International Critical Incident Stress Foundation’s (ICISF) virtual training for Assisting Individuals and Groups in Crisis will be held on April 22-24. There is no cost to take this training.

The instructor, Barbara J. Ertl, has over 30 years’ experience in school social work and served as the director of a crisis team representing a multi-district area. This training will be beneficial for those doing crisis response in schools.

EILA credits have been approved and more information is below.

Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention – Registration link – https://ky.readyop.com/fs/4pmL/56e35f60

Course Description:

Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy; rather, it is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called “emotional first aid”. This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention. This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques in the fields of Business & Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

Highlights:

• Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
• Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
• Critical incident stress management
• Evidence-based practice
• Basic crisis communication techniques
• Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
• Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms
• SAFER-Revised model
• Suicide intervention
• Risks of iatrogenic “harm”

Group Crisis Intervention

Course Description:

Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the Group Crisis Intervention course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically demobilizations, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.

This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

Program Highlights:

• Relevant research findings
• Relevant recommendations for practice
• Incident assessment
• Strategic intervention planning
• “Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
• Large group crisis interventions
• Small group crisis interventions
• Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
• Reducing risks
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

For more information about ICISF and this training visit – https://icisf.org/individual-crisis-intervention-and-peer-support-group-crisis-intervention/