Dec 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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PSY 455 - Crisis Intervention and Stabilization


This course reviews the basic concepts and skills needed to provide culturally responsive counseling in a variety of crisis situations. Topics that will be reviewed include evidence-based models of crisis intervention, crisis assessment, prevention, and intervention for specific types of crisis (e.g., child maltreatment, IPV, natural disasters), the process of identifying and reporting suspected abuse, suicide prevention, techniques for dealing with violent persons, and relevant community support services. Professional, ethical, and legal issues relevant to crisis assessment, prevention, and intervention will also be examined and discussed. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every semester.

Prerequisite(s): A counseling course (PSY 235  or REH 200  or equivalent) and PSY 209 .

Credits: 3



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