Select two of the incidents shown in the film that illustrate two different crisis situations

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 will watch the film..

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.

Your Portfolio Project should include the following sections:

Cover page in APA format

Table of contents

An introduction that describes the paper and its intent

The body of the paper that analyzes the two film clips

A conclusions section that draws the work together and discusses best practices

Reference list in APA format.

Discuss and cite at least three credible or scholarly sources other than the assigned readings to support your analysis and positions.