How do you see our role as Social Workers as part of this shift – what does advocacy look like?
What systemic interventions need to shift for the individuals, groups and families we work with to counter the harmful, somatic (or bodily) impacts of trauma?
How do you see our role as Social Workers as part of this shift – what does advocacy look like? What about individual sessions with clients?
Imagine that you are a Social Worker in an agency tasked with editing this agency’s initial intake forms for clients. What are 2-3 questions that can be included to assess for an ecological view of trauma and its manifestations? You may reference past, previous or future places of work to help you answer this question.
You may also reference the following reading around an ecological view of trauma recovery to help you respond to the question above, from Module 4:
Harvey, M.R. (1996). An ecological view of psychological trauma and trauma recovery. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 9(1). 3-23.
Review the parallels of the ecological view of trauma recovery and the three levels of trauma stewardship; what resonates most with you as you think about the ways you have navigated through places of school, work or personal life that have been difficult? Would you describe your own experience as that of secondary traumatization?
You may refer to the following assigned Module 5 reading to support you with responding to the above:
Dernoot, L. L. van, Burk, C., & Conte, J. R. (2009). Chapter 2: The Three Levels of Trauma Stewardship. In Trauma stewardship: An everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others (pp. 19–36). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
What forms of co-occurring interpersonal violence do you notice at your previous or current place(s) of work (it can be about your field placements)? If you don’t notice this at your place of work, you can just respond to the second part of this question – how do you feel your place of work is aligned with privileging and utilizing the HEART framework of healing or healing from a community cultural wealth lens? You can also discuss any other healing frameworks not mentioned here.
