TSC 236 - Trauma Outcomes and Societal Response

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

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Description:

This course provides students with an understanding of traumatic reactions to prepare professionals to respond to those suffering after a traumatic event compassionately and effectively, across clinical and non-clinical settings, so that interventions support prevention, resilience, and treatment. Common trauma outcomes will be discussed. Clinically, diagnosis and treatment options will be reviewed with an emphasis on crisis intervention and evidence-based treatments. Non-clinically, trauma-sensitive considerations and interventions will be discussed systemically, across families, communities, and the workplace. Legal and ethical issues surrounding trauma will be reviewed. The course will highlight protective and risk factors that increase/decrease traumatic reactions and review the experiences of posttraumatic growth and resiliency in the face of trauma. Students will understand the potential of shock, desensitization, burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue among professionals and will be able to recognize the importance of professionals' self-care. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Recognize common trauma outcomes; Identify clinical diagnostic options and evidence-based clinical prevention and intervention strategies; Non-clinically, recognize trauma-sensitive considerations across systems and related legal and ethical issues; Highlight protective and risk factors for trauma; Relate traumatic reactions to posttraumatic growth and resiliency; Recognize vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue and the importance of helpers' self-care.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

TSC 230

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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