From Module 1 through Module 7, after you read your weekly assigned texts and review your online materials, you will write a weekly journal entry that includes the following:
Describe what you believe are the key ideas from this weeks readings (1 page).
How do these ideas impact you as you consider working with trauma clients
(1 page)
What Christian worldview integration thoughts come to mind from this material
(1 page)?
Your journal must be in current APA standards and include a reference page.
Module 6 Overview
Understanding resilience is critical to disaster survivor recovery & growth. In your studies this module, resiliency is defined, four aspects of resiliency are evaluated, the connection between resilience and disaster recovery are detailed by highlighting research findings and demonstrating how to adapt a resilience framework to disaster mental health practice.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
Define resiliency related to disaster mental health.
Evaluate research related to resiliency and disaster recovery.
Adapt a resiliency framework for disaster survivor recovery and growth.
Raad Aten and Boan Chapter 6 – 10
Read Kolski, Jongsma and Myer Disaster
Read Stebnicki chapter 18
Watch: Trauma and Resilience in Children: Practical Lesson https://youtu.be/gEu4SlXXfGE
Text book: Aten, J. D. & Boan, D. M. (2016). Disaster ministry handbook. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books. ISBN: 9780830841226
Kolski, T. D., Jongsma, A. E. & Myer, R. A. (2014). The crisis counseling and traumatic events treatment planner, with DSM-5 updates. (2nd ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119063155.
Stebnicki, M. A. (2016). Disaster mental health counseling: Responding to trauma in a multicultural context. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN: 9780826132888.
Chapter 15
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Behavioral Definitions
Exposure to actual or threatened death or serious injury that resulted in an intense emotional
response of fear, helplessness, or horror.
Intense emotional distress when exposed to reminders of the traumatic event.
Physiological reactivity when exposed to internal or external cues that symbolize the traumatic
event.
Recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event including images, thoughts, dreams, or
perceptions.
Acting and feeling as if the event was reoccurring.
Inability to recall important aspects of the trauma.
Avoidance of activities, places, people, thoughts, feelings, or conversations about the traumatic
event.
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