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Course: Psychosocial assistance during emergencies

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Course title Psychosocial assistance during emergencies
Course code URT/XPPMU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Adámek Tomáš, Mgr.
Course content
Lectures (1 lesson): 1. Sadness, mourning: theoretical concepts. 2. Sadness, mourning: empirical research. 3. Trauma: theoretical concepts and empirical research. 4. Suicide: theoretical concepts and empirical research. 5. Resilience: theoretical concepts and empirical research. 6. Posttraumatic development: theoretical concepts and empirical research. 7. The system of providing psychosocial assistance in the Czech Republic. 8. Process- and result-oriented standards of psychosocial crisis assistance and cooperation. 9. The system of providing post-traumatic care for responders in the Czech Republic. The Debriefing Debate. 10. Assistance centre: Czech and foreign experiences. Seminars (1 lesson): 1. Terminology of various forms of helping people in difficult life situations. 2. Behaviour of people in stressful situations. 3. ? 4. First psychological aid: principles and procedures; case reports from interventions by IRS units. 5. ? 10. Practice of psychological first aid procedures: model situations, instructional DVD

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course in the lectures is to introduce students to basic theoretical concepts and empirical research from the psychology of extraordinary events. Bring them closer to the system of providing psychosocial assistance provided by persons included in the basic components of the IZS and collaborating partners from the non-profit sector. The aim of the course in the seminars is to teach students to provide first psychological aid to people affected by an emergency.
Expanding the view of the intervention activity of the basic and other components of the IRS to include the psychosocial area. Acquiring basic skills in providing psychological first aid. Motivating students to become involved in the system of providing psychosocial assistance on a volunteer basis. Support of teamwork and cooperation of students to prepare an engaging contribution from the psychosocial field on a topic of their choice in working groups.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Written test (80% share of the final grade), joint presentation of the working group (20% share of the final grade). Students are required to attend at least 90% of seminars. If they miss more lessons, they must make up for each missed lesson by writing an essay on one page of A4 (30 lines, 60 keystrokes). That is, if they miss three two-hour seminars above the tolerated limit of 90% participation, for example, they have to write a six-page essay.
Recommended literature
  • BOHATÁ, Kateřina, Klára GRAMPPOVÁ JANEČKOVÁ a Jindřiška KOTRLOVÁ. Proměny krizové intervence: fenomén dlouhodobě opakovaně volajících v TKI.
  • ČERMÁK, I., KOHOUTEK, T. (Eds.). Psychologie katastrofické události.
  • KARUTZ, H., JUEN, B., KRATZER, D., WARGER, R. Kinder in Krisen und Katastrophen Spezielle Aspekte psychosozialer Notfallversorgung: Ein Handbuch für KriseninterventionsmitarbeiterInnen und psychosoziale Fachkräfte.
  • KLIMENTOVÁ, Eva et al. Sociální práce a krizová intervence.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Katalogový soubor typové činnosti STČ ? 02/IZS - Typová činnost složek IZS při společném zásahu při demonstrování úmyslu sebevraždy.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Katalogový soubor typové činnosti STČ ? 12/IZS - Typová činnost složek IZS při společném zásahu při poskytování psychosociální pomoci.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Standardy psychosociální krizové pomoci a spolupráce zaměřené na průběh a výsledek.
  • LANG, U. Resilienz: Ressourcen stärken, psychisches Wohlbefinden steigern.
  • LEIPOLD, B. Reslilienz im Erwachsenalter.
  • NIKENDEI, A. Psychosoziale Notfallversorgung.
  • SONNECK, G., KAPUSTA, N., TOMANDL, G., VORACEK, M. Krisenintervention und Suizidverhütung.
  • STROEBE, M., S., HANSSON, R., O., SCHUT, H., STROEBE, W. Handbook of Bereavement Research and Practice: Advances in Theory and Intervention.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda a kol. Krize a krizová intervence.
  • VODÁČKOVÁ, Daniela a kol. Krizová intervence.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026