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Nov 30, 2024
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COUN 301 - Counseling for Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Response
Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course is designed to prepare counselors to respond effectively in critical situations and to help clients who are experiencing crisis situations in their lives, including disasters and other trauma-causing events. In this course, students will learn crisis intervention theory and practice principles and the factors associated with trauma response. Students will learn evidence-based crisis intervention and trauma response strategies to apply in different settings/contexts, ages and cultural groups. Students will be exposed to the tenets of crisis/emergency management systems in agency, school or community based facilities. Students will learn Psychological First Aid (PFA) as the current standard for counselor response to disaster/crisis situations. Ethical best practices in crisis response and counselor self-care principles will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
COUN 223 , 210 . May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.
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