Crisis Intervention Curriculum

Best Practices in Critical Incident Response in the Workplace: This course is designed for licensed clinicians who desire to incorporate crisis intervention services in the workplace. Successfully completing this course will enable clinicians to meet Crisis Care Network’s one day on-site training criteria for qualification as a CCN Specialist (See www.crisiscare.com). Clinicians must also hold an advanced degree in the social services and be licensed. Read more

Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support: Crisis intervention is NOT psychotherapy, rather it 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”. Crisis interventions are typically done individually (one-on-one) or in groups. This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual intervention. The audience for this class includes Chaplains, emergency services, military, and business/industrial peer support personnel without formal training in mental health, as well as mental health professionals, who desire to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques. Read more

Responding to School Crisis – A Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach: Educators nationwide and worldwide struggle to establish and manage School Crisis Response Teams in response to the recent escalation in frequency and scope of campus emergencies. Community CISM teams have much to offer, but much to learn about the unique milieu of schools. Similarly, schools can benefit from CISM technology and strategies. This course attempts to develop a common language and approach that fits within the broad goals and specific needs of school crisis management. Working together in multi-disciplinary teams, we explore organizing principles, develop specific skills and culminate in a large incident planning simulation. The Basic CISM course is recommended as a prerequisite but not required, as an overview of techniques will be provided. Read more

Strategic Response to Crisis The recommended audience for this course includes emergency services personnel, community, hospital and industry leaders, military, clergy/chaplains, school crisis team members, mental health professionals, EAP leadership, and others who share in responsibility for emergency response. It is recommended that those attending have taken some core CISM or other crisis intervention courses. Read more

Pastoral Crisis Intervention: Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the combination of faith-based resources with traditional techniques of crisis intervention. Pastoral crisis intervention represents a powerful addition to traditional community and organizational psychological support resources. The purpose of this two-day workshop is to assist the participants in learning how pastoral interventions and traditional psychological crisis interventions may be effectively integrated. Time to practice and discuss implementation of techniques will be intertwined into the course. Read more

Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention: Why do people kill themselves? How do I ask someone if they are feeling suicidal? What do I do if they say they are suicidal? How do I deal with the strong emotions suicide generates? This training will provide answers for these and other questions many of us have about suicide. It will provide you with basic information about suicide as well as help you develop practical skills for prevention, intervention, and postvention. Small group role plays will allow you to apply the suggested techniques as you learn them. We will also develop a short educational briefing about suicide which you can give to your local agencies. Read more

Confidentiality Update: Behavioral health confidentiality law has developed widely since the initial enactment of the Illinois statutes. Legal and ethical questions and disputes in this area are increasing, with serious implications for professional liability and disciplinary consequences. Read more