SOCW Courses:

SOCW 6337 - Trauma-Informed Practice: Neurobiology of Trauma

5 credits

Social workers often work with individual clients who have experienced trauma. To engage with these clients appropriately, social workers must understand the connection between trauma and the brain. Using a trauma-informed lens, students explore the organization, functioning, and development of the brain; adverse childhood experiences; dysregulation of the nervous system; the role of relationships as protective factors; and epigenetics. Students apply these topics to a client case, ultimately developing trauma-informed interventions and a treatment plan. Through their learning, students begin to consider trauma-informed practice not only at the micro level but at the macro level as well.

Prerequisites

• SOCW 6111