Trauma Inform Care/Crisis Inte.

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide candidates with an understanding of the personal and systemic impact of trauma. Candidates will also explore the effects of crises, disasters, and other trauma-causing events on individuals, couples, families, and communities. Candidates examine theories and response models as they relate to sexual trauma, crisis in individuals and families, crisis in the community, and crisis in the nation and in the world. They explore and discuss topics related to counselor competencies, vicarious trauma and counter transference, specific diagnoses, and advocacy. Candidates also engage in assignments designed to provide practical application of crisis assessment. Through contemporary articles and case studies, they consider and discuss cultural, legal, and ethical issues related to crisis, trauma, and disaster events and response.