Week 2 Individual
Assessing the Crisis |
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Assessing the Crisis.
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Week 2 Learning Team
Hybrid Model of Crisis |
Watch the video clip “Title 5, Scenario 3 Basic Skills/Hybrid Model: Counselors Talk with Woman Losing Custody of Child from the Crisis Intervention in Action DVD” available in Coursemate on your student website.
Write a 1,050- to 1,500-word paper on how the hybrid model of crisis intervention is applied in this situation. Include the following in your paper:
· Describe the hybrid model of crisis intervention. · Provide specific examples of how each facet of the hybrid model of crisis intervention is illustrated. · Discuss which listening skills the counselors exhibited.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
Week 3 Individual
Suicide Prevention Job Aid |
Create a brochure for a new employee working at a suicide prevention hotline. The brochure must include the following:
· A description of common suicide myths and their implications · Assessment strategies for determining the risk of suicide in a caller and recommended next steps · The stages of crisis intervention in an inpatient mental health setting |
Week 3 Learning Team
Case Scenario Response |
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Case Scenario Response. |
Week 4 Individual
Interventions Case Study |
Select one of the following Case Presentations from Crisis Intervention Case Book:
· “A Verbal and Emotionally Abusive Relationship” in Ch. 5 · “A Crisis Involving Substance Abuse Withdrawal” in Ch. 7 · “A Crisis Involving Schizophrenia” in Ch. 8 · “A Crisis Involving Chronic Back Pain” in Ch. 9 · “John, the Grief of Divorce” in Ch. 10
Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper addressing the following:
· Describe the case you chose. · Examine the crisis components related to the case. · Examine what intervention strategies should be provided. · Recommend a strategy that could be implemented to promote change.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
Week 4 Learning Team
Intervention Strategies Summary Paper |
Each team will select one of the following scenarios from the videos available in Coursemate on your student website:
· Scenario 4: Triage Assessment of a Battered College Female · Scenario 12: Alcoholic in Denial · Scenario 8: Loss · Scenario 9: Rape
Write a 1,050- to 1,500-word paper that includes the following:
· Discuss the intervention strategies exhibited in the video or strategies that should have been utilized in that case. · Critique the strategies used in the scenario your team chose, and propose an alternate approach to dealing with the scenario.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
Week 5 Individual
Caretaker Interview |
Conduct an interview with someone who works in human services, answering the questions from the University of Phoenix Material: Caretaker Interview.
Obtain faculty approval before conducting your interview.
Write a 1,050- to 1,500-word paper discussing the interview. Include the following:
· Provide a summary of the interview. · Explain how burnout is different from compassion fatigue. · Identify the signs that are key indicators of burnout. · Explain the levels or stages of burnout that the interviewee experienced.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
Week 5 Learning Team
Global Initiatives Presentation |
Select an organization that is involved in crisis intervention on a multinational level.
Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following:
· Identify the organization and its mission. · Discuss the history of the organization as it relates to global issues. · Describe how the organization is working toward improving its crisis intervention response. · Suggest ways in which this organization could improve its response to global crises.
Format any citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines. |