Requirements
The certificate requires 21 credit hours of graduate course work: 9 elective credit hours specifically designated as trauma-specific and 12 credit hours in a trauma-specific field placement (i.e., a placement in which more than half of the student’s time is spent working with traumatized clients and client systems).
More specific requirements of the TTGC are as follows:
Trauma Elective (9 hours)
All TTGC students must take SW531 Trauma Theory and Practice as an elective. This course provides fundamental knowledge and theory regarding different types of trauma, including its neurobiology, as well as exposure to many different evidence-based interventions. All TTGC students must also complete two more trauma-specific electives, as listed below, for a total of nine credit hours.
- Two of the following TTGC electives:
- SW529 – Military Social Work Practice
- SW533 – Trauma Treatment for Adults
- SW534 – Trauma Treatment with Children and Adolescents
- SW535 – School Social Work
- SW564 – Substance Use Disorders
Field Practice (12 hours)
Twelve (12) credit hours in a concentration MSSW field placement where student learning plans will include trauma-related assignments.
Application Standards/ Procedure
Students will receive information about the certificate program at the time of their admission to the MSSW program.
To be admitted to this program, students must:
- Meet the Graduate Admission requirements for a certificate program.
- Submit a departmental application at the time of their admission to the MSSW program and agree to program requirements. The application includes a brief personal statement describing 1) their reasons for participating in the certificate program, 2) their professional career goals, and 3) acknowledgement that they understand there are additional credit hours to be taken beyond the credits required for the MSSW.
- Students selected for admission must be formally admitted to the certificate through the Office of Graduate Admissions.
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