CHAD-339 - Cultural Perspectives on Stress & Trauma - 3.00 Credits
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Course Details
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This course incorporates a more expanded definition of trauma that is based upon an understanding of how trauma affects groups, communities and societies. From this theoretical perspective, students will recognize that the phenomenon of collective trauma may be a normal response to abnormal situations and, therefore, is not just a form of pathology. Instead of examining trauma and appropriate intervention strategies within a Western theoretical and philosophical paradigm, this course will conduct an in-depth review of stress and trauma within the social and cultural contexts in which they have occurred, including the impact of historical racism on Aboriginal identity which has resulted in cultural loss.
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Part of the:CAREER TRAINING (HUMAN SERVICES) Department
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Prerequisites : Advanced diploma program admission or permission of instructor
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Course Outline
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Instructors Qualifications:
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Relevant Master's Degree
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Office Hours:
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1.5 per week
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Contact Hours:
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45
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Student Evaluation
Procedure:
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Assignments 50-70%, Final 30-50%, total 100%.
Grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
define culture, racism, stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
describe how cultural references and identity shape how we identify traumatic events;
express one’s cultural identity and begin to acknowledge one’s beliefs, values and judgments;
articulate how culture influences how an individual or group interprets the meaning of a traumatic event and how traumatic reactions are expressed;
explain how culture may affect the immediate responses of the traumatized;
illustrate healthy cultural pathways to new lives after trauma;
illustrate systemic learning by adopting a “worker-as learner” into a “worker-as-health-provider” role; and,
educate others about their own cultural perspective on stress and trauma.
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Text and Materials:
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Smith, Paul Chaat. Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong. Current edition. Minneapolis, MN. University of Minnesota Press.Kreston, Jo-ann. Bridges to Recovery: Addiction, Family Therapy, and Multicultural Treatment. Current edition. Toronto, ON Simon & Schuster (Free Press).
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Other Resources:
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Transfer Credits:
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For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
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Other Information:
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