2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CMH 6365 - Clinical Skills II (Child): Crisis, Trauma, Complex Issues


3 cr

This course is the second of two clinical classes on specialized inteventions with children, adolescents, and families. The course will offer techniques for working with children, families, and the general community during times of individual, family, or community crisis (mental health or health crisis, accident, death, etc). It will focus on the youth and families in crisis in the context of the natural community and the mental health systems of care. It will review the history and theory of crisis interventions, proactive planning for individual youth before the crisis occurs or reoccurs, and risk assessment strategies. Other specific topics of focus will include: intervention in complex cases, trauma-informed care, self-harm/suicide, violence, and natural or human caused disasters.  Strategies for assessment, planning, and  intervention will emphasize family members as partners, solution and strength-based treatment planning and interventions, natural and community-based supports.

Prerequisites: CMH 6355 , CMH 6105 , CMH 6805 
Courses offered through a cohort schedule



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