Tra-Inf Clinical SOWK Sch Sett.

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce the trauma-informed care and resilience approach/paradigm for clinical social work in school settings. The course correlates with content in SOWK 649 and focuses on a broad ecological explanatory perspective to explain the interdependence of school, family and community and identifies and underscores the influence of trauma on neurological and socio-emotional behavioral responses of children in school settings. The course introduces the seven overriding principles of trauma-informed care and advocacy strategies that may be utilized in the school setting to assist with the development of trauma-informed care intervention principles. Prerequisite(s): SOWK 619 Co-Requisite(s): N/A.