The Academy Award-winning
feature film Crash (directed by Paul Haggis; released in 2004)
takes place in Los Angeles over a two-day period, during which the lives of the
people depicted in the film literally “crash” into each other in various ways,
creating crises of different types. For your Portfolio Project, you will view
this film and use selected portions as the scenario on which your project will
be written.
You can purchase a DVD
copy of the film for $10 or less from Amazon.com, iTunes, Blockbuster.com, or
other online vendors who sell video, or you can rent the film from video rental
providers.
Select two of the
incidents shown in the film that illustrate two different crisis situations and
write an essay that meets each of the following requirements for each
of the two movie clips. For each incident:
·
Describe the incident you have chosen to analyze and explain how
it fits the definition of a crisis.
·
Apply a crisis intervention theory to each incident and discuss
how it applies.
·
Conduct an assessment of the crisis situation and the skills
needed to work with it, including applicable issues of gender, culture, and
race.
·
Analyze ethical concerns related to the crisis.
·
Discuss how you would intervene as a crisis intervention
counselor and describe and justify the outcome you would seek.
·
Discuss the agencies or services that would work to deal with
the crisis, discussing the roles played by each and describing how the agencies
would work together.
Once you have done this
for each of the two movie clips, write a conclusion section that compares and
contrasts your analyses of the two situations and draws broad conclusions about
best practices in crisis intervention counseling.
Discuss and cite at least
three credible or scholarly sources other than the assigned readings to support
your analysis and positions.
