Archive for April 2025

Textbooks Grades Coverage of Childhood Maltreatment Download Summary A recent study by Cindy Miller-Perrin of Pepperdine University found that textbooks used in teaching Introductory Psychology courses often lack information about the prevalence and impact of child maltreatment, despite the well-documented and often long-term negative impact that maltreatment has on children (Kissee, Isaacson, & Miller-Perrin, 2014).  Even more concerning, some…

Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training The scientific literature on trauma is large and growing. However most mental health professionals only have a cursory knowledge of this science (Courtois & Gold, 2009) . In addition, they have no formal training in nor apply evidence-based psychosocial treatments for trauma-related disorders (Cook, Dinnen, Rehman, Bufka,…

Education Video Collection The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, a treatment and services adaptation center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a library of 50+ films of therapy sessions and dialogues amongst therapists, youth, and caregivers that are designed for pre-professional and professional education by bringing to life the experience of…

TeachTrauma Bethany Brand’s TeachTrauma site contains a variety of course syllabi and other helpful information on teaching trauma in an academic setting.

Graduate Class Syllabi Special Topics: Working with Trauma in Clinical Practice Trauma and Resilience Trauma and Dissociation Trauma-Focused Approaches to Intervention Advanced Trauma-Focused Approaches to Intervention Trauma Seminar Traumatic Stress Assessment and Treatment of Trauma Clinical Case Seminar in Trauma Studies: Transdisciplinary Reappraisals of Clinical Work Trauma: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives Crisis and Disaster Interventions…

Graduate/Undergraduate Syllabi Psychology of Trauma Trauma Psychology Trauma and Resiliency

Undergraduate Class Syllabi The Impact of Trauma on the Individual and Society Handling Trauma in Counseling Sociology – Trauma and Society Psychology of Stress and Trauma Special Topics/Seminar in Psychology: PTSD Science of Resilience