Course Descriptions
This page lists course descriptions for core, advanced and specialty courses offered through ICISF.
To find out where you can attend these courses, click on one of the Education & Training Programs to the right or visit our Upcoming Events calendar for more information.
Core Courses
If you have never taken any ICISF courses before, we recommend everyone start with the Core Courses, Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention.
- Assisting Individuals in Crisis
- Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention
- Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention in Colleges and Universities
- Assisting Individuals in Crisis Online Course
- Group Crisis Intervention
- Group Crisis Intervention Online Course
- Suicide Awareness: An Introduction for Crisis Responders
- Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention
- Understanding Suicide: Effective Tools for Prevention, Intervention and Survivor Support
Advanced Core Courses
Have you taken the Core Courses? If so, then our Advanced Core Courses are a great next step! These courses build on your CISM knowledge from the Core Courses.
Specialty Courses
Looking for CISM training specific to your profession, organization or area of interest? The ICISF has you covered! These courses provide you with specific CISM tools and resources for any profession.
- 360 Degrees of CISM: A forward focused approach to building a resiliency culture
- Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
- Best Training Practices for the CISM Instructor
- Building Skills for Crisis Intervention Teams
- CISM Application with Children
- CISM Refreshers
- Comprehensive Crisis Preparation and Response for the Workplace
- Corporate Crisis Response
- Crisis Informed Peer Paracounseling: Intervention Enhancement to the CISM Continuum
- Crisis Response: A Guide for School Administrators
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) in the College and University Setting
- Critical Incidents in Places of Worship- Providing Effective Crisis Support
- De-escalation Skills for the Front Line: A Practical Approach
- Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters
- First Responder Grief: Hope for Healing Stacked-Up Grief
- From Awareness to Action: Using CISM and PTSD911 to Win by Design
- From Battlefield to Street: One Uniform to Another
- From Trauma to Addictions
- Grief Following Trauma
- Group Crisis Refreshers: Skills Enhancement and Practice
- Human Spirit and Faith Tactics in CISM
- Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM Enhancement
- Line of Duty Death: Preparing the Best for the Worst
- Managing School Crises: From Theory to Application
- Pandemic, Bioterrorism, Radiation, Pollution and other “Disasters of Uncertainty” a Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Perspectives Online Course
- Pastoral Crisis Intervention
- Pastoral Crisis Intervention I
- Pastoral Crisis Intervention II
- Pastoral Crisis Intervention: Psychological and Faith-Based Crisis Intervention, *NEW*
- Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counter-Terrorism
- Psychotraumatology: A Cognitive Therapeutic Approach
- Resilience in Healthcare: Performance, Meaning and Connection
- Resilience Training: Peak Performance and Mental Strength Before, During, & After Crises
- Resilient Leadership for Emergency Services & Healthcare Professions
- S.O.A.Ring with CISM: A Strategic Planning Primer
- Spiritual and Psychological First Aid
- Staff Support in the Healthcare Setting 1 – day
- Staff Support in the Healthcare Setting 2 – day
- Stress and the Responder’s Family CISM Skills for Family Crisis Intervention
- Stress Management for the Trauma Service Provider
- TEAM: Team Evolution and Management
- Techniques for Delivering Bad News for Crisis Response Personnel
- Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications
- The Secrets of Psychological Body Armor™ – Holistic Wellness for Emergency Services and Healthcare Professions
- Treatment of Complex PTSD
- Understanding the First Responder’s Cultures: For Mental Health Staff
- Understanding Uniformed Services Family Stress
- Workplace Violence 1-day
- Workplace Violence 2-day
