Trauma Informed Care is an approach to mental health treatment and crisis work that recognizes the effects of trauma on a client and shapes day-to-day treatment around them.
What it covers
The course provides day-to-day treatment guidelines based on the ABC Model of Intervention: developing and maintaining rapport, identifying the problem and exploring the client’s coping strategies.
The catalog adds: “It also includes specific therapeutic interactions for use in a variety of situations.”
Crisis workers or those working in crisis situations can use the model effectively in any mental health setting and with any individual — from any population — in a crisis situation.
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, trauma informed care is covered in the course AOD313, Trauma Informed Care.
The Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies outline lists AOD313 Trauma Informed Care at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for AOD313: none.
This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.