If you’ve seen our Help Directory – you can find it here – you’ll have noticed our promotion of online learning. In the Directory, we recognise that Survivors need help and support in different ways and through doing that, we can see that online learning can be so beneficial for the mental health, coping skills, and emotional wellbeing of Survivors. This is the case because often, the Courses provide reassurance that the Survivor who is studying it isn’t alone, that there is hope out there, that there are safe coping skills, and that gaining an education can be really bolstering of your confidence and general understanding of what has happened to you…
*These
courses are listed in no particular order*
Forensic
Mental Health and Criminal Justice
Monash
University via FutureLearn and at a length of 4 weeks with 2 hours per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
An
understanding and knowledge of their own rights in the legal processes.
·
A
development of empathy for others in the legal system who have mental health
difficulties.
Trauma,
Neuro, and Shame Awareness
Deakin
University via FutureLearn and at a length of 4 weeks with 3 hours per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
An
education on how trauma can affect the brain, conflicts, and relationships.
·
An
increased understanding of practical skills for environments that are
trauma-informed.
Understanding
Coercive Control
Central
Queensland University via FutureLearn and at a length of 2 weeks with 1 hour
per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
Education
on identifying behaviour patterns.
·
Improved
ability to risk assess.
UK
Health Security Agency via FutureLearn and at a length of 3 weeks with 1 hour
per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
The
increased ability to identify how to better support yourself in a crisis.
·
Discovery
of emotional support and coping strategies.
Childhood
Adversity: The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Mental Health
University
College London via FutureLearn and at a length of 3 weeks with 3 hours per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
An
exploration of the connection between your childhood experiences and mental
health.
·
Enhanced
knowledge of mental health in young people.
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder in The Global Context
University
of Glasgow via FutureLearn and at a length of 4 weeks with 4 hours per week.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
How
to identify PTSD.
·
The
ability to assess the risk for, prevent, and then treat PTSD.
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness
Centre
of Excellence and at a length of 10 modules to be studied at your own pace.
Benefits for Survivor/Student:
·
The
discovery of a source of information about PTSD.
·
An
aid to working through your own experiences of PTSD.