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21st Century U.S. Army Correspondence Course References: Crisis Counseling Chaplain Assistant's Role, Unit Ministry Team Subcourse, Drugs, Alcohol Abuse, Suicide (Ringbound)
21st Century US Army Correspondence Course References Crisis Counseling Chaplain Assistant's Role Unit Ministry Team Subcourse Drugs Alcohol Abuse Suicide - Ringbound Author:Department of Defense This ringbound book presents a reproduction of an important U.S. Army Correspondence Course reference, Crisis Counseling Chaplain Assistant's Role, Unit Ministry Team Subcourse, Drugs, Alcohol Abuse, Suicide. Contents include: UMT CRISIS COUNSELING: THE CHAPLAIN ASSISTANT'S ROLE This subcourse is part of the Chaplain Assistant Initial S... more »ustainment Training Course. It is a tutorial for chaplain assistants who are an integral part of the Unit Ministry Team and expected to be the first point of contact for distressed individuals requiring pastoral care. TASK: The chaplain assistant will respond to individuals affected by crisis in person and over the phone. CONDITION: The student will be provided with study material, a case study and a Post Test which all focus on the chaplain assistant's role in crisis counseling. STANDARD: Given the subcourse study material, the student will recall and apply (1) information on listening skills, (2) information on first contact greeting and assisting skills necessary to help individuals in a crisis situation, and (3) information necessary to complete a Post Test with at least 70 percent accuracy. Lesson 1, Understanding the Distressed Individual; Lesson 2, Drug, Alcohol Abuse, and Suicide; Lesson 3, Referrals; Lesson 4, Helping Distressed Soldiers During Combat; Bibliography; Subcourse Examination Crisis is a state of disorganization in which people face frustration of important life goals or profound disruption of their cycles and methods of coping with stress. Counseling of any kind is an intensely intimate and personal activity, crisis counseling even more so. Counseling requires a sense of caring, stability, and perceptivity. Moreover, counseling requires recognition of the worth of others from all spheres of life. Successful counseling also requires a broad educational background and, indeed, a broad outlook on life. It requires basic psychological knowledge and understanding of the employment, social, and domestic environments in which the counseling is done. For the purposes of helping distressed soldiers or their distressed family members, awareness of the unique emotional and psychological dynamics of military life is also essential. Familiarity with community helping agencies is just as essential to the paraprofessional who helps those in crisis as it is to the seasoned professional counselor. In this subcourse you will be required to become familiar with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, with nonwelfare and welfare referral agencies -- civilian and military. As an exercise, you will be asked to read and respond to a case study which deals with the complexities of trying to help a distressed individual. You will also be introduced to ten considerations for first contact response to these individuals. Our news and educational titles are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work and educational tool.« less