Trauma & Crisis Counseling: Intervention, Practice and Theory

Catalog description

This course examines the impact of crises, disasters, and other traumatic events on individuals of various developmental levels. An emphasis is placed on dealing with trauma in children and adolescents as it relates to their school, families, and community. Course participants will be introduced to strategies and interventions for working with a population in crisis and dealing with trauma as an aftermath. Topics include: the physiological effect of trauma on individuals and community, suicide and suicide prevention, PTSD in children, death and bereavement, divorce, children and sexual abuse, crisis intervention and trauma in schools, evidence based interventions and treatments for trauma recovery, and self assessment for vicarious trauma and self-care strategies for the counselor.