Details for SSC318 Working with Trauma

Having a basic understanding of trauma and its effects is essential for any professional working within the community. This unit gives an introduction to understanding what constitutes trauma, along a continuum from acute to chronic presentations. Additionally, you will learn about self-care to manage the effects of trauma on the people helper, aiding in longevity and efficacy in this challenging field.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: SSC318
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

The following subject is a prerequisite:

• SSC221 Foundations of Professional Practice

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to provide appropriate and ethical therapeutic responses to those who have survived abuse and/or trauma;
2. Discriminate between causative factors in ‘abusive’ relationships and extrapolate how these relations impact on individuals, families and communities;
3. Critique a range of community resources that support trauma and abuse survivors;
4. Integrate understanding of vicarious trauma into a self- care plan.

Subject Content

• What is trauma?
• Developmental trauma and how it affects human behaviour
• Complex trauma and the assessment process
• Crisis intervention and working with PTSD
• Intervention and Treatment
• Boundaries and self-care
• Report writing and the importance of referrals to therapy
• How the victim of trauma tells their story
• Assessment presentations
• The physical Effects of trauma
• Trauma, relationships and the family
• Is therapeutic pharmacology necessary to treat trauma?

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (eLearning)
• Intensives
• Extensives

This subject typically runs as an online recorded unit which are watched weekly, with online-live tutorials.

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Interview (video) & Handout, Treatment Plan & Notes (40%)
• Case Study (30%)
• Essay (30%)

Prescribed Text

• Briere, J.N., & Scott, C. (2015). Principles of trauma (2nd ed. Rev.). London: Sage Publications.

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any textbooks.