<p>This text introduces students to the fundamental concepts of crisis theory and practice, and provides models for single-session intervention and ongoing crisis counseling. </p><p>Students learn to incorporate assessment into intervention, using the unique ABCDE model?<b>A</b>ffective responses, <b>B</b>ehavioral responses, <b>C</b>ognitive responses, <b>D</b>evelopmental assessment, <b>E</b>cological assessment. Students learn to use this holistic framework for viewing individual responses to crisis events such as sexual assault, domestic violence, substance abuse, and death.</p>