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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

Subject Coordinator

Contact studentsupport@ac.edu.au for more information.

Prerequisite

Pre-req: SSC221

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

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

  • Interview, Note Taking, Treatment Plan & Handout (40%)
  • Case Study (30%)
  • Article Critique (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.