Students will learn how mental health and addictions can present in individuals and the ways in which practitioners in justice services areas can collaboratively respond with trauma informed intervention to crisis situations with competence, empathy, and compassion. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate interprofessionally to enhance critical and systems thinking. The course also prepares students for the impact that responding to calls of crisis, trauma, and distress can have on the first responder through learning about emotional well-being and building a personal self-care plan.
Students will learn how mental health and addictions can present in individuals and the ways in which practitioners in justice services areas can collaboratively respond with trauma informed intervention to crisis situations with competence, empathy, and compassion. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate interprofessionally to enhance critical and systems thinking. The course also prepares students for the impact that responding to calls of crisis, trauma, and distress can have on the first responder through learning about emotional well-being and building a personal self-care plan.
