Crisis Intervention Strategies,   ISBN:9780495100263

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I really enjoy reading this book. It gives good and detailed information on how to handle crises situations.

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This is an easy read with a lot of good information. There is dialogue from sessions with clients that helps to bring the point into focus.

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The book itself was in good condition, but it is a difficult book to read and hard to get through.

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As both a retired Police Hostage Negotiator and a Criminology Professor, I believe this text should be the bible for training entry level human services workers.

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As required for licensure, I used this text for the mandated Crisis Intervention post-master's course. In addition to basic mental health crisis intervention, the book primarily focuses on crisis response, crisis planning, and other concepts introduced to the general public by FEMA and HRSA after the events of 9/11.

I suppose if you are not familiar with the planning component, and do not want to take the time to search through the free FEMA and Red Cross files on the net, you'll have a brief, one-stop shopping experience with this text. And, I also suppose this is "stuff" one should probably know for administrator level position within human service organizations. However, be warned...this is great theory that academics want you to know. But in the real world, the plan in written and put on a shelf.