Basic Group and Individual CISM/GRIN

Group Crisis Intervention - The Group Crisis Intervention training program is designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic, and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum.  This course prepares participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services including pre and post incident crisis education, significant other support services, on-scene support services, crisis intervention for individuals, demobilizations after large scale traumatic incidents, small group defusings and the group intervention known as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).  This course specifically prepares participants to provide several of these interventions - specifically demobilizations, defusings, community management briefings, and the CISD.  The need for appropriate follow up services and referrals when necessary is also described. Considerable evidence gathered to date strongly supports the multi-component crisis intervention strategy, which is discussed in this course.

Assisting Individuals in Crisis (Formerly known as Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support) - Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy, rather it is a specialized…