Creating and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Systems (Nursing)

SW542, Section 001

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.

Topic Description / Additional Information

This course is available to Social Work, Nursing, and Education students. SW students must enroll under SW 542. Nursing students under HS 542; Education students under EDUC 542.
SW 540 is a pre-requisite to this class.
The course will meet remotely for a one-day workshop on April 3 from 9am-5pm. Please refer to Canvas or contact the course instructor for the additional required class assignments that must be completed outside of the one-day workshop.

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