Crisis Work with Indigenous Children/Youth: Restoring Balance

3 credits · Graduate

This course examines the nature and types of crisis situations faced by children and youth, with special attention to Indigenous children and youth. Basic crisis intervention skills aimed at the restoration of balance are identified. There is a particular focus on suicide including assessment of suicide lethality, intervention skills, skills for working with survivors, cluster suicide and suicide epidemics, and prevention work. The course addresses other trauma or crisis work, critical incident debriefing with children and youth and individual, family and community risk and protective factors. Prerequisite(s): BSW, Bachelor of Child and Youth Care or other bachelor-level degree subject to Chair approval