CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Scott is an approved and certified instructor for the following courses as developed by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.  The provision of Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention is an outreach of Orlando Health. Please contact Scott to arrange a course offering. 

Assisting individuals in Crisis

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. Two-day course. More info.

Group Crisis Intervention

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, defusings and the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The need for appropriate follow-up services and referrals when necessary will also be discussed. Two-day course. More info.

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 three-day course is to assist the participants in learning how pastoral interventions and traditional psychological crisis interventions may be effectively integrated.  Chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental health professionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith-based resources in healing should find this course of interest. If you have already taken Assisting Individuals in Crisis, this course will be highly redundant. It's intended primarily for those in ministry. Three day course. More info.