COURSE INFORMATION
This CE course explores the intersection of spirituality and trauma-informed care, emphasizing the importance of integrating spiritual perspectives into trauma recovery processes. Students will examine the psychological, emotional, and spiritual impacts of trauma and develop skills to provide compassionate, holistic care that respects individual spiritual beliefs and practices.
Spirituality Based Trauma Informed Care offers a comprehensive exploration of trauma from a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating theories and practices rooted in spirituality. Utilizing key texts such as The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, which provides in-depth case studies and an analysis of how trauma impacts the brain and body, and Understanding Spiritual Abuse by Karen Roudkouski, students will learn to identify signs of trauma and spiritual abuse. The course emphasizes developing empathetic communication skills and implementing trauma-informed strategies that respect and honor spiritual diversity, promoting healing and resilience for those impacted by trauma.
The course prepares health professionals, counselors, sexual assault advocates, clergy, lay ministry leaders and social workers to create safe, healing spaces for clients impacted by trauma and spiritual harm.
Course Code: SC 660. Contact hours of education = 50.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 25 Contact Hours. Access information
This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 50 contact hours of CE
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
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This is a guided, independent study CE Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. There are no written assignments. It is recommended that you follow this process for completing the course:
Instructor/Course Author: Dr. Mecca S. Carter-Marshall, Ph.D., CCLC, CPLC, SCC-C
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TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the courses in this continuing education program. There are no set time-frames per course, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records.
TEXTBOOKS: There is two (2) required textbook for this course.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- ISBN: 0143127748
- ISBN-13: 9780143127741
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Understanding Spiritual Abuse: What It Is and How to Respond. By Karen Roudkovski
- ISBN: 1430083689
- ISBN-13: 9781430083689
Link to purchase on Amazon.com: Access here
Additional Assignments: This course contains additional assignments and assigned readings.
GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 50 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the American Academy of Case Management and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.
ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Explain the fundamental core principles of trauma-informed care with a focus on spiritual aspects from Marshalls video, Trauma Informed Care.
- Identify the psychological and physiological effects of trauma on the body and mind, utilizing insights from The Body Keeps the Score.
- Recognize signs and manifestations of spiritual abuse, guided by concepts from Understanding Spiritual Abuse.
- Develop strategies for incorporating spirituality in trauma recovery, respecting diverse spiritual beliefs and practices.
- Assess and address the spiritual needs and challenges of trauma survivors in a sensitive, ethical manner.
- Promote resilience and healing by fostering safe environments that acknowledge spiritual and emotional safety.
COURSE CONTENT
Part One: The Rediscovery of Trauma
- Lessons from Vietnam veterans
- Revolutions in understanding mind and brain
- Looking into the brain: The neuroscience revolution
Part Two: This is your brain on trauma
- Running for your life: the anatomy of survival
- Body-brain connections
- Losing your body, losing your self
Part Three: The Minds of Children
- Getting on the same wavelength: Attachment and Attunement
- Trapped in relationships: The cost of abuse and neglect
- What’s love got to do with it?
- Developmental trauma: The hidden epidemic
Part Four: The Imprint of Trauma
- Uncovering secrets: The problem of traumatic memory:
- The unbearable heaviness of remembering
Part Five: Paths to Recovery
- Healing from trauma: Owning your self
- Language: Miracle and tyranny
- Letting go of the past: EMDR
- Learning to inhabit your body: yoga
- Putting the pieces together: self-leadership
- Filling in the holes: creating structures
- Applied Neuroscience: Rewiring the Fear-Driven Mind with brain/computer interface technology
- Finding your voice: Communal Rhythms and theater