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CISM: Group Crisis Intervention

The “Group Crisis Intervention” training program is designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum.  The two-day course prepares participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services:  including pre and post incident crisis education, on scene support services, crisis intervention for individuals, demobilizations after large-scale traumatic incidents, small group defusings and the group intervention known as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).

The “Group Crisis Intervention” course specifically prepares participants to provide several interventions – specifically, demobilizations, defusings and the CISD.  The need for appropriate follow up services and referrals when necessary is also described.  Considerable evidence gathered to date, strongly supports the multi-component crisis intervention strategy discussed in this course. 

The topics covered in the course include:

Core concepts in crisis intervention
General, cumulative, critical incident stress and PTSD
Common psychological and behavioral reactions
'Critical Incidents': who's at risk?
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) fundamentals
Strategic planning in crisis intervention: assessing the need
Core intervention tactics
Essentials of group intervention
Demobilizations
Crisis Management Briefings (CMB)
Defusing of small groups
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Emphasis will be placed on the specific stressors of, and impacts on, communications personnel.

The CISM: Group Crisis Intervention training curriculum used in this course is recognized by the INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION INC. (www.icisf.org)

Prerequisites
None

Recertification Requirements:
None