BSHS 445 Week 2 to 5 Assignments

Week 2 Individual

Assessing the Crisis

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Assessing the Crisis.

 

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.