HSM 202 Crisis Intervention Principles and Practices

This course introduces students to crisis theory and models of crisis intervention, as well as various delivery systems and organizations that provide crisis intervention services. Students discover techniques for connecting, building rapport, and effectively communicating with individuals in crisis and discerning crisis from non-crisis situations. They further review the approaches for managing crises as members of intervention teams and techniques for crisis prevention, de-escalation, harm reduction, and resolution.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

HSM 101, HSM 102, and HSM 201

Corequisite

None