Description: Handling crisis situations is a scary and often intimidating task for many beginning and even seasoned counselors, social workers, human service workers, psychologists, nurses, police officers and other professionals. Assessment is the foundation and most critical process in crisis intervention since it helps provide the practitioner with essential information reducing the trial and error method that many practitioners find themselves using.
-- A useful Triage Assessment Form: Crisis Intervention helps train readers and practitioners in an effective method for assessing crisis situations.
-- Case examples illustrate concepts and techniques discussed and demonstrate the use of the Triage Assessment Model with clients.
-- Basic skills needed to help understand clients in crisis are discussed to help readers master essential skills.
-- Discussion of the important differences between crisis assessment and other assessment, such as symptom and psycho/social history assessments clarify the process for readers.

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