On-Line Course: "Crisis Intervention Basics"

Crisis has been called a time of both danger and opportunity.

Crisis Intervention focuses on helping people in crisis to reduce the danger and seize the opportunity in their situation.

 

Course Description:

On completing this independent self-study course, you will be:

• sensitive to the dynamics of the crisis experience and suicidal thought
  and
• familiar with a step-by-step process for managing crisis. 

As well, you will be able to:

• assess a person's risk for suicide and respond with an appropriate intervention plan
• assess and manage issues related to the limits in crisis work
• evaluate your potential for burnout , and
• develop methods for effective collaboration in crisis intervention

 

Topics include:

	Module 1: Fundamentals of Crisis Intervention		Module 2: Suicide Intervention
	What is Crisis?		Risk Factors for Suicide
	Communication Skills for Crisis Support.		Characteristics of Suicidal Thought
	The Crisis Management Process.		Clues or Warning Signs
	Avoiding common pitfalls in the process		Risk Assessment
	Helper Well-being: Addressing Limits and Burnout		Principles of Intervention
	Connecting with community resources
	Record Keeping.
	Legal Issues in Crisis Work

 

Who is this course for?

ANYONE desiring to improve his or her skills in Crisis Intervention .

No pre-requisite training or experience is required.

You might be:

• working or volunteering with individuals in unsettled life circumstances

• considering a future career assisting people in crisis

• perceived as someone that others can turn to for support

• serving as a natural caregiver in your community

• preparing to write the Crisis Worker Certification exam offered through the Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention. (for more information see www.suicideprevention.ca , heading: Resources)

Preferably you are:

• Self-motivated and able to work independently

• Comfortable working with a computer and surfing the internet

The course is an introduction to the topic. It will serve well as a review for those who have some prior training. For those with some experience but little formal training, it will serve to ground that experience in the relevant theory.

 

Cost: $50 (plus GST), gives you password access to the course site for one month.

 

Technical Requirements are simple. Any browser that you currently use to surf the internet will work. A dial-up modem is adequate. You will also need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available as a free download.

 

Other Requirements

As there is no instructor and no class group, we recommend that you to find a "learning partner" and/or mentor. This would be a person (or more than one) who is willing to help you in any of the following ways:

• Listen as you explain what you are learning (telling it in your own words can make the information come alive for you)

• Be a partner for the suggested exercises or role plays

• Share with you their expertise or experience with the subject

• Help you consider ways to apply your learning in your life and work

Your learning partner does not have to take the course with you. Their role is to support you in ways that enhance your learning, stimulate your interest and motivation, and assist in converting knowledge into active skills.

 

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