PB32PB50 Crisis Intervention

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Jičínská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Hloušková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Tue 13:20–16:35 ?
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the subject is the introductionof the srudents to the issue of crisis and crisis intervention and development of professional skills of a worker in the context of psychological and social crisis help. The subject follows the findings of the basic psychological sciences (general psycology, personality psychology, social psychology and psychopathology). The interpretation is focused, from the broad spectrum of life crises, on crises rising from sudden traumatizing stress (CAN syndrom, rape, PTSD), crises from expected changes in life (tranzistorical), crises rising from personality, situational crises and so-called psychiatric importunatenesses (emergent psychoses, drug or alcohol intoxication, sucidial behaviour). The students are being familiarized with the aims and means of crisis intervention for the solution of individual types of crises and they individualy, within the seminars, search for test procedures and propose solutions.
Syllabus
  • Content of the subject aquirement of basic theoretical knowledge and terms of this field (what is crisis, crisis types, crisis forms, pathological course of crisis, the solution of crisis, forms of help, help and inspection, crisis intervention, characteristics and principles of crisis intervention, the process of crisis intervention, hardness and limits of crisis intervention). Course outline: 1. The terms “crisis counseling” and “crisis”. 2. Professional crisis help, basic principles, aims, forms. 3. Crisis intervention and its basic methods and techniques: consultation preparation, work with a client and his/her story, consultation outcome, expectations and commissions, techniques of guiding and leading, and techniques of effective communication. 4. Specific topics of crisis intervention and professional crisis help, crisis intervention and counseling with various types of crises, such as: 4a. Crises from expected life changes, developmental crises – family life cycle, marital crises, critical situations in woman’s and man’s lives, middle-age crisis, pubescence crisis, and adolescence crisis. 4b. Crises following a sudden traumatic stress: acute reaction to a stress, post-traumatic stress disorder. 4c. Crises in a pathological context: drug addiction, suicide topics, eating disorders, maltreatment and abuse topic, and domestic violence.
Literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, Bohumila. Terénní krizová práce : psychosociální intervenční týmy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada. 299 s. ISBN 802470708X. 2005. info
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda. Krizová intervence pro praxi. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada. 197 stran. ISBN 8024705869. 2004. info
  • Krizová intervence. Edited by Daniela Vodáčková. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál. 543 s. ISBN 80-7178-696-9. 2002. info
Assessment methods
Seminar focused on work in groups and cooperative education. Discussion and situational educational methods (real problem case solution) and didactic games (model and simulated situations) are used. Course evaluation – credit A written seminar thesis on a topic of crisis and crisis intervention.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.acor.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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