Services Training & Research

Training & Research

Helping Individuals and Organizations Achieve Better Outcomes

Overview

A Leader in Trauma-Informed Tools Backed by 75 Years of Experience

People achieve greater effectiveness on a foundation of compassion and trust. You and your organization can build a system of care that dramatically improves your ability to achieve successful client outcomes—while boosting the health and morale of your team.

Hanna Center provides customized training to organizations nationwide based on their strengths, needs and long-term goals. Hanna Center fosters healthy systems of care that deliver wide-ranging benefits to clients, staff and leadership alike.

Hanna Center’s Training & Research services draw on 75 years of providing a system of care at and beyond our Sonoma campus that delivers sustainable outcomes for the members of our community who need it most.

Hanna Trainings

Hanna Center trainings help organizations build healing-centered, trauma-informed practices from the inside out. Delivered in-person or virtually, these interactive sessions are either part of our catalog or custom-built for your staff, your setting, and your goals.

Our trainings are designed for direct service teams, educators, managers, mental health professionals, and leaders committed to real cultural change.

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Programs Through Grants & Partnerships

Hanna Center invests in partnerships and collaborations to share resources and learn from our network. Through grant-funded programs, we are able to deliver trauma-informed training and empowerment directly to the community.

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HannaHow: Our Online Learning Platform

HannaHow is your portal to trauma-informed and healing-centered learning—anytime, anywhere. Drawing from 75 years of service and our rich, in-person training experience, HannaHow brings our most impactful curriculum to life in an engaging, self-paced format.

Whether you’re an individual professional or part of an organization, you’ll gain access to powerful tools and practices designed to transform leadership, culture, and care. With flexible subscription options and content built for real-world application, HannaHow makes deep, meaningful learning more accessible than ever.

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By the Numbers

FY 2023-2024

2,637

Unique Learners

184

Trainings

7

Annual Conferences Held

114

Asynchronous Learners

14

Free Trainings for Community Members and Non-profits

10+

Partner Organizations

Our services have been absolutely enhanced since Hanna Institute began providing training. I feel much more confident that our advocates are well-versed and more aware of trauma-informed care. Plus, I am proud to be able to provide my staff with the opportunity to take part in organized and therapeutic team building activities that support their mental health.

Heloisa Heinen Executive Director, CASA Sonoma County

The strategies I learned through the webinar are practical, relevant, and immediately useful with my students.

Early Childhood Webinar Attendee

I have worked in trauma informed care for 15 years and there are things that I learned in this online training. It is also created in a way that keeps things interesting. Five stars!

Tina Kelly LMFT and Head Start California member, on Trauma-Equipped Training

Training & Research Services Team

Experts and Innovators

Meet our team of experts—social justice advocates, researchers, and community leaders—working to transform lives and communities by leading and innovating trauma-informed care.

Training & Research Partners

Partners in Resilience

Over the last year, we collaborated with the City of San José and the City of Oakland to deliver our Resilient Cities trainings, preparing public-facing staff to better serve the community.

We partnered with Head Start California to develop Trauma-Equipped Training, an online certification course in trauma-informed care for early childhood education professionals. Additionally, we are partnering with local school districts to provide training for students and educators.

Training & Research