Disaster and Crisis Intervention in Social Works

The Disaster, Crisis and Intervention specialization provides in-depth information about the theory and strategies that need to be implemented to meet the basic needs of a community in an emergency situation. Learn how to assist victims and support their caregivers after the initial crisis has passed. Study the skills and practices specific to crisis counselling, including theories of crisis intervention and ways of working with different populations.

CONTENT

• Analyse and evaluate theories, models, historical foundations, and concepts to the profession of human services.
• Ethical, social, multicultural, diversity, and political considerations to professional practice.
• Evaluate and apply published qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed-methods research.
• Investigate problems in human services practice.
• Social change theories to human services practice and research.
• Human development theories in human services research and practice.
• Social systems and organizational theories to human services research and practice.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.