Unit of Study INDG1010 Trauma and Resilience I (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces colonisation as an initial violence and examines the trauma experienced by individuals and groups, with a focus on cultural and individual resilience. Students will look at the overt, passive and perceived elements of social violence. Trauma, trans-generational trauma, trauma recovery and individual and group resilience will be explored.

Unit content

Module 1: Colonisation: initial violence and trauma, post-colonial trauma, The Stolen Generations.

Module 2: Collective trauma: Trans-Generational and Contagion trauma.

Module 3: Trauma Response I: Flight Fight. Trauma Response II: Freeze Fracture.

Module 4: Resilience and Healing.

Module 5: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Safety and Cultural Competency.

Module 6: Self-determination and empowerment: `The Cornerstones’ of healing.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

interpret the psychology, behavioural analysis and transmission of trauma and trauma responses

locate frameworks for the analysis of trauma through the identification of trauma responses at group and individual levels

compare factors in resilience through critical analysis of trauma theory and case studies.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Essay	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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