Practicing what we teach: Trauma-informed educational practice

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 262-268

  Carello, Janice ^a   Butler, Lisa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom safety; Clinical training; Higher education; Retraumatization; Trauma; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983785823     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2015.1030059     Document Type: Article

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