CalTrin is excited to reveal our annual Top 10s list!* From our highest attended trainings to the most watched replays, most read blog posts, most engaged microlearning, and top completed self-paced courses, discover the favorites among child- and family-serving professionals in 2025. All CalTrin training and resources are designed to advance child abuse prevention, family strengthening, and professional development in California and beyond. We invite you to use them in your work with families and share them with your colleagues!
TOP 10 TRAININGS ATTENDED
CalTrin training is organized around four domains: Direct Service Delivery Skills, Evidence-Based/Evidence-Informed Service Delivery, Management & Leadership Development, and Trauma-Informed Systems. The following CalTrin-hosted webinars and workshops were our highest attended in 2025:
- Beyond Corporal Punishment: The No Hit Zone Strategy for Reducing Child Abuse
- Setting & Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
- Parenting Traumatized Infants and Toddlers: Myths vs Facts for 0-5
- Reimagining the Restoration of Child and Family Well-Being by Leading with Prevention
- Special Considerations and Support for Expectant and Parenting Youth
- Protecting Your Peace: Supporting Well-Being & Resilience During Turbulent Times
- How About Dad?: Father Engagement Basics
- Learning to Talk About Anti-Asian Racism
- Trauma-Informed Care Foundations: Building Safe, Resilient Environments for Staff & Clients
- Adolescent Cognitive & Psychosocial Development
CalTrin’s Protective Factor Series was our most attended training series of 2025. This introductory training series is designed for anyone who works with children and families and focuses on concrete ways your work can support the building of Protective Factors. CalTrin will focus on one Protective Factor each month, and learners can register for individual trainings most relevant to your work. The series is offered twice per calendar year to provide flexibility for your learning needs and schedule.
TOP 10 TRAINING REPLAYS WATCHED
Whenever possible, we record our training events so that you can fit them into your schedule and share them with your team. The following replays of 2025 training were the most watched:
- Adolescent Cognitive & Psychosocial Development
- Working Effectively with Substance Affected Families – Session 1
- Parenting Traumatized Infants and Toddlers: Myths vs. Facts for 0-5
- How About Dad?: Father Engagement Basics
- Reimagining the Restoration of Child and Family Well-Being by Leading with Prevention
- How to Lead an Effective and Engaging Team Huddle
- Shaken Baby Syndrome: Mechanisms, Risk, and Prevention Across Care Systems
- Trauma-Informed Care Foundations: Building Safe, Resilient Environments for Staff & Clients
- Understanding EMDR Therapy for Children: A Trauma-Informed Guide
- Working Effectively with Substance Affected Families – Session 2
TOP 10 TRAINING TIDBITS – New this year!
Training Tidbits are designed to provide short, on-demand learning—or microlearning. These trainings are “bite-size” so you can learn about a specific topic in just a few minutes, fitting them into your daily work as needed. The following tidbits were the most engaged in 2025.
- The Cycle of Socialization
- Boundaries Are the Foundation of Being a Trauma-Informed Leader
- The BRAVING Inventory: What Does it Take to Build Trust in a Team?
- The Three Levels of Culture: Surface, Shallow, & Deep
- The Shift from Cultural Competency to Cultural Humility: What Does That Mean?
- What Is Child Abuse & Neglect? The Evolution of Our Understanding
- The Pediatric ACEs and Related Life-Events Screener (PEARLS)
- Protective Factors: Lean on Me AZ
- The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) Prevention Framework
TOP 10 BLOG POSTS
Our blog delivers insights and updates from around the CalTrin community, with an emphasis on curated resource collections for topics within CalTrin’s four domains. The following blog posts were the most read in 2025:
- Child Development Series Part One: An Overview of Child Development
- Resources for Prevention and Intervention of Secondary Traumatic Stress
- Child Abuse Prevention Month Tools & Resources
- Understanding & Integrating the Protective Factors Framework into Everyday Practice
- Resources to Support A Trauma-Informed Approach to Child and Family Service
- Spanish-Language Resources
- Resources to Support Early Childhood Mental Health
- The Importance of Father Involvement & Resources to Promote Engagement
- Holiday Overwhelm: Resources for Families and Providers
- Resources to Support Parent & Caregiver Mental Health
TOP 3 SELF-PACED COURSES
As CalTrin continues to expand our catalog of self-paced courses, we are excited to share the following five courses that saw the highest rate of completion in 2025:
- Introduction to Child Trauma
- Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress
- Trauma-Informed Care 101: Understanding Your Role in Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment
- Trauma, Parenting, and Challenging Behaviors (School-Age)
- Trauma, Parenting, and Challenging Behaviors (Adolescent)
EXTEND YOUR LEARNING WITH CALTRIN!
Interested in diving deeper into any of the above topics? Explore available recordings and materials from prior CalTrin webinars and workshops in our Training Archive. (Note: You will need to log in to your CalTrin account to access select training materials. You can create a free account here.) For live learning opportunities, check out CalTrin’s Training Calendar. All webinars and workshops are offered at no cost to learners!
Don’t have time to watch a full replay or attend a live training? CalTrin’s Training Tidbits are designed to provide short, on-demand learning in 10 minutes or less!