Crisis Intervention Strategies

Duration: Self-paced (up to 6 months to complete) Credits: 40 Clock hours | 4 IACET CEUs   Objective: The purpose is to provide students a well-rounded view of theories and strategies that can be used in crisis counseling.   Outcome: Upon completion of this course, students will be competent in:

• Developing collaborative client relationships that promote crisis care in multiple environments.
• Defining and understanding the field of crisis counseling in historical, modern, and multicultural societies.
• Understanding the concepts of crisis intervention, advocacy, and triage as applied in overall crisis care.
• Conducting effective and accurate client initial care, assessments, evaluations, and referrals.
• Evaluating the social, political, and community factors that are also impacted by crisis events.
• Identifying and examining the major theories, strategies, and skills used in crisis counseling.
• Identifying and understanding the legal and ethical issues related to crisis work in various counseling institutions and crisis care environments.
• Exploring the associated caregiver issues of burnout, traumatization, and compassion fatigue.
• Comparing and contrasting the implications and various approaches to crisis telephone and internetwork.
• Identifying and effectively implementing various approaches to assisting clients impacted by violence, abuse, sexual assault, and chemical dependency.
• Comparing and contrasting the implications and various approaches to conducting crisis care work both in schools and mental health care agencies.
• Comprehending and applying crisis counseling approaches that are specific to working with children versus adults.
• Understanding the critical components to assess, diagnosing and providing care with respect to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Understanding the different aspects and approaches to working with both man-made and natural disaster-related client issues.
• Learning about and understanding the dynamics of disaster response teams and how they are impacted and affected by crisis situations.
• Assessing crisis and providing intervention from an integrative perspective.
• Assessing and identifying the dynamics of suicide, murder, bereavement, and grief for the clients and the client's support system.
• Examining the role of counseling in hostage situations.