About This Course

Welcome to the Trauma-Informed & Team Resilience Specialist Training Program, an empowering course designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to foster a trauma-informed workplace. Through five comprehensive modules, you'll go deep into understanding collective work trauma and its impact, supporting employees, preventing re-traumatization, educating leaders, and implementing effective strategies.

  • 5 weeks: Oct. 14 - Nov. 11 | Live Sessions every Thursday 1pm - 2:30 EST

  • SHRM-approved for recertification credits

  • Quizzes, videos, discussion boards

  • 1:1 access to facilitator on-demand

The Sarah Jane Academy™ Advantage

Sarah Jane Academy™ , powered by Johnson Squared Consulting, was designed to fill two voids that many human-focused professionals know well: (1) the need for tactics - not theory and (2)  certifications that speak to actual needs on the ground.

Course Leaders


Jade Singleton, Ed.D. has worked in the strategic transformation space for nearly two decades. She's advised organizations like NASA, John Hancock, and Amazon. She holds a doctorate of education in instructional design from George Fox University.  Her doctoral work on corporate gaslighting leveraged by business and academic leaders alike. 

Ester Nicholson is the Founder and CEO of Soul Recovery, and author of Soul Recovery – 12 Keys to Healing Dependence. She is a leading figure in the behavioral health care industry, known for her work as a trauma specialist, She Recovers coach, presenter, and training facilitator.


Our Namesake

Sarah Jane Academy™ bears the name of Sarah Jane Woodson Early, trailblazing abolitionist, feminist and the first Black woman professor in the United States. She also happens to be the ancestral aunt of our co-founders, Dr. Jade Singleton, DEI Strategist and Noelle Johnson, Global DEI Practitioner. “I couldn’t think of a better, more worthy name for what this program stands for,” Dr. Singleton shared. “Her lifelong pursuit of educational access and equity lives on in this space.”