IST3034-1OL-WI16 - PTSD: Pastoral, Psychological, & Theol Responses

Instructor: Carrie Doehring

Course Synopsis, Objectives, Reading List: see DoehringPTSD SYLLABUS WinterOnline 2016 1-27-2016.docx

Weekly reading responses to discussion forums submitted by Monday (midnight) and responded to by Thursday midnight (56%)

Grading Rubric:

• Posting on time: Points deducted for late postings both on Monday and Thursday nights
• Quoting from each of the weekly readings: Points will be deducted if required weekly readings are not cited in the Monday forum.
• Substantive use of concepts from readings in using concepts from readings in both Monday and Thursday posts

One journal assignment following the outline provided online, due on Feb. 16.  These students’ journal assignments will become the basis for the spiritual care conversations with your learning partner in week 8 (40%).  When possible, local students will schedule these conversation with Prof. Doehring during times when they can come to Iliff. We will also Skype or use Google Hangout for journey student conversations.

Here is the journal assignment outline: The Outline for the Journal Assignment.docx

Here is the sample journal: Carrie Doehring's Journal Assignment.docx

In thinking about what to write about, you could take a look at this life stressor list to identify stressful life events you might write about:

Life_Stressor_Checklist_Revised.docx

 In Part 6, when you identify possible values, this list can be used to identify values List of possible values.docx

Submitting and revising the spiritual care conversation questions: In preparation for leading a spiritual care conversation with a peer, each student will prepare a list of questions they will use, which will be submitted to Prof. Doehring and their partner by Feb 21, for feedback from Prof. Doehring and revision of questions prior to the spiritual care conversations (4% for each).

Week 1

Doehring 2015 Resilience...spiritual integrating moral stress (1).pdf

Doehring Notes on using spiritual practices while exploring experiences of moral stress.docx

Week 2

Doehring In Press Intercultural spiritual care in the aftermath of trauma.pdf

The Outline for the Journal Assignment.docx

Carrie Doehring's Journal Assignment.docx

Life_Stressor_Checklist_Revised.docx

Pargament Spirituality a pathway to growth or decline.pdf

Week 3

Levine, P. A. (2015). Trauma and memory: Brain and body in a search for the living past: A practical guide for understanding and working with traumatic memory. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books. (You can skip chapter 6, making this reading about 120 pages)

Week 4

Butler 2014 Religion, Terror and America.pdf

Ellison 2014 The way it is and the way it could be.pdf

hook & Ensler 2014 Strike, rise, dance.docx

Sheppard 2008 Mourning.pdf

Moore 2009 Theorizing the 'black body' as a site of trauma.pdf

Week 5

Drescher & Foy 2010 When horror and loss intersect traumatic and how clergy can help.pdf

Litz et al 2009 Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans.pdf

Kinghorn 2012 Combat trauma.pdf

Rambo 2013 Changing the conversation Theologizing war.pdf

Week 6

Review Doehring, Carrie (2015. Chapter 5. The practice of pastoral care (Revised and expanded). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664238407

Nelson_FACING_EVIL.pdf

Read two of the following:

Chen 2012 Coping with Death and Loss Confucian Perspectives.pdf

Csordas 2005 Gender and healing in Navajo Society.pdf

Feldman 2015 She Who Hears the Cries of the World.docx

Harris 2005 Healing in Feminist Wicca.pdf

Willis 2014 Community of neighbors.pdf

Week 7 Journal Assignments Due to your partners Feb 16, interview questions due Feb 21

Week 8 Care Conversations (hit link for sign-up page) WEEK 8 Sign up for Skype.In person Spiritual Care Conversations

Week 9 Read two of the following:

1. Erzen 2005 Sexual healing Self help and therapeutic Christianity in the Ex Gay Movement.pdf

2. Nguyen, Bellehumeur, and Malette 2014 Woman survivors of sex trafficking.pdf

3. Ren 2012 Spirituality and Community in times of crisis .pdf

4. Rodriguez 2008 God's protection of immigrants.pdf

5.Tanner, Wherry, Zvonkovic 2013 Clergy who experience trauma as a result of forced termination.pdf   AND

Tanner Zvonkovic & Tanner 2013 The perceptions of terminiated ministers scale revised.pdf

Week 10

Skype/in person interviews scheduled at these (Mountain Zone) times: each pair chooses one 2 hour time block.  NOTE: onely one pair per time slot. If you happen to be coming to campus for the weekend praxis I am doing on Mental Health First Aid for Adolescents, it might work to sign up for a time on Thursday or Friday.

Once you have emailed and found a partner and decided on a time, one of you needs to open/edit this page, add your names by a time, indiciate whether you and/or your partner with be in person (P) and Skype (S). Then hit save at the bottom

Tuesday Feb 23

2 - 4 pm   Brenton Fry (S- from Australia) & Patrick Hellman (S)

4 – 6 pm- Chris Breen (S) and Rhonda Henslee (S)

6 – 8 pm - Joy Keeling (P) and Jill Fleishman (P)

Wednesday Feb 24    

 11 am – 1 pm - Carla Vogel (P) and Cindy Adams (P)

1 pm – 3 pm     Kim Gold (P) Kris Ireland (P)

3 pm – 5 pm- John Moore (S) & Maria Del Riesgo (S)

Thursday Feb 25        

11 am – 1 pm  Vicky Martinez (P) & Terri Nelson (P)

1 pm – 3 pm: Mary Ball (P) & Marisa Werner (P)

Degree Learning Goals: Please take some time to look over the Professional Degree Learning Goals (MDiv, MASC, MAPSC) and the Academic Degree Learning Goals (MTS, MA).

Incompletes:  If incompletes are allowed in this course, see the Master's Student Handbook for Policies and Procedures.

Pass/Fail:  Masters students wishing to take the class pass/fail should discuss this with the instructor by the second class session.

Academic Integrity and Community Covenant:  All students are expected to abide by Iliff’s statement on Academic Integrity, as published in the Masters Student Handbook, or the Joint PhD Statement on Academic Honesty, as published in the Joint PhD Student Handbook, as appropriate.  All participants in this class are expected to be familiar with Iliff’s Community Covenant.

Accommodations:  Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs.   Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations.  The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146. 

Writing Lab:  Grammar and organization are important for all written assignments.  Additional help is available from the Iliff Writing Lab, which is available for students of any level who need help beginning an assignment, organizing thoughts, or reviewing a final draft. 

Inclusive Language:  It is expected that all course participants will use inclusive language in speaking and writing, and will use terms that do not create barriers to classroom community.