HUS 1320 - Theories and Foundations of Crisis Intervention

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Credit(s): 1
Contact Hours: 17
Effective Term Fall 2016 (520)

Course Description

This course will provide an overview of crisis intervention theory and practical application to working with individuals in crisis. Students will utilize a case study approach to learn strategies and techniques to assist people experiencing crisis with a focus on appropriate response, assessment, and referrals to local resources.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the history of crisis intervention by outlining the major historical developments of crisis intervention theory.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of two models of crisis intervention by discussing the presented model of crisis intervention including:
    1. duration of crisis
    2. four stages of crisis
    3. three outcomes as a result of the use of the selected model
    4. cognitive-affective and behavioral changes
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the facilitative process of listening and understanding by practicing the following skills in structured exercises:
    1. establishing verbal and non-verbal rapport
    2. practicing facilitative listening
    3. practicing summarizing, repeating, and synthesizing to help clarify what the client is saying, and help the client to feel that he or she has been heard accurately.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of assessment skills by:
    1. practicing taking two brief psychosocial histories.
    2. summarizing internal and external resources.
    3. explaining suicidal lethality.
  5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of appropriate interventions as determined by severity of crisis by explaining directive, non-directive and cooperative models of problem solving and decision making.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above objectives through classroom measures developed by individual instructors.

History of Changes

Effective 20083(0410). Submitted as 1510; State approved as 1320. C&I Approval: 11/24/2008, BOT Approval: 01/27/2009, Effective Term: Summer 2009 (410).
C&I Approval: 11/20/2015, BOT Approval: 03/15/2016, Effective Term: Fall 2016 (520)

Related Programs

  1. Human Services (HUMSVC-BS) (640) (Active)
  2. Human Services (HUMSVC-TR) (670) (Active)
  3. Social and Human Services (HUS-AS) (640) (Active)