Course: Crisis Response

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Course title Crisis Response
Course code KSS/TKI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kliment Pavel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Basic terminology - stress, depression, trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, demanding life situations, defending mechanisms etc. 2. Crisis - its symptoms, causes, typology of crisis, phases of crisis, risk and protective factors. 3. Individual in crisis - child, young, adult and senior. Family in crisis, community in crisis. 4. Crisis response and its definition - theories, principles. Face-to-face crisis response, telephonic CR. 5. The professional in crisis response - personality, education, training, organizations. 6. Special forms of crisis response. 7. The issue of domestic violence. Seminars: 1. Crisis, typology, solution. 2. Crisis based on a trauma. 3. Introduction to crisis response. Legislation. Ethics. 4. Institutions of crisis response. Personality of the professional in crisis response. 5. Crisis response step by step. Working with emotions. 6. Specific topics in crisis response (children, young ones, seniors ?). 7. Supervision system for the area of crisis response. Prevention of burn-out.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence, Active metods (simulation, situational contingency methods, drama,acting, namagerial acting )
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 62 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students learn the basic terminology and conception, ethology and expert knowledge of crisis as a subjective dangerous event in people's situations. Crisis response is defined here as specialized help for people who are endangered by the crisis. Students learn particular techniques of crisis response and strategies how to treat a person in such situation. Students learn basic principles and ethical demand valid for crisis response. In the broad sense, crisis response is a method of organization and continuity of steps which lead the social work to solve the present situation of a person in crisis.
Students learn the basic terminology and conception, ethology and expert knowledge of crisis as a subjective dangerous event in people's situations. Crisis response is defined here as specialized help for people who are endangered by the crisis. Students learn particular techniques of crisis response and strategies how to treat a person in such situation. Students learn basic principles and ethical demand valid for crisis response. In the broad sense, crisis response is a method of organization and continuity of steps which lead the social work to solve the present situation of a person in crisis.
Prerequisites
Social issues and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Written assignment

Presence in seminars, discussions, semestral thesis.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B., a kol. Psychosociální krizová spolupráce.. Praha: Grada., 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4195-6.
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B., A KOL. Terénní krizová práce: psychosociální intervenční týmy. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0708-X.
  • JŮN, H. Moc, pomoc a bezmoc v sociálních službách a ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-590-5.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N., a kol. Krizová intervence pro praxi.. Praha: Grada., 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2643-3.
  • TÓTHOVÁ, J. Úvod do transgenerační psychologie rodiny.. Praha: Portál., 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-856-2.
  • VODÁČKOVÁ, D., A KOL. Krizová intervence. Praha: Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-696-9.


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