Learning Resources
Required Readings
James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Chapter 16, “Human Services Workers in Crisis: Burnout, Vicarious Traumatization, and Compassion Fatigue” (pp. 546–576)
Burnett Jr, H. J., & Wahl, K. (2015). The compassion fatigue and resilience connection: A survey of resilience, compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction among trauma responders. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 17(1), 318-326. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1004&context=pubs
Hudnall Stamm, B. (2005). Compassion fatigue self test. In Professional quality of life: Compassion satisfaction and fatigue subscales, R-IV (ProQOL).
Griffiths, A., Royse, D., Murphy, A., & Starks, S. (2019). Self-Care Practice in Social Work Education: A Systematic Review of Interventions. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-13.
Kanno, H., & Giddings, M. M. (2017). Hidden trauma victims: Understanding and preventing traumatic stress in mental health professionals. Social Work in Mental Health, 15(3), 331-353.
National Association of Social Workers. (2017). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English.aspx
Wilson, F. (2016). Identifying, preventing, and addressing job burnout and vicarious burnout for social work professionals. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 13(5), 479-483.
Assignment: Prevention of Vicarious Trauma: Self-Awareness and Self-Assessment
As a helping professional, many factors can influence the development of vicarious trauma, including client accounts and your own personal and professional experiences. The shifts in cognitive schemas, as discussed in this week’s Discussion, however, are not absolute. You can participate in activities that can minimize or ameliorate the effects of VT. Self-awareness and self-assessment are critical in identifying the development of VT. It is important to note that practitioners who are more susceptible to VT, such as those working with survivors of critical incidents, especially need to be aware of the symptoms and take steps to minimize the development of VT.
For this Assignment, reflect on the strategies you read about and those you may know from outside this course. Consider those that you use currently or might use in the future to mitigate the effects of VT. Complete the Compassion Fatigue Self Test and analyze the results.
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Summarize the results of the self-assessment.
Explain what you learned about yourself as it relates to vicarious trauma.
Describe three strategies that you might use to mitigate the effects of vicarious trauma, and explain why you selected each.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are required to provide a reference list and to appropriately cite, in APA style, all references used within your Assignment.
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Required Readings
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Research shows that the demographic makeup of the United States will shift considerably over the next thirty years.  However, the demographic composition of the United States government is not representative of these changes.
For this discussion, review the Paul Taylor’s article The Next America (Links to an external site.), https://www.pewresearch.org/next-america/#Two-Dramas-in-Slow-Motion which presents statistics to show how the gender, racial, ethnic, and age composition of the United States is expected to change over the next few decades. Also review the Pew Research Center’s report America’s Changing Religious Landscape (Links to an external site.).   https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ These resources will give you an overview of the demographic composition of the United States and over time.
Next, review Congressional Demographic (Links to an external site.) https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2012/10/10/congressional-demographics/ (for an audio version click here (Links to an external site.)) and this Washington Post article (Links to an external site.) https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2012/10/10/congressional-demographics/ to review the demographic composition of the United States Congress.
After reviewing the resources above, address the following:
Describe the following:
The current racial, gender, and religious composition of the United States.
How these demographics are expected to change in coming decades.
The racial, gender, and religious composition of the United States Congress.
Compare the demographics of the United States population and the United States Congress by summarizing any similarities and/or differences.
What are the potential consequences of the demographic composition of Congress not matching the demographic composition of its citizens? In other words, what problems may occur if the makeup of the members of Congress does not match the racial, gender, and religious makeup of the citizens?
For additional assistance with this part of the question, please review the following resources:
Read the article The Uneven Presence of Women and Minorities In America’s State Legislatures – And Why It Matters (Links to an external site.) https://thesocietypages.org/ssn/2012/11/12/minority-representation/ 
Listen to this podcast (Links to an external site.) https://thesocietypages.org/officehours/2016/03/02/lois-lee-on-recognizing-the-non-religious/ discussing the social science implications of a non-religious identity
Or read one of these articles: Lois Lee on Non-Religion (Links to an external site.) http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/podcast-lois-lee-on-non-religion/ or  The Nonreligious are Britain’s Hidden Majority (Links to an external site.)
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or scholarly resources, and properly cite any references 

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