This course will provide foundational knowledge about developing and sustaining a school or organizational culture that is trauma-informed. The course will incorporate principles of interprofessional education, which focuses on helping students in the professions work collaboratively in generalist and specialty practice roles. A primary goal of the course is to prepare students to use interprofessional and team-based strategies to achieve organizational change. A key focus will be on teachers, social workers, and nurses going beyond their practice role to collaborate on organizational work. Examples including educating colleagues, planning for a long-term project, evaluating programs, and obtaining resources to sustain collaborative models and programs to address trauma in schools.
IMPORTANT DATES: Outside of Class Pre-Learning Work Begins: February 16 All-Day Mandatory Workshop: March 28 Final Assignments: April 11
SW 541 & SW 542 CANNOT BE TAKEN IN THE SAME TERM Students who enroll in both courses will have to drop one of the courses.
Regularly scheduled weekly group meetings are a required part of the pre-learning and post-workshop coursework. Please refer to Canvas or contact the course instructor for the specific required class assignments that must be completed outside of the all-day workshop
This is a multidisciplinary course only available to Social Work, Nursing, and Education students. SW students must enroll under the SW subject code; Nursing students under HS; Education students under EDUC.
School of Nursing is the home school for this course.
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