CED 512 - Crisis Intervention & Prevention

Credits: 3
A course designed to provide information and training in school crisis preparedness and response so that candidates can assist in crisis prevention and intervention. The course will cover a wide array of topics and situations including crisis development and intervention theory; aggression, violence, and the conflict cycle; crisis counseling methods for agitated students, disasters, trauma, suicide and postvention; death and loss; and family crisis. Some of this course is experiential and requires self-examination, outside research, and/or other activities to prepare for and address crisis situations. Both community mental health and school intervention will be addressed.