This is a 3 day, live and online course combining Students must attend all 3 days to receive certification.
ALL of the content in ICISF's Assisting Individual in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention. These course are accepted by the Billy Graham Rapid Response team for Chaplains who wish to deploy with them for disaster response.
Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy; rather, it is specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy.
Crisis intervention is sometimes called "Psychological First Aid (PFA)." It is designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic, and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum. This program will prepare you to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services for both individuals and group.
Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stressed Management CISM will be outlined and students will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to provide five CISM intervention approaches and when to use each type.
Recommended for Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, Traumatic stress, and, of course Chaplaincy!