MEC 542 - Trauma Across the Lifespan

3 Credit(s)

This course will introduce current theory and practice models related to trauma and crisis intervention. This course provides an overview of multi-system level definitions of trauma experience-historical, individual, interpersonal, family, organizational, community and global. It also examines various approaches to trauma response theory. It promotes the unique contribution Counselors have to offer through the lenses of strength, resiliency, and coping as well as commitments to multicultural and systems factors. The course will move from a macro to a micro level of understanding of trauma. It will look at trauma from different perspectives and will demonstrate why Counselors have been and will continue to be central professionals in helping traumatized individuals and groups.