This is an International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) developed curriculum.  Advantages of attending are: 

• Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

• Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

• Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

• Practice basic crisis communication techniques

• Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

• Understand the putative and empirically derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

• Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

• Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

• Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks

There is no fee to attend this course. The number of seats available is extremely limited. All interested parties should email brianflynn@nyleap.org in order to register. The location of training and class times will be provided through an email confirmation.