The student will identify a crisis professional to interview for the research project. (MLO: A, B, C, K, L).įield Interviewee Candidate Proposal Assignment The topic will be the basis for his or her interview, research paper, and slideshow presentation. The student will research a topic that is relevant to modern crisis counseling, grief, stress, and trauma. The student will choose a specific topic to research throughout the course. The student will conduct a field interview with a crisis professional, create a research paper, and synthesize the research in a slideshow presentation. The student will conduct a comprehensive research project throughout the course.
Current APA or Turabian formatting and style is required. All posts must be written in a substantive manner, without spelling and grammar errors. Threads must contain at least 2 scholarly sources and at least one scriptural application to support the post. The student will then submit replies of at least 250 words each to at least two (2) classmates. For each discussion, the student will submit a thread of at least 450 words discussing the topic given in that Module: Week. Each consists of two (2) parts: the thread and the replies. The student will participate in four (4) Discussions throughout this course. Textbook readings and lecture presentationsĪfter reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.ĭiscussions are collaborative learning experiences.
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Understand how to complete a research series from start to finish.Explore how Scripture informs these various topics and how it can be utilized to inform coping strategies and healing.Understand how working with trauma can affect crisis care workers and other caregivers.Learn key strategies and crisis techniques. Understand key dynamics of personal trauma including rape, sexual assault, bullying, and domestic violence.Explore issues specific to military culture and ways to support veterans and their families.Have a basic understanding of community disasters and know the differences between man-made disasters, natural disasters, gun violence and forms of support.Explore the concept of death-related loss (bereavement) as well as non-death related forms of loss such as relationship loss (divorce, etc.) and financial loss (job loss, etc.).Be able to identify those at risk for self-harm, harm to others, or those who are severely impaired and know how to support them and refer as needed.Understand basic issues regarding aging, disability, severe illness, and those coping with dying.Understand how developmental stages must be understood to have an accurate understanding of loss, stress, grief, and trauma.Have a basic understanding of crisis intervention, ethics, and cultural considerations in this field.Understand the key differences between crisis intervention and psychotherapy/counseling.Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: The combined strategies of effective psychological first aid and grief counseling can relieve the acute stress response, foster resiliency, promote the healing process, and mitigate the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the life of a traumatized individual. The ability to work through acute stress can mitigate the effects of long-term trauma in the lives of those impacted.
The various physical, emotional, and spiritual ailments caused by stress have been well documented across a plethora of sources. According to the American Institute of Stress, 1/3 of the nation experiences “extreme stress,” 77% report stress that affects their physical health, and 73% report stress that affects their mental health. The definition of stress is becoming broader as anxiety and stress-related illnesses are now one of the major contributors to mental illness in the United States. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of the human stress response, effective counseling strategies, methods and techniques for immediate response, comorbidity, anxiety and depression, abuse, impact dynamics of crisis and trauma, survivor guilt, and cultural sensitivity.įor information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog. This course will provide a foundation of the theoretical concepts associated with the impact and consequences of acute stress on victims, first responders, families, and community members, taking into account the process of grief and loss, complicated grief, dying, death, and bereavement, and the long term consequences of unresolved trauma.