Social Work Traumatized Child (FAM 443)

Term: 2023-2024 Academic Year Spring

Faculty

Rebecca Dawn McGarryShow MyInfo popup for Rebecca Dawn McGarry

rmcgarry@cofo.edu

Office Hours:

Spring 25

MW: 2:00pm-4:00pm        W:9:30am-10:30am        T/R: 9:45am-10:45am

Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM (1/15/2024 - 5/10/2024) Location: MAIN PFEIF 218

Description

Prerequisites: FAM 213andFAM 323or Child Studies major. This course will introduce the student to the Traumatized Child. The course is designed to help students identify and effectively assess children affected by stress, trauma and/or violence. A major emphasis will be the systemic framework in which the traumatized child lives. Students will obtain an understanding of how trauma affects the child's mental and social development.Students will be introduced to specific interventions utilized in meeting the needs of traumatized children. Spring