UO Assessing Childhood Trauma

Course aim

To enable students to develop specialised knowledge and skills in trauma-informed assessment and case conceptualisation for childhood trauma from abuse and neglect.

Course content

This course will include content related to comprehensive assessments and utilising a range of sources of information when assessing the impact of childhood trauma. Content will include the importance of considering bias within assessment, trauma-informed assessment interviews, consideration of diverse socio-cultural contexts within assessment and use of measurement tools to map and track trauma symptoms. Content will also cover the consolidation of assessment information into trauma-informed case conceptualisations. In addition, this course will cover how to assess a range of risks for children and young people exposed to abuse, such as self-harm and suicide risk and harmful sexualised behaviours.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
WELF 5117	UO Principles of Responding to Childhood Trauma
WELF 5116	UO Foundations of Childhood Trauma

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online (Asynchronous learning activities)	7 hours x 10 weeks
Online (Self-directed learning)	5.5 hours x 10 weeks
Online (Seminar)	2 hours (fortnightly) x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Case study, Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA, Contribution

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