SW 588 Evidence Based Approaches to Childhood Trauma
This course introduces students to the common concepts (general theory and foundational knowledge), components (intervention and treatment elements) and skills (practitioner skills) underlying evidence-based treatment for traumatized children and adolescents. The course will use cases that involve children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events such as natural disasters, war, abuse and neglect, medical trauma and witnessing interpersonal crime (e.g. domestic violence) and other traumatic events. The role of development, culture and empirical evidence in trauma-specific interventions with children, adolescents and their families will be highlighted. In keeping with the ecological perspective the level of functioning of primary care giving environments and the capacity of the community to facilitate restorative processes will be assessed.
Prerequisite
SW-421B or Advanced Standing