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 Department:    HSERV

 Course #:    235

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    51.1508

 EPC:    424

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Explores trauma and equitable practice, oppression as a catalyst, ways in which the effects of trauma are expressed, resilience, healing, and protective factors. Includes antiracist and cultural competency frameworks regarding ethical and equitable trauma informed practice. Identify vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, and burnout in the helping process, and examine wellness practices to mitigate the effects of exposure.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisites: HSERV 101 and HSERV 203 with a grade of C or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Define trauma, types, and impact.
2. Define equity, equality, and intersectionality.
3. Analyze oppression as a catalyst for trauma, intergenerational, community, and historical trauma.
4. Analyze cultural competencies and antiracist ethical practice in human services.
5. Articulate using an intersectional analysis to identify and respond to ways in which humans express the impacts of trauma.
6. Identify best-practices to address trauma and its impacts.
7. Analyze wellness through the lens of community care: individual, institutional, and systemic actions and policies.
8. Describe vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, and burnout in the helping profession.
9. Identify evidence-based practices and skills to mitigate professional impacts of trauma exposure.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Trauma, types, and impact.
2. Equity, equality, and intersectionality.
3. Oppression as a catalyst for trauma, intergenerational, community, and historical trauma.
4. Cultural competencies and antiracist ethical practice in human services.
5. Using an intersectional analysis to identify and respond to ways in which humans express the impacts of trauma.
6. Best-practices to address trauma and its impacts.
7. Wellness through the lens of community care: individual, institutional, and systemic actions and policies.
8. Vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, and burnout in the helping profession.
9. Evidence-based practices and skills to mitigate professional impacts of trauma exposure.