Assisting Individuals in crisis

2 day training course, can be delivered online or in person, course participants will receive a copy of the ICISF workbook and ICISF/University of Maryland certificates of participation. This program is designed for teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention.

CISM is an intervention suite developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events at a peer level. While it requires specialised training, it is not psychotherapy or counselling. It is a confidential, voluntary, and educative process, sometimes called 'psychological first aid'. Most psychological crisis intervention is done one person to one person, rather than in groups. These interactions may be face-to-face (in person or electronically), telephonic, via email, or even via text messaging. The SAFER-R model of individual psychological crisis intervention was developed to serve as a simple protocol or procedural guide to aid in conducting such individual psychological crisis interventions.

The Assisting Individuals in Crisis programme is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention, based on a recognised model (SAFER-Revised) covering the core elements of the system, basic intervention techniques and common crisis reactions. The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.

This course offers core knowledge for anyone involved in Peer Support and crisis intervention. This includes people in the fields of Emergency Services, Public Safety,  Law Enforcement, Military, Disaster Response, Education, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Spiritual Care, and Business & Industry.

Program 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 behavioural crisis reactions

Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms

SAFER-Revised model

Suicide intervention

Risks of iatrogenic “harm”