This module will provide you the opportunity to apply the crisis intervention theory and model you have studied in Chapters 1 and 2 of your text to the topic of community responses to crisis. Those of you engaged in healthcare or public service, or plan to be involved in either area in the future, will be confronted with lthese issues at some point in the future, both professionally and in your own personal lives.

Objectives

At the end of the module students be able to:
Discuss differences between individual and community crises
Identify local and national resources available to assist with community disasters and crises
Discuss professional organizations and their services for community crises
Identify the various phases of critical incident stress debriefing

Activity

Learning Activities

For this week you will need to complete:

The weekly readings assignments (Chapter 10)
Complete the Discussion assignment (See Module and "Assignments")
Reading and viewing of crisis situations in the media

Objectives

At the end of the module students be able to: