Online Course
Body Awareness in Trauma Survivors
Understand how body awareness can be an effective tool to help regulate the nervous system

1-1.5 hours

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Diana Blaney
Course instructor

Diana has a passion for working with females experiencing pelvic pain, particularly those in remote, rural or refugee communities.

ReLAB-HS
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Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems

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Introduction

Body awareness is an approach often used within rehabilitation for individuals with persistent / complex pain and / or psychosomatic / psychiatric conditions. It explores and uses the mind-body-(spirit) connection to develop a more positive experience of the body and self by reflecting on our bodily experiences. This course introduces body awareness as a strategy for survivors of trauma. It also explores barriers to healthcare which may impact survivors of trauma.

Aims

This course aims to explore the role of body awareness as a strategy to regulate the nervous systems of people who have experienced trauma.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Reading Activity
  2. Video
  3. Body Awareness Worksheet
  4. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • identify major physical and psychological impacts of trauma and at least three barriers to accessing healthcare for survivors of trauma
  • describe key features of the limbic system and its role in regulating emotions
  • list key features of body awareness as an approach to calm the nervous system

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Diana Blaney: No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews
It is an excellent course. It touched upon a critical topic often neglected in the physical therapy field. Course instructor Diana Blaney is passionate about the topic and provides excellent insight into course objectives.
nermeen Ashraf Mohamed
Physiotherapist
Egypt