SOWK 5309 Special Topics - Trauma-Informed Care: Assigned Readings

Course guide for Dr. Dhrubodhi Mekherjee's SOWK 5309 Special Topics class on Trauma-Informed Care

Books

Books used in this class are:

Most of these books are available as electronic books through the UNT Libraries. 

1 - Syllabus, Introduction, Psychological Trauma: Historical background

  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Chapter 1: Tina’s World. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 

2: What is psychological trauma? History and definition

3: What is trauma and the impact of trauma in childhood and beyond

  • Chapter 1: The impact of trauma and grief of children and families, Book:Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents. Authors: Judith A Cohen, Anthony  Mannarino, Esther Deblinger. 
  • Chapter 1: Making sense of the world: Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 
  • Journal Reading. Sense of Silence. 

4: Understanding psychological trauma

  • Chapter 2: Revolutions in understanding mind and brain.  Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 2: Seeking Balance. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 

5: The symptoms of trauma: Terror (part 1)

  • Chapter 2: Terror. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 3: Looking into the brain: the neuroscience of revolution. Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 4: Running for your life: The Anatomy of survival.  Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 

6: The symptoms of trauma: Terror (part 2)

  • Chapter 3: The stairway to heaven: Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 
  • Chapter 3: How are we loved. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 
  • Chapter 7: Satanic Panic: Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 

7: The symptoms of trauma: Disconnection

  • Chapter 3: Disconnection. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 4: Skin Hunger. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 
  • Chapter 8: The Raven. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 

8: The symptoms of trauma: Captivity

  • Chapter 4: Captivity. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 5: The Coldest heart. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 

9: Adverse childhood experiences and trauma

  • Chapter 5: Child Abuse. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 4: The spectrum of trauma. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 
  • Chapter 6: The Boy who was raised like a dog. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry. 

11: Body and brain connections and a new understanding of trauma

12: Trauma and a sense of self

  • Chapter 5: The multiple dimensions of self. Book: Attachment in Psychotherapy. Author: David J Wallin. 
  • Chapter 6: Losing your body losing your self. Book:Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 6: From coping to healing. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 

13: Trauma and attachment

  • Chapter 6: The varieties of attachment experience. Attachment in Psychotherapy. Author: David J Wallin. 
  • Chapter 7: Getting on the same wavelength.: Attachment and Attunement. Book:Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 7: A healing relationship. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 9: Relational hunger in the model world. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 

14: Complex trauma and developmental trauma disorders

15: Assessment and recovery

  • Chapter 2: Assessment strategies for Traumatic Children: Book:Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents. Authors: Judith A Cohen, Anthony  Mannarino, Esther Deblinger.
  • Chapter 8: Safety. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman 
  • Chapter 13: Healing from trauma; Owning the self. Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 9: Mom is lying. Mon is hurting me. Please call the police. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry.  
  • Journal Article:

16: Post-traumatic growth

  • Chapter 10: Reconnection. Book: Trauma and Recovery, Author: Judith Herman
  • Chapter 17: Putting the pieces together: Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 6: Post traumatic wisdom. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 

17: Truth and repair

  • Introduction (pages 1 to 18). Book: Truth and Repair. Author: Judith Herman. 
  • Chapter 8: Our brains, our biases, our systems. Book: What happened to you? Authors: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey 
  • Chapter 18: Filling the holes. Creating structures. Book: Body Keeps the Score. Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk. 
  • Chapter 10: The kindness of children. Book: The Boy who was raised as a dog Author: Bruce Perry.  

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