Why Professional Certificate in Understanding Childhood Trauma?
Overview
The Professional Certificate in Understanding Childhood Trauma is designed to support professionals currently working with children and young people impacted by abuse and neglect to develop a trauma-informed understanding of child abuse and neglect. It contains five topics which should take you up to 30 hours to complete. The Course is flexible and designed for you to work through the content at your own pace within a six-week period.
You will develop knowledge of what constitutes trauma with specific reference to trauma from abuse and explore the types and prevalence. You will gain an understanding of how child abuse can cause trauma and the subsequent trauma impacts on a child’s development and functioning. You will also learn about the theories that guide evidence-based practice when working with trauma from abuse, including child development, neurodevelopment, attachment theory, intergenerational trauma, and epigenetics.
Key features
Fully online delivery allowing learners to study at their own pace within a six-week period.- Approximately 30 hours of learning across five topics.
- Multiple-choice assessments that can be attempted as many times as needed until 100% is achieved.
- Sequential topic release, unlocked upon successful completion of quizzes.
- Pathway to further study, with the option to build on this course by enrolling in the Graduate Certificate in Childhood Trauma, developed with the Australian Centre for Child Protection.
What you'll learn
By completing the Professional Certificate in Understanding Childhood Trauma, you will be able to:
- Recognise different types of child abuse and neglect.
- Identify the relationships between adverse childhood experiences, child abuse, and trauma.
- Identify the impacts of abuse and neglect on child development (in a case study) by using knowledge of normal development and how trauma disrupts development.
- Recognise elements of trauma-informed practice (through a case study).
- Apply evidence-based theories (e.g. neurodevelopmental, attachment, intergenerational trauma) to case studies to explain why abuse-related trauma impacts on behaviour and wellbeing.
What courses you'll study
Complete 6 units comprising:
- 6 units for all Core courses
Complete 6 units for ALL of the following:
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Course name
Understanding Childhood Trauma
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Course code
SOCI8000
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Units
6
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| Course name | Course code | Units | |
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Course name
Understanding Childhood Trauma
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Course code
SOCI8000
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Units
6
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Your study experience and support
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- Personal counselling
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Your campus
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