UO Foundations of Childhood Trauma

Course aim

To enable students to develop specialised knowledge of child abuse and neglect, the impact of childhood trauma on children and young people and theoretical concepts relevant to childhood trauma from abuse and neglect.

Course content

This course introduces specialised knowledge of child abuse, neglect and adverse childhood experiences, prevalence of these within Australia, and the relationship between child abuse, neglect and trauma. Course content also includes the impacts of trauma on domains of functioning for children and young people and a number of important theories relates to childhood trauma (such as attachment theory, child development, neurodevelopment and intergenerational and collective trauma). Given that adverse childhood experiences are a risk factor for children and young people displaying harmful sexualised behaviours (HSB), prevalence and research regarding HSB in children and young people are also covered within this course. Finally, this course also introduces the concept of reflective practice as a central component to working with childhood trauma.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Contribution, Test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation