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Trauma and Recovery

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This trauma and recovery course aims to provide education about the impact of trauma for anyone with personal experience or an interest in this area. This course is not intended to replace trauma informed care, trauma therapy or trauma informed peer support, but it can be used to support these approaches.

The intention of this course is to make information about trauma available in an online learning format so that everyone can benefit from a greater understanding of the impact of trauma, with the hope that this understanding will form part of their recovery, or help with someone else’s.

This course was created in collaboration with Angela Kennedy, former Trauma Informed Care Lead, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

The course is made up of seven sections.  Each section will take approximately 1 to 2 hours to complete, but this timing will depend on how fast you read and how long you spend on the reflective questions. You do not need to complete the whole course in one go. If you leave and come back to the course it will remember where you got up to.

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About this course

This course is designed for educational and informational purposes only. It does not provide therapy, medical advice or professional support. If you need crisis support, please contact local mental health services, your GP or telephone 111 or the emergency services on 999.

Course Content

Introduction to Trauma and Recovery
Exploring the Impact of Trauma
Introduction to Exploring the Impact of Trauma
Breathing Exercise
Definition of Trauma
Trauma Informed Recovery
Resilience
The Impact of Trauma
The ACE Study
Post-traumatic Growth
Summary
Breathing Exercise
Fight Flight Freeze Response
Introduction to Fight Flight Freeze Response
Breathing Exercise
Conditioned Threat Response
Trauma and the Brain
Keeping Safe
“I Just Froze”
Body Poster
Summary
Breathing Exercise
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