Course Description

EMDRIA offered this live zoom meeting 2026 Trainer Day event on Friday, February 6, 2026. The event has been designed to increase the knowledge and skills of EMDRIA Approved Trainers™. Presenters will use demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and interactive activities to support the learning objectives and facilitate training.

Presentation level:  Intermediate

Who is the audience? EMDRIA Approved Trainers™

Presentations in this Course

Welcome

Brief update on EMDRIA news and guidelines for the day.

What is “Engagement” and How Does It Affect Your Basic Trainings

This interactive discussion will reflect on the term “engagement” and its various interpretations – by both trainers and trainees – and how these interpretations can affect basic trainings. Be prepared to share your own insights on engagement.

Presenter: Traci Van Prooyen, EdD, CPTD

Engaging Techniques Used in Basic Trainings

Facilitated by EMDRIA™ Staff, this panel presentation demonstrates and explains a few suggested techniques that some EMDRIA Approved Trainers™ use to engage trainees during their basic trainings.

Presenter: EMDRIA Staff

How Technology Can Be Use to Engage Trainees

This immersive presentation offers a chance to interact with a few instructional technology tools that could be used to boost engagement and deepen learning.

Presenter: Traci Van Prooyen, EdD, CPTD

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to discuss the variety of definitions of ‘engagement’ and how those perspectives of engagement impact EMDR basic trainings.
2. Participants will be able to identify various techniques used to engage participants in EMDR basic trainings.
3. Participants will be able to use and compare a variety of instructional technologies that may support trainee engagement in EMDR basic trainings.

Presenter

Traci Van Prooyen, EdD, CPTD

Education and Standards Specialist (EMDRIA).

Traci has 30 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles in both the academic and corporate fields. Traci has an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a B.A., Secondary Education (Social Sciences) from Illinois State University. She also holds an M.A., Counseling, from Bradley University, and a B.A., Christian Education from Moody Bible Institute. Her expertise includes designing adult learning programs using a variety of learning and instruction design theories, and delivering those programs using multiple learning management systems and instructional technologies.

Traci is dedicated to supporting people and their development by creating quality learning and development opportunities.