Describe at least two crisis intervention skills and at least one intervention strategy you might use with survivors in the case study, and explain why each might be effective.

Describe at least two crisis intervention skills and at least one intervention strategy you might use with survivors in the case study, and explain why each might be effective.
Discussion: Psychological First Aid You probably are familiar with medical first aid, the immediate but limited care provided to survivors suffering a medical emergency. Medical first aid usually is employed at the scene of disasters, crises, and traumas to help survivors who have been physically injured. For example, an army medic will try to stop the bleeding of a wounded soldier before removing him or her from the battlefield for further treatment. Psychological first aid is similar to medical first aid in that early intervention is provided at the scene, immediate needs are addressed first, and the likelihood of recovery improves as a result. In the aftermath of a disaster, crisis, or trauma, the use of psychological first aid can lessen the negative psychological impact of the event on survivors. Crisis workers employing psychological first aid might start with making connections with survivors, enhancing their safety, and providing them with physical and emotional comfort. They might also offer practical assistance, such as helping survivors complete paperwork, providing information about community support resources, and explaining effective coping strategies. All of these actions can have a powerful influence on how well survivors cope during the aftermath of a disaster, crisis, or trauma. To prepare for this Discussion: Think about the purpose of psychological first aid and how it is used during the initial response to survivors of disasters, crises, and traumas. Identify the core action assigned to you in the Week 4 Discussion: Core Action Assignments Announcement area. Reflect on the primary goal associated with the core action. Also, consider response practices related to the core action, and think about how employing these practices might help support survivors of disasters, crises, and traumas. Reflect on a disaster, crisis, or trauma with which you are familiar. Think about the physical and psychological needs of survivors in its aftermath. Consider how you might apply your assigned core action to best address the survivors’ needs. With these thoughts in mind: By Day 4 Post a description of the psychological first aid core action that you were assigned. In your description, be sure to include the primary goal of the core action, response practices associated with the core action, and the significance of the core action in the psychological first aid model. Then, explain how you might apply the core action to a specific disaster, crisis, or trauma. Provide examples to illustrate your explanation. Be sure to protect the identity of any real persons used in the example, including yourself. This is not intended as a venue for self-disclosure of very personal issues. No identifying information should be used. Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources. Note: Identify the core action you discussed in the first line of your post. You will be asked to respond to a colleague who discussed a core action that you did not. Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Be sure to read at least one posting for each of the core actions in the psychological first aid model. By Day 6 Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ postings. Be sure to respond to a colleague who discussed a core action that you did not. Respond in one or more of the following ways: Ask a probing question. Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting. Offer and support an opinion. Validate an idea with your own experience. Make a suggestion. Expand on your colleague’s posting. Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made. Submission and Grading Information Grading Criteria To access your rubric: Week 4 Discussion Rubric Post by Day 4 and Respond by Day 6 To participate in this Discussion: Week 4 Discussion Assignment: Crisis Intervention The breadth of survivors’ emotional reactions to disasters, crises, and traumas can be extreme, ranging from laughter to anger, or withdrawal to acting out. Crisis workers must try to understand the disaster, crisis, or trauma from the survivor’s point of view, while appearing nonjudgmental and providing support. Of equal importance, crisis workers must understand that support might entail meeting survivors’ basic needs, such as hunger, rather than emotional needs. For instance, helping a survivor of a hurricane to load personal belongings into a truck, finding the survivor a meal, or providing the survivor with shelter for the night might be more helpful than facilitating his or her emotional response to the event. Much of crisis and disaster intervention is attending to very basic physical needs before anything else. For this Assignment, you will review three case studies, select one to which you will respond, and explain how you might apply a crisis intervention model and crisis intervention skills and strategies to the survivors in the case study you chose. To prepare for this Assignment: Focus on the Hybrid model of crisis intervention. Think about how this model might be used to support survivors of disasters, crises, and traumas. Think about how listening, communicating, and acting skills, as well as basic intervention strategies are applied to disaster, crisis, and trauma survivors. Consider how each skill set and strategy supports survivors. Review the Week 4: Case Studies and select one to which you will respond. Using the Hybrid model of crisis intervention in Chapter 3 of the course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, think about the steps you might take to respond to survivors in the case study you selected. Also, identify specific actions you might engage in during each step. Select at least two crisis intervention skills and at least one crisis intervention strategy you might use to respond to survivors in the case study you selected. Think about why the crisis intervention skills and strategies you chose might be effective for responding to survivors in the case study. The Assignment: (12 pages) Identify the case study you selected. Using the Hybrid model of crisis intervention in the course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, explain how you might respond to survivors in the case study you selected. Be specific. Describe at least two crisis intervention skills and at least one intervention strategy you might use with survivors in the case study, and explain why each might be effective. Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. One Page for initial post in discussion and one page for the assignment. the core action assigned to me is contact and engagement.