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Readjustment

PTSD & Spirituality


We encourage you to visit the North American Association of Christians in Social Work website. Below is a sample of the types of instructions they offer.


Description


This audio conference, presented by Hope Haslam Straughan, Ph.D., will first present a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to social work practice. Various way of thinking about development theories in general and spiritual development in specific will be reviewed, including a segment in which the participants will consider his/her own spiritual journey, development, and identity. Finally, spiritual assessment tools will be presented and discussed to further one possible application of inclusion of spirituality within social work practice. Overall, the focus will be on the integration of openness to acknowledging the possible strengths, concerns, and impacts of a person's spirituality within the helping relationship.


Learning Objectives


  • The participant will be able to describe and integrated bio-psycho-social-spiritual understanding of a social work client system.
  • The participant will be able to define spiritual development, utilizing at least two definitions.
  • The participant will identify some sort of connection to their own spiritual development and identity, and consider the implications for this in their social work practice.
  • The participant will recognize a variety of spiritual assessment tools, and have a beginning knowledge on how to implement these within his/her practice.
  • The participant will identify at least one way in which his/her understanding of spiritual development will impact his/her practice.

We also encourage you to visit some of the links posted below.