Critical Incident Stress Management

Crisis intervention 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.” Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic, and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, this course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services for individuals and groups. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined, and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools needed to provide several group crisis interventions.

This three-day course combines ALL of the content of International Critical Incident Stress Foundation’s (ICISF) Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention courses. It will be led by instructor Danny Leonard, NCLEAP, ICISF-Certified Trainer. There is no fee for city, county, or state law enforcement, fire, EMS, EM, and DOD fire. Topics covered include:

• Psychological crisis and intervention
• Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
• Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
• Evidence-based practice
• Basic crisis communication techniques
• Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
• Putative and empirically derived mechanisms
• SAFER-revised model
• Suicide intervention
• Relevant research findings
• Large group/small group crisis interventions
• Adverse outcomes
• Follow up services, referrals
• Demobilization, defusing, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Training Location

New Bern Fire Rescue Headquarters
1401 Neuse Blvd., New Bern, NC 28560

Uniform/Equipment

Business Casual/Duty Uniform