Critical Incident Stress Management

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Critical Incident Stress Management teaches the emotional, physical, cognitive and behavioral symptoms  experienced after a critical incident that are normal stress reactions to abnormal events.  The core focus of CISM is the relief of distress symptoms for emotionally healthy people who have experienced traumatic events. These sessions help you understand the symptoms and provides the tools needed to get through it and mitigate any long term effects.

 

Courses

Keyano College in partnership with Critical Incident Stress Management for Communities is offering individual and Group Crisis Intervention courses.

These sessions are available for in class delivery.

 Critical Incident Stress Management - Individual (CECISM 100)

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”. This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention. This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of individual (one-on-one) crisis intervention techniques in the fields of Business & Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.


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 behavioral crisis reactions
• Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms
• SAFER-Revised model
• Suicide intervention – QPR (question, persuade and refer)

 Critical Incident Stress Management - Group (CECISM 200)

Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the Group Crisis Intervention course will prepare participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services. Fundamentals of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) will be outlined and participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to provide several group crisis interventions, specifically, demobilizations, defusing’s, and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed.


This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Indigenous Communities, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.


Program Highlights:
• Incident assessment and Reducing risks
• Strategic intervention planning
• “Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
• Debriefings
• Small group crisis interventions - Defusing

 Critical Incident Stress Management - Combined (CECISM 300)

18 hours

This course combines both the individual and group Critical Incident Stress Management courses described above into a 3-day combined course. This course is designed for anyone in the fields of Business & Industry Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.

Question, Persuade and Refer - Suicide Intervention and Prevention Training

Key Components covered in training: 

o How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
o How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
o The common causes of suicidal behavior
o The warning signs of suicide
o How to get help for someone in crisis

Virtual Delivery 

If virtual delivery is preferred, you may register on the ICISF website.  Once your virtual training is complete and you wish to receive a one day  practical session to ensure your understanding of the course material, please contact  Continuing Education at 780-799-0535 or email continuing@keyano.ca to discuss your options with the program administrator. 

*Maximum of 25 people and a minimum of 10 people apply to all courses.

**Additional fees apply for practical sessions.

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