HUSV460

042083

Trauma Informed Care is an organizational philosophy and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. Trauma Informed Care emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety, and helps survivors rebuild a sense of control and empowerment, while actively resisting re-traumatization. Addressing trauma is now the expectation, not the exception, in behavioral health systems. This course focuses on the workings of the autonomic nervous system (psychoeducation) and on learning how to self-regulate this system via capacity building skills and enhancing resilience. Applications of trauma-informed care will involve case-study analysis, based on an understanding of trauma, trauma-informed care, and the science of trauma. Trauma-specific interventions will be discussed within a community context via a culturally-sensitive lens.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate