Trauma Informed Practice.

Catalog description

This course provides review and in-depth exploration of the range of traumatic experiences and their individual, familial, group and community significances. It will differentiate traumatic events and psychological trauma, and explore differences between traumatic stress, acute stress reactions, PTSD, individual and community and responses to historical and multigenerational trauma, with diverse populations. Students will examine social work theories, models and clinical approaches through the trauma perspective. Students will also become familiar with a range of assessment and clinical intervention tools and methodologies. Participants will also be introduced to the concepts of vicarious traumatization, secondary traumatic stress, and the importance of counselor/therapist wellness strategies for professional practice. This course is taught in a hybrid or online format. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all previous SOCW course sequence.