Crisis Interventions

Overview

This Crisis Interventions course will enhance your knowledge and literacy regarding crisis and trauma.

In this 6-week course, you will learn about various Crisis and Trauma interventions and how to apply them. Crisis and Trauma Counselling is a specialised, targeted intervention that provides a framework to identify which methodologies are most effective in their application. Gain an understanding of the rationale behind methodologies that are appropriate to use in Crisis and Trauma counselling scenarios.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Define the term ‘crisis’ and the way it can impact an individual or community.
• Describe assessment in relation to crisis management.
• Assess the severity of a crisis and apply the ABCs of assessing a crisis.
• Understand the triage assessment system for suicide or self-harm.
• Explore psychobiological assessment.
• Assess a client’s current emotional functioning, alternatives, coping mechanisms and support systems.
• Apply the Psychological First Aid intervention technique for crisis management.
• Learn the six-step model of crisis intervention.
• Describe the use of Brief Intervention techniques in crisis Intervention.
• Understand the use of strength-based crisis intervention strategies in crisis management.
• Describe a narrative therapeutic approach to crisis intervention.
• Discuss the Wits Trauma Model and its application.

You will have also created a portfolio of evidence, which you can use to demonstrate your understanding and knowledge of Crisis and Trauma methodologies and intervention strategies.