the Trauma Certificate.
❖ You should see your course/start date listed in the upper right hand corner of the “Create Account” sign-in page. If your district/site is sponsoring payment, it is reflected as a discount. If not, after entering your information, the system will prompt you for payment.
❖ If you’re new to Elevate, you need to create a new account even if you’ve taken classes at Lesley before. If you have an existing Lesley account, use the same name for registration (including maiden names) to avoid duplicates in the system.
❖ Your Elevate email address, username, and password are self-chosen. You may opt to utilize existing Lesley credentials or you may choose a new/unique username and password.
❖ Please record your Elevate account credentials. You will need them to sign up for future courses offered through this platform.
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❖ Once registered through Elevate, you will receive 1 to 2 emails at the address you provided:
Everyone receives an email from elevate@lesley.edu with your Elevate username and portal link.
If you are new to Lesley, you will also receive an email from IT as early as 8 weeks prior to the start of the course date with your Lesley account credentials to access Blackboard/myLesley and the Self-Service portal (links below). Please check your spam/junk boxes too.
Important: You will NOT receive an email from IT if you have an existing Lesley account from previous coursework, degree programs, etc. Please contact IT@lesley.edu
Once you are able to log into Blackboard, you will see your course under the ‘my courses’ tab. Courses show up 6 weeks prior to the start date, and may appear out of order. Click here for a myLesley overview.
❖ If you cannot log in to Blackboard within 2 weeks of the course start date – for any reason – you must contact IT@lesley.edu or call 617-349-8770.
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❖ IT self-help portal: https://support.lesley.edu/support/home
❖ Blackboard/myLesley access: https://my.lesley.edu/
❖ Check your grades in the Self-Service Student Account Portal
❖ Order a transcript: www.lesley.edu/transcripts
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❖ Q: I’ve forgotten my Elevate login? A: elevate@lesley.edu
❖ Q: I can’t login to Blackboard?
A: IT@lesley.edu or 617-349-8770❖ Q: I need to drop a course?
A: spedcenter@lesley.edu before the course begins for a refund. No refunds for withdrawals.❖ Q: I need to check on another issue or have another question?
A: Merlyn Mayhew, mmayhew3@lesley.edu, Associate Director, Center for Inclusive and Special Education