Crisis Flashcards
What is there a disruption in with a crisis?
Do the usual problem solving skills fix a crisis?
Equilibrium
Typically no
Is anyone immune to the crisis?
Then why is it that some people don’t seem to have as many?
No
The perception of their crisis is not he same
When does a crisis usually resolve?
4-8 weeks
What is a developmental crisis?
Can you predict this happening?
When someone at a certain developmental age is not actually at the stage for whatever is dropped on them. If they can’t plan & cope for this, it turns into a crisis.
Maybe sometimes. Like a child being sent off to college is predicted.
How is birth of a child a developmental crisis?
Well new young parents may not know how to cope with the new baby.
How is a death of a parent a developmental crisis?
A child has probably never had to experience death before and they are not equipped to handle it.
How is it that a child leaving for college is a developmental crisis
Well the parent will feel it but it is the child developing and going off into a new stage
What is a situational crisis?
Will you. have a warning?
A situation crisis is a crisis that develops from a disruptive event and external circumstances. You won’t know its coming either.
Why is unemployment a situational crisis?
Disasters?
Other forms of situational crisis?
You weren’t expecting to be fired
- how prepared you are will depend on if you think it is a crisis
You weren’t expecting a tornado.
Accidents, diseases, sudden death of a loved one
What are multiple crisis scenarios?
Examples?
What can this cause?
When multiple crisis over lap.
Birth of infant child that is born with a birth defect.
A military child going to new school in new state in a new house.
Health issues bc of stress
What should adjustment look like for families
Minor changed to how they function
Adaptation
Something you have to do it major structural or systematic changed in reality due to old ways of coping not working
Internal support
Family resilience, we can get through this, facing the problem head on
External support
Church/club support
External families
Community help
Family and community violence meaning?
Purposeful violent acts that result in physical or mental injury
Who has. more abuse: elder abuse or child abuse
elder
Why is violence in PG considered to be a big concern?
It is affecting 2 people
T/F
Abuse situations can only have 1 abuser
false it can be multiple
T/F
Most kids forget and never are affected by abuse
false
How prevalent is elder abuse?
More so than stats lead on 2-10% are reported
Common methods of elder abuse?
Maltreatment
Financial abuse
Who is more likely to experience elder abuse: men or women
women ; female
Why are elders a target for abuse
Isolation, impairments, and dependent on others
Reasons someone abuses elders financially or physically
Money problems, alcohol/drug problems, stress
Unrealistic expectation for elder and so frustration
Lack of skills for coping
Domestic violence as a kid
Why is elder abuse underreported?
Fear of reporting due to blame
- other family or staff wanna protect the family
- or don’t want their business aired in public
Elders are invisible
Elders are vulnerable
Bullying
Aggressive behavior that is demonstrated for power
Types of school violence
Bullying
Shootings
Does child trauma lead to health issues?
What can we learn from this?
Yes it can
- so far, increase in hypertension and cardiovascular disease
If health problems are persistent, lets do a social hx assessment of their family life
Methods of teaching for crisis/trauma?
Formal/informal
Role modeling
Anticipatory guidance
Case management for crisis
client advocacy
show them resources
DCF
child or elder abuse
