COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5595 CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA SELDA ÖZ SOYSAL

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

This course provides students with various kinds of case studies and crisis simulation exercises that balance the theoretical and conceptual frameworks. The students will improve their strategic thinking, team management and communication skills in high-stress situations at schools.Gain familiarity with several theoretical approaches to crisis management .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Apply theory to practice that demonstrates a comprehension of crisis situations
2   Understand the dynamics of crisis situations
3   Knows about the essential leadership qualities of a successful crisis management
4   expand problem solving strategies and decision making styles in crisis management
5   use advanced communication skills to successfully lead the crisis management team during crisis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Crisis management overview
2 Risk management at schools
3 Ethics and Social responsibility
4 Crisis communications
5 Crisis team and crisis plan
6 Mental health professional and student in crisis
7 Teacher with a student crisis
8 Midterm
9 School administrator with a faculty member crisis
10 Violence at schools
11 Substance abuse at schools
12 Dealing with trauma
13 Suicide and homicide assessment
14 Crisis debriefing strategies
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading


Coombs,W.T.(2012).Ongoing Crisis Communication.(3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage Publications.
Kanel,Kristi(2003),A Guide to crisis intervention. CA: Wadworth Group, Brooks /Cole.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminars ,simulations,lecture ,and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

: Homework, case reports

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fatma.oz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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