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Common Course Outline

Course discipline/number/title HS 1781: Crisis Intervention and Prevention

Catalog Description

Credits 3
Hours/Week 3
Prerequisites (Course discipline/number) None
Other requirements None
MnTC Goals (if any) NA

Course Description

This course provides students with an overview of the effect of crisis, disaster, and trauma associated events on people, systems, society, and the environment. This course will introduce students to core crisis concepts, theories, and skills. Preventative techniques, strategies, and models will be explored. Risk assessment, community plans of action, supportive resources, and crisis specific situations will also be discussed. College level reading and writing is recommended for this course.

Date Last Revised (Month, year)

November, 2025

Outline of Major Content Areas

  1. Crisis, disaster, and traumatic events
  2. Crisis intervention and prevention theories, strategies, and models
  3. Crisis communication, negotiation and response
  4. Crisis Intervention for specific situations and disorders
  5. Crisis intervention with specific populations in specific settings

Learning Outcomes (General)

The student will be able to:

  1. Recognize the different types of crises.
  2. Identify crisis concepts, theories, models, and skills.
  3. Identify how crisis, disaster, or trauma related events impact people, systems, society, and the environment.
  4. Demonstrate crisis communication, negotiation, and response techniques.
  5. Explore crisis screening and assessment instruments.
  6. Evaluate correlation between addiction, trauma, mental health, and crisis.
  7. Identify culturally appropriate support systems and services for clients impacted by crisis.
  8. Design prevention class or recovery plan.

Learning Outcomes (MnTC)

NA

Methods for Evaluation of Student Learning

Methods may include but are not limited to:

RCTC Core Outcome(s)

This course contributes to meeting the following RCTC Core Outcome(s):

Communication
Students will communicate appropriately for their respective audiences.

Special Information (if any)

None