Crisis Prevention and Management is the work of recognizing a behavioral health crisis as it builds, acting to keep it from escalating, and responding safely when one occurs. At InterCoast Colleges it is the emphasis of a course on co-occurring disorders.
What it covers
In behavioral health practice, prevention refers to the steps taken beforehand to reduce the risk of a crisis, and management to the immediate response that keeps a person in crisis safe.
This course provides intermediate understanding of Co-Occurring Disorders with an emphasis on Crisis Prevention and Management.
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, crisis prevention and management is covered in the course AOD303, Co-Occurring Disorders - Crisis Prevention & Management.
The Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies outline lists AOD303 Co-Occurring Disorders: Crisis Prevention and Management at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for AOD303: none.
It sits among the addiction studies topics of co-occurring disorders, integrated care, resiliency and relapse prevention, and clinical supervision, all in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.
This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.