Complex discipline “Psychology of trauma and traumatic events”

Course: Social Rehabilitation

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Complex discipline “Psychology of trauma and traumatic events”
Code
ОК 4
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
8
Learning outcomes
PLO 1; PLO 8; PLO 9; PLO 10; PLO 13; PLO 18; PLO 21; PLO 22; PLO 23. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know: theoretical foundations of social rehabilitation support. Be able to: work in a group, use time wisely, clearly distribute assignments in order to get the maximum result; navigate the search engines of global computer networks, choosing terms for query formulation and search strategy; to choose information resources according to the developed or specified criteria; critically analyze the information received, highlight the most important; to correlate and systematize the acquired knowledge and practical experience in the studied discipline. Have skills in working with scientific and methodological literature.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to prepare future social workers for social and psychological support of individuals and social systems who have gained traumatic experience in influencing the psyche and social relations, learning the basic principles, stages and models of dealing with psychological trauma. Attention is paid to the analysis of methodological principles of social and psychological support of persons with psychological trauma, the relationship with other rehabilitation disciplines, the specifics of professional support for various forms of human reactivity to traumatic events. Modern directions and approaches in work with trauma are considered. In the first content module the subject, tasks, principles of work with trauma are considered. The second module is devoted to understanding and recognizing the traumatic impact of stressful events on the human psyche, the third module - technologies and models of dealing with trauma.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Herman J. Psychological trauma and the path to recovery. Lviv: Old Lion Publishing House, 2019. 424 p. [In Ukraininan]. Ermine P.P. Collective trauma as a problem of social and political psychology. Problems of political psychology. 2018. Vol. 7. [In Ukraininan]. Kis O. Collective memory and historical trauma: theoretical reflections on the background of women's memories of the Holodomor. Modern Ukraine, 2013, November 22. [In Ukraininan]. Lubkivsky I. Collective trauma of Ukrainians: its positive and negative consequences, what to do with it and why. Ukrainian Truth, 2019, February 12. [In Ukraininan]. Voznitsyna K., Lytvynenko L. Invisible consequences of the war. How to recognize? How to communicate? How to help overcome? Handbook for a wide range of specialists. Kyiv, 2020. 192 p. [In Ukraininan].. Ogienko V. Post-traumatic stress disorder and collective trauma in the personal narratives of Holodomor witnesses. Modern Ukraine, 2018, April 6. [In Ukraininan].
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, student's individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Creative and reproductive tasks for independent work - up to 5 points for each 2. Preparation of reports and abstracts - up to 10 points for each 3. Modular test - up to 15 points - final evaluation in the form of an exam - up to 40 points Based on the results of the work during the semester, the student receives a final grade on a 100-point system, which is calculated as the accumulation of grades for the module in the semester and grades for the exam. The number of points: 1-34 corresponds to the grade "unsatisfactory" with the obligatory re-study of the discipline; 35-59 corresponds to the assessment of "unsatisfactory" with the possibility of re-assembly; 60-64 corresponds to the assessment "satisfactory" ("sufficient"); 65-74 corresponds to the assessment "satisfactory"; 75 - 84 corresponds to the assessment of "good"; 85 - 90 corresponds to the assessment "good" ("very good"); 91 - 100 corresponds to the rating "excellent"
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleksandr Mykhailovych Tokhtamysh
Department of Social Rehabilitation and Social Pedagogy
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Rehabilitation and Social Pedagogy
Faculty of Psychology