Why do you feel that it is important that social worker’s address environmental factors related to identity (race, gender, SOGI, etc), as well as social stressors such as poverty, parental substance abuse, community violence, etc? Describe and give examples of how pre-existing protective and promotive factors (e.g., positive attachment relationship with primary caregiver, family cohesion, social support, adaptive coping, social competence) can reduce the adverse impacts of trauma exposure across development. Recognize and name how trauma exposure may generate adverse life events and circumstances (secondary adversities) that may continue to transmit the adverse effects of trauma over time and across development.? Recognize and demonstrate how interventions with trauma-exposed children and adolescents include promoting the children or adolescents external (objective) safety and internal (psychological) safety.? Explain how cultural factors and processes may profoundly influence trauma exposure and should be systematically considered at all stages of intervention.? Resources Saxe, G., Ellis, . & Brown, A. (2016). Trauma systems therapy for children and teens. Guilford Press. Chapter 4: The Social Environment and the Services System Chapter 5: Safety Signals :The Importance of Safe, Caring Relationships for Traumatized Children Harris, B., N. (2018). The deepest well: Healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Chapter 6: Lick Your Pups Chapter 7: The ACE Antidote Citations used no more than five years old. please use Permalink for all citations used.Show more
