Trauma-Informed Practice

It is essential for community and justice workers to have a solid understanding of the ways in which trauma can impact the behaviour of their clients. This course focuses on various experiences including neglect, abuse, abandonment, exposure to violence, loss, separation, disaster, and war. Using a strengths-based perspective, students develop an understanding of shock, developmental/relational, and social/cultural forms of trauma, as well as the connection between trauma and criminalization. Trauma-informed approaches bring together current theories of how trauma impacts brain development, learning, relationships, and behaviours. This course reviews evidence-based interventions that support clients to find a sense of safety in the present and connect with resources. Students also examine vicarious trauma and the importance of self-care to this work.    

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