When providing Critical Incident Stress
Management (CISM, Everly & Mitchell)
interventions, it is essential to tailor your approach to the
developmental level of the students involved. The following
chart illustrates a range of minutes suitable for discussion for
different age levels, and from "teacher led" to "counselor led"
interventions. In general, younger students need more teacher
led interventions using activities (as opposed to "discussion"),
while older students benefit from counselor led, verbal
discussions.