SW 6670 - Post Traumatic Growth--Practice and Clinical Considerations

Institution:

Utah Valley University

Subject:

Social Work

Description:

Prerequisite(s): Admittance to the MSW Program. Examines post-traumatic growth across various at-risk populations. Considers several clinical and therapeutic issues in addition to other practice skills related to supportive services from a variety of theoretical frameworks that promote individual, familial, and community growth. Discusses diagnostic criteria and treatment differences in post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Explores events within their ecological context and works to build sensitivity to a variety of circumstances and cultural patterns. Emphasizes traditional as well as non-traditional approaches in dealing with physically and psychologically traumatic issues such as cancer, interpersonal violence, divorce, child abuse, etc. Discusses characteristics of trauma from a strengths-based perspective and how to best provide services to people that have experienced traumatic events at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.uvu.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 863-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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