The short course in Crisis and Trauma Support provides you with the requisite skills and knowledge as community leader, caregiver or counsellor to offer trauma support in a caring environment by assisting distressed victims in the process of recovery and healing. During the course, you will come to better understand and describe trauma in general terms, look at the impact of trauma on the lives of individuals and the community, as well as gaining insights to identify, understand and describe typical trauma situations in your community. You will also become familiar with the difference between trauma support and trauma counselling.