SWK 4230 Crisis Intervention

3 Hours

Prerequisites: SWK 3700 . Open to senior-level social work majors only.

Crisis intervention will take into account various environments and populations across the lifespan to provide students with practical guidelines for managing crisis such as suicide, abuse, grief and loss, violence, and disasters. Multiple crisis assessment models will be presented giving students the freedom to select a model that best fits their personal style or a given crisis. Future mental health professionals will gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to help their clients manage when a crisis occurs. Fall.