Apr 25, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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SW 302 - Trauma Informed Professional Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families (SF)


Credits: (3 credits)

Today’s students are tomorrow’s decision-makers.  Independent of their ultimate careers, it will be their decision that collectively decide the fate of our planet.  This course will be focused on sustainability of individuals, families, and communities with a specific focus on healing from past harm and promoting future growth and wellness.

This is a Sustainability-Focused (SF) course.


Students should be in their junior or senior years of study within their respective programs or should seek permission from the instructor to enroll in this course.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
Prerequisite:  Juniors and Seniors within the following programs are able to register for this course:  Nursing, Education, Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Identify and apply trauma informed principles to professional practice at the individual, organizational, and systems level
  2. Identify traumatic stress reactions and recognize the broad range of imp aces on individuals, families, and communities
  3. Apply an ecological systems perspective to conceptualize risk and protective factors and communicate how these factors can impact lifespan development, behavior, and functioning
  4. Engage in multi-disciplinary perspective taking in order to intervene effectively and advocate for individuals in future professional settings, as appropriate
  5. Examine how public serving systems, environmental characteristics and cultural traditions can impact how human beings experience stress
  6. Apply acquired knowledge, effective critical thinking, and problem-solving strategies to scenarios pertaining to childhood trauma exposure
  7. Identify impact of working with individuals exposed to trauma on the self/professional provider


Frequency of Offering:
Once every 1-2 years depending on demand and enrollment trends



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