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Becoming a Tutor

The Survivor Moms’ Companion^® (SMC) meets the needs of perinatal workers seeking to provide childbearing people with the highest standards of trauma-informed care, as specified by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This groundbreaking program is offered only through an end-user license from Growing Forward Together.

Because the SMC is an educational program, we refer to the individual one-to-one service providers as "tutors." SMC tutors work with survivor moms who are learning about how past trauma can affect pregnancy and parenting. Trauma heals in relationships, so the tutoring role is central. Tutors work by telephone, video-conference, or in person to deliver the three core parts of psychoeducation: new information, skills practice, and emotional support. 

Tutors are trained to deliver SMC with fidelity, reflective supervision, and clinical consultation. Training is followed by a supervised training case and ongoing reflective supervision. Nurses, social workers, psychologists, midwives, physicians, doulas, health educators, community outreach workers, or other experienced staff can become Tutors.

Training involves remote, video-facilitated training held for 3 hours a week over 6 weeks or a weekend training retreat in-person. They can participate in a training case and fidelity supervision as well as clinical supervision as needed. The SMC is fully manualized; workbooks, fidelity guides, assessment and charting tools, and checklists help tutors and clients stay on track.