MSW Course Substitutes

The following courses from the University at Buffalo School of Social Work count toward our Trauma-Informed Certificate programs, if taken within three years of your program start date. This list is subject to change.

• Trauma Theory and Treatment (3 credits) fulfills the 12-hour foundation trauma workshop, Overview of the Nature and Treatment of Trauma
• Dual Disorders (3 credits) fulfills the 6-hour foundation trauma course, Trauma and Addiction

Each course below fulfills the 12-hour skill intervention trauma course requirement:

• Schema Focused Therapy for Trauma-Genic, Personality and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding Lifetraps (2-day workshop or 1 credit MSW course)
• SW 593 EMDR (3 credits)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Traumatized Youth (2-day workshop or 1 credit MSW course)

Each course below fulfills the six-hour trauma elective course requirement:

• Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (3 credits)
• Advanced Topics in Trauma (3 credits)
• Assessing Lethality (1 credit)
• Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Abuse and Neglect (3 credits)
• Childhood Stress/Risk/Resilience (3 credits)
• Children Exposed to Violence: The Misalignment of Mind, Body and Spirit (1 credit)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Traumatized Youth (1 credit)
• Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
• Crisis Interventions (Note: The course must focus on crisis intervention from a trauma-informed perspective)
• Cultural, Historical and Intergenerational Trauma (1 credit)
• Family Treatment Approaches to Trauma (1 credit)
• Impact of Trauma on Children and Families (1 credit)
• Overview of Interventions with Traumatized Individuals and Their Families (1 credit)
• SW 584 Personality Disorders (3 credits)
• Play Based Interventions and Approaches (1 credit)
• Trauma and Grief (1 credit)
• Trauma and Human Rights (3 credits)
• Understanding the Impact of Trauma on People’s Lives (1 credit)
• Violence and Victimization (1 credit)
• Helping Children Cope with Loss: What Color is Dead? (1 credit)
• SW 589 Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (3 credits)
• Working with Veterans (1 credit)