Unit Information
Unit code: HNO6012
Credit points: 12
In this unit, students examine the experiences of trauma among people from diverse populations, cultures, and age groups and its impact across the lifespan. Students will analyse the way people, with the lived experience of trauma, report feeling stigmatised, discriminated against and misunderstood. These impacts include emotional dysregulation, substance misuse, self-harm, and suicidal behaviours. Students will also appraise the eight foundational principles of trauma-informed care and practice that focus on modelling interpersonal relationships, working with cultural differences, advocating for consumer control and choice, inspiring hope, supporting recovery, and integrating care. The unit requires students to critically reflect on their practice through a trauma-informed lens and interrogate the importance of recovery-oriented practice when caring for people who have experienced trauma.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Critically examine the experiences of trauma among people from diverse populations, cultures and age groups;
- Explicate the alignment between the eight foundational principles of trauma-informed care and recovery-oriented approaches to delivering mental health care;
- Critically review the range of ways people who have been traumatised may behave, including emotional dysregulation, substance misuse, self-harm, and suicidal behaviours;
- Apply problem solving capabilities to address common trauma presentations;
- Assess the importance of recovery-oriented practice when supporting people who have experienced trauma; and
- Participate in an academic community through reflective and critical engagement and understanding of principles of academic integrity.
ICT: Discussion post: Behavioural reactions to trauma (500 words) - 10%
Literature review: Trauma-Informed Care that promotes a culture of safety, empowerment, and healing (2500 words) - 50%
Project: Implementing recovery-oriented practice (2000 words) - 40%
Other: Evidence of completion of the Academic Integrity Modules – 0%
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