Group Crisis Intervention:

 Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

 To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

 To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

 To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

 To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

 Crisis Management Briefings

 To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

-   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

 To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks.