Social Work Treatment with Survivors of Trauma

Catalog description

This mini course will examine the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of trauma with an emphasis on physical abuse and child sexual abuse. We will identify trauma symptomatology and review the psychological and physiological impact of trauma along a continuum with acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorders. Students will learn about current research on trauma as well as those theoretical frameworks, which inform treatment. Trauma treatment, specifically EMDR, somatic therapies and other interventions, will be reviewed. The use of lecture, case material, class discussion, video and group exercises will be incorporated to illustrate course material.