The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Body in the Healing of Trauma

About the Course
Teachers will explore what trauma is and looks like, how it might present in the population, and how trauma has the ability to reshape the body and brain, compromising the sufferer’s capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control and trust. The book then explores innovative treatment options that can help activate the brains neuroplasticity.
Required Text:
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify how trauma presents in individuals and how it changes the body and brain.
- Explain how what the brain-body connection is.
- Explain the role of memory in trauma.
- Be able to name 3 tools that would help minimize the effect of trauma on an individual.
Reviews
Craig Fabec
Great information on emotional and physical effects of trauma.
Jill Kelpin
Good information and relevant to what is happening in our schools.
Ashley Girodo
I could not think of a more relevant book study!
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