Emergency and Crisis Work

Write an editorial on a major social, professional, or community issue.

Instructions for Paper
Emergency and Crisis Work

Use the examples of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Columbine School
Shootings, (Boston Marathon Bombing) recent crisis or emergency event.

Compare the ways that you might conceptualize the experience of
victims, witnesses, or anyone associated with the event from two
different theoretical approaches (Cognitive and Humanistic).

Choose two of the affective approaches studied and compare and
contrast their effectiveness in the emergency scenario (Gastalt and Person-Centered Approaches).

The paper must also addresses these issues:

• How do therapists using each of these perspectives view the client
and client’s problem?
• How are the goals of treatment similar or different in these
approaches?
• How would the process of therapy be different?
• What is your overall comment about how these approaches compare
in your chosen event?
• Given your understanding at this point, which of these approaches
would you most likely consider using?
• How would you adjust your approach, if you would, when working
with diverse populations?

Write an editorial on a major social, professional, or community issue.
Students will write 300-500 editorial or position paper addressing a major social, professional, or
community issue of their choice. In the interest of addressing specific audiences, this position
paper will contain 1-3 references to an outside source from a major newspaper or the UMUC
databases. The level of language will be formal although the specific audience may be academic,
professional, or civic. This assignment should involve editing sessions with either the instructor or
classmates. Attention will be paid to grammar, syntax, development, and general organization of
the text.

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