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SWK 752: Stress,Crisis,Trauma And
Coping
3 credits
This course focuses on understanding stress, crisis, trauma and coping as well as their short and long term consequences along the life cycle in diverse socio-cultural contexts, and, developing evidence-based knowledge and skills for best practices with affected individuals, families and communities.
Learning Goals
1. Differentiate between stress, crisis, trauma, coping and adaptation in individuals, families and communities2. Demonstrate knowledge of risk factors for traumatic reaction to stress along the life cycle and in diverse cultural contexts3. Articulate potential pathogenic and salutogenic effects of stress and trauma (PTSD and PTG)4. Perform advanced assessments of stress, crisis and trauma in individuals, couples and families, and groups informed by cutting edge evidence5. Design and implement practice interventions with individuals, couples and families, and groups affected by stress, crisis and trauma informed by contemporary models for best clinical practices6. Enhance their practice effectiveness with those affected by stress, crisis and trauma through systematic evaluation of their interventions
*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this
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