Trauma Across the Lifespan: Developmental Contexts and Clinical Implications of Trauma

Description from DukeHub

This seminar will examine the developmental effects of trauma in childhood/adolescence and cascading effects across the lifespan. The course will use a developmental psychopathology framework, examining normative development and (mal)adaptations following trauma exposure, as well as individual, family, and relationship factors affecting developmental trajectories. Emphasis will be placed on intersections of trauma with race and socioeconomic status (historical trauma and oppression), as well as prevention, assessment, and treatment approaches. Students will gain competency through readings, lectures, discussions, written work, and oral presentations.

Skills

• clinicaltitle: "clinical"

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 8 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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