NEW: CISM Refresher – Practice Scenarios
Each of these three NEW Remote Learning Programs offer a live faculty-led 3 hour session focusing on a specific skill set. Work on competence with a specific intervention through scenario-based training exercises. Each 3-hour session will provide specific and direct feedback, troubleshooting, and include challenges of these interventions in light of COVID-19.
Using the right technique at the right time with well-trained individuals leads to the best outcome.
These CISM Refresher sessions are for CISM practitioners who:
- Have not (or its been a while since) experienced a specific intervention in the field
- Want to review current information on proper use of a specific intervention
- Want updates on new skills, methods and processes
- Understands that repeated practice of each skill set enhances on site performance
Requesting These Courses:
- These courses are being offered as a Remote Learning – Virtual Training! Learn More & Register. please contact Beth Kohr at [email protected]
- For information on requesting these courses for your organization through our Speakers Bureau program, please contact Millie Morehouse at [email protected].
CISM Refresher: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Prerequisite: For those who have completed ICISF core course: Group Crisis Intervention
Critical Incident Stress Debriefings led by at least two trained members of a crisis team, including one mental health professional, follows the specific 7-step intervention designed to assist homogenous groups after exposure to the same critical incident.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this session participants will:
- Be able to identify the suggested steps of the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- List 3 common group challenges and strategies for their management
- Develop enhanced confidence conducting a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Certificates and Continuing Education:
General Contact Hours:
3 Contact Hours; 0.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours.
ICISF Certificate of Completion:
Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM.
Profession Specific CEUs:
If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a Certificate of Completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements.
If the ICISF course you attend is offered through:
ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Regional Training, it is approved for the following:
- EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association
3 PDHs; Expiration Date – April 11, 2024 - NAADAC – the Association for Addiction Professionals
3 CE Credits; Expiration Date – February 28, 2025
This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing
ICISF Speakers Bureau Program: It is up to the Sponsoring Agency to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
ICISF Approved-Instructor led Program: While our Approved Instructors have the authority to teach specific ICISF courses, it is their responsibility to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
** Please check with your state licensing board prior to registration to see if they will accept the Certificate of Completion as a means for continuing education.
*PLEASE NOTE: These hours are only applicable towards courses offered at Virtual Trainings, Regional Trainings, Online Courses, and the World Congress.
Learn more on our ICISF Continuing Education Information page.
CISM Refresher: Crisis Management Briefings (CMB)
Prerequisite: For those who have completed ICISF core course: Group Crisis Intervention
Crisis Management Briefings uniquely fills the factual void. This powerful and versatile crisis intervention tool offered to heterogeneous groups is effective within a wide range of populations, settings and critical incidents.
At the completion of this session participants will:
- Be able to describe the phases of a Crisis Management Briefing
- Identify topics to be addressed in a CMB for a variety of crisis situations
- Plan a CMB intervention based on a realistic scenario
Certificates and Continuing Education:
General Contact Hours:
3 Contact Hours; 0.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours.
ICISF Certificate of Completion:
Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM.
Profession Specific CEUs:
If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a Certificate of Completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements.
If the ICISF course you attend is offered through:
ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Regional Training, it is approved for the following:
- EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association
3 PDHs; Expiration Date – April 11, 2024 - NAADAC – the Association for Addiction Professionals
3 CE Credits; Expiration Date – February 28, 2025
This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing
ICISF Speakers Bureau Program: It is up to the Sponsoring Agency to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
ICISF Approved-Instructor led Program: While our Approved Instructors have the authority to teach specific ICISF courses, it is their responsibility to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
** Please check with your state licensing board prior to registration to see if they will accept the Certificate of Completion as a means for continuing education.
*PLEASE NOTE: These hours are only applicable towards courses offered at Virtual Trainings, Regional Trainings, Online Courses, and the World Congress.
Learn more on our ICISF Continuing Education Information page.
CISM Refresher: Defusings
Prerequisite: For those who have completed ICISF core course: Group Crisis Intervention
Using interactive dialogue, this short crisis intervention model for groups impacted by the same event. Goals include stabilization and restoring unit cohesion and performance.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this session participants will:
- Be able to identify the suggested steps of the Defusing
- Practice facilitation of a Defusing for a specific crisis scenario
- List 3 advance strategies to enhance the effectiveness of Defusing
Certificates and Continuing Education:
General Contact Hours:
3 Contact Hours; 0.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours.
ICISF Certificate of Completion:
Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM.
Profession Specific CEUs:
If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a Certificate of Completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements.
If the ICISF course you attend is offered through:
ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Regional Training, it is approved for the following:
- EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association
3 PDHs; Expiration Date – April 11, 2024 - NAADAC – the Association for Addiction Professionals
3 CE Credits; Expiration Date – February 28, 2025
This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing
ICISF Speakers Bureau Program: It is up to the Sponsoring Agency to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
ICISF Approved-Instructor led Program: While our Approved Instructors have the authority to teach specific ICISF courses, it is their responsibility to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if they choose to do so.
** Please check with your state licensing board prior to registration to see if they will accept the Certificate of Completion as a means for continuing education.
*PLEASE NOTE: These hours are only applicable towards courses offered at Virtual Trainings, Regional Trainings, Online Courses, and the World Congress.
Learn more on our ICISF Continuing Education Information page.