Potentially Perilous Pedagogies: Teaching Trauma Is Not the Same as Trauma-Informed Teaching

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-168

  Carello, Janice ^a   Butler, Lisa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; retraumatization; secondary traumatization; trauma; trauma studies; trauma informed care; written emotional disclosure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDAGOGICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING; THEORY; WRITING; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECALL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVIVORS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896034051     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2014.867571     Document Type: Article

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