Certificate in Crisis Response & Trauma Care

Courses Included

CRTC 101: Crisis and First Responder Training

Effective crisis care and trauma response begins with having a solid foundation. This course provides the learner with the basic skills and core principles necessary for various types of work in the field of crisis and trauma care. From theoretical concepts, assessment techniques, standard protocols, ethics and spiritual integration, each session is designed to offer meaningful insights and practical information.

01. Trauma and Crisis Care: Why We Serve
02. Crisis Response: An Overview of Emergency Mental Health and Chaplaincy
03. The Ethics and Protocol of Crisis Care
04. Collateral Damage: Firestorms of Faith
05. Crisis Theory and Assessment
06. A Theology of Suffering and the “Crisis of Faith”
07. Stability after Crisis: The First Seven Days
08. Getting Plugged In: The Logistics of Responding to Crisis and Disaster
09. Death Notification and Family Assistance
10. Suicide: Coping with the Aftermath
11. Children and Crisis
12. Ambassadors of Faith and the Ministry of Presence

CRTC 201: Acute Stress, Grief and Trauma Crisis Response and Trauma Care

There are a number of critical factors that determine the intensity, duration and scope of any traumatic event, including grief and loss issues, anxiety and depression, relationship attachment, survivor guilt and how to foster resiliency. Each presentation builds on basic knowledge and skills and covers such topics as impact dynamics, counseling strategies, specific methods and techniques and appropriate self-care.

01. Introduction to Crisis Counseling
02. Grief, Loss and Complicated Grief
03. Trauma and Abuse
04. Anxiety and Depression
05. Trauma and Attachment
06. Counseling Strategies.
07. Impact Dynamics of Crisis and Trauma
08. Methods and Techniques for Immediate Response
09.Peer Support and Accountability
10. Survivor Guilt and Fostering Resiliency
11. Managing the High Cost of Care
12. Community Response and Cultural Differences