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Trauma and Resilience, Certificate


Trauma and Resilience (1787)


  • Graduate
  • Health and Human Services
  • Social Work

Overview

This graduate certificate prepares students to practice in a variety of settings with increased knowledge in how trauma affects functioning at the individual, family, and societal levels. Participants in the graduate certificate will learn about the latest research on trauma, the impact of trauma on victims, how to assess the effects of trauma, and gain skills in trauma-informed care.  The graduate certificate in trauma and resiliency is housed in the College of Health and Human Services, Department of Social Work. 

Please refer to the admission section of this catalog for Graduate School admission requirements.

      Program Requirements (12 hours)

Course List
Required Courses
SWRK 572Interpersonal Violence: Social Work Practice3
SWRK 681Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders3
Electives
Select 6 hours of the following: 16
SWRK 623
Social Work Clinical Assessment and Intervention
SWRK 671
Social Work and the Law
SWRK 672
Child Sexual Abuse
SWRK 673
Grief and Loss: Issues and Interventions
SWRK 676
Social Work with Migrants
SWRK 682
Suicide Assessment and Intervention for Social Work
SWRK 683
Trauma Informed School Social Work Practice
SWRK 685
Human Trafficking: Theories, Policies, & Intervention
SWRK 675
Expressive Therapies in Social Work Practice
CNS 568
Counseling Children and Adolescents
CNS 592
Crisis, Trauma and Violence Counseling
CNS/SWRK 637
Theories of Addiction
CNS 647
Addictions: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
CNS 667
Counseling Substance and Process Addictions
CNS 677
Eating Disorders in Counseling
PH 548
Community Organizing in Public Health
PH 564
Public Health Issues in Women's Health
PH 576
Public Health Education and Communication Techniques
PH 578
Health Inequities
PH 580
Public Health Foundations and Practice
EMDS 502
Terrorism, Violence, Resiliency, and Response
Total Hours12

1      Other electives may be selected with advisor approval.

Modality: This program is 100% online

 

 


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