Section outline

    1. The Stress Response System
    2. Traumatic Separation:  Separation of families at the U.S. border, Parental Incarceration
    3. Implications for intervention design

    4. Videos on Neurobiological Impact of Traumatic Stress (Bruce Perry Videos)

    5. There will be time given in class to work on group projects.


     Engage, Reflect and Create:

    1. Work in small groups to identify one or more groups of children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic separations.  Prepare to present back to the group about: 1) How are attachment relationships impacted? 2) Describe the biopsychosocial impacts, 3) How might social workers expect to see impact on the developing brain and nervous system?  Report back to the group



    Perry, B.D., (The ChildTrauma Academy). (2013) 1: The Human Brain [Video webcast].
    In Seven Slide Series. Retrieved from 

    This is a free, 14 minute online video created and narrated by Bruce D. Perry.  Core concepts regarding brain structure and function are introduced providing the basis for developmentally sensitive and trauma-informed caregiving, education and therapy.

    2. 

    This is a free, 10 minute online video created and narrated by Bruce D. Perry.   An introduction to the crucial role that patterns of stress response system activation play in pathology and healing is discussed.

    Perry, B.D., (The ChildTrauma Academy). (2013) 2: Sensitization and Tolerance [Video webcast].
    In Seven Slide Series. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv8dRfgZXV4

    3.  

    This is a free, 12 minute online video created and narrated by Bruce D. Perry.  The variety of adaptive responses that can be used under threat are introduced, with a focus on the hyperarousal and dissociative continuum.

    Perry, B.D., (The ChildTrauma Academy). (2013) 3: Threat Response Patterns [Video webcast].
    In Seven Slide Series. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-OXkk3i8E&feature=youtu.be