Advocacy and Crisis Prevention

Trauma-informed practice is a strengths-based approach that focuses on safety, relationship, choice, collaboration and empowerment as well as respect for diversity. It supports community and justice workers to understand how the experiences of clients may shape the ways in which they engage in the system. Students develop trauma-informed case management, advocacy and crisis intervention skills. Students develop skills relating to case management which is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, systems navigation, and care coordination. They also develop advocacy skills and develop an understanding of how learning appropriate Legislation can assist with this process. Finally, students also develop crisis prevention and intervention skills including verbal and non-verbal disengagement skills that focus on the principles of empowerment and collaboration.