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Assignment: Impact of Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Events on Mental Health When a critical incident occurs, it can feel like an emotional earthquake to the survivor, disrupting his or her overall functioning. In cases of prolonged trauma (e.g., childhood sexual abuse or war), there is no immediate “clean-up” effort, resulting in prolonged exposure to trauma.…
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Discussion: Cultural and Developmental Implications for Survivors When working with any client, you must consider the impact of human development and culture. This is especially true when working with survivors of critical incidents. A 4-year-old child’s cognitive processing is different from that of a 35-year-old adult. Thus, you must be familiar with developmental stages, specifically…
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Week 3: Culture and Context of Trauma Will the trauma experienced by a 6-year-old who has survived a tornado differ from the trauma experienced by an adolescent who has survived the same event? How will their experiences compare to those of an older adult? Imagine a group of individuals who lose all of their resources…
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Week 2: Theories and Response Models “This has been such a tragedy; I don’t even know where to begin to help this survivor!” As a helping professional, you may have thoughts similar to these as you begin to work with survivors of critical incidents. How do you determine what to do? What informs your…
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Discussion: Applying Crisis Intervention Strategies Understanding crisis and crisis intervention theory is vital to skill acquisition for responders and increases their ability to provide effective responses to survivors. There are three levels of crisis intervention theories. The first and most basic level focuses on correcting temporary affective, behavioral, and cognitive distortions caused by critical incidents.…
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Assignment: Impact of Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Events on Mental Health When a critical incident occurs, it can feel like an emotional earthquake to the survivor, disrupting his or her overall functioning. In cases of prolonged trauma (e.g., childhood sexual abuse or war), there is no immediate “clean-up” effort, resulting in prolonged exposure to trauma.…
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Describe the potential joys of social work. Describe the anticipated rewards of practice within your intended focus area of social work. Analyze your experience of a personal or professional turning point or defining moment that led you to social work, or that deepened or shifted your practice.
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Sexual assault is often unreported, although more is being done to support those who have been sexually assaulted and to prevent such incidents from occurring. There is no doubt that sexual assault and harassment continue in the military, and women are the primary victims. How can the military reduce the prevalence of sexual assault and…
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For the Final Project, select one of the combat veterans you see in the media provided in your resources. Develop an individual or family treatment or support plan with recommendations that you might use if you were counseling, supporting, or otherwise assisting this individual with traumatic reactions and supporting his or her family. Your…
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Many military personnel may experience significant combat reactions or trauma as a result of their combat experiences. Many times they feel alone and only those who have experienced combat understand their reactions. However, not all military personnel experience trauma as a result of their combat experiences or duty. As a helping professional, it is important…