Crisis Care TRAINING
Be ready for the moments that matter most!
Why do I Need TRAINING?
Pastors, churches, and first responders are often the first place people turn to after tragedy, disaster, loss, or even overwhelming stress.
These moments call for compassion, presence, and wisdom - along with the practical tools that will help leaders care well without causing unintended harm.
Crisis Intervention training equips pastors, ministry caregivers, and first responders with acute, short-term, stabilization skills, that are often described as emotional first aid.
Because crisis moments need more than good intentions.
When Crisis Comes,
the Church Responds First
Trauma touches families, churches, and communities.
Crisis care is part of the pastoral calling.
Prepared leaders bring steadier comfort and clearer care.
Just like first aid stabilizes an injury until medical care begins, Psychological First Aid stabilizes the mind and heart until longer-term support is in place.
Available Courses
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One-to-one support skills rooted in Psychological First Aid principles.
Cost for Course: $200 per participant
Course Description: 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.
Learning Objectives:
- 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
- Risks of iatrogenic “harm”
Contact Hours/Continuing Education:
Two-Day Course; 13 Instructional Hours
1.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Based on a formula of 1 CEU for every 10 contact hours.
Certificate of Completion: Upon completion of this course with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion, including general continuing education credit.
Participants must complete a course evaluation before certificate release. Receipt of a Certificate of Completion does not attest to field competence. Completion does not provide certification in CISM or clinical credentials.
Profession-Specific CEU Guidance: Acceptance of crisis training for profession-specific continuing education requirements varies by state and licensing authority. Participants are encouraged to contact their state licensing board or credentialing agency in advance for the most current guidance.
Participants must verify with their state licensing or credentialing authority prior to registration to determine whether the ICISF Certificate of Completion and CEUs will meet requirements for their specific profession or agency.
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Structured approaches for supporting congregations, teams, and communities after shared traumatic events.
Cost for Course: $200 per participant
Course Description: Designed to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum, the 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.
This course is designed for anyone 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.
Learning Objectives:
- Relevant recommendations for practice
- Incident assessment
- Strategic intervention planning
- “Resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum
- Large group crisis interventions
- Small group crisis interventions
- Adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention
- Reducing risks
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
Contact Hours/Continuing Education:
Two-Day Course; 14 Contact Hours
1.4 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Based on a formula of 1 CEU for every 10 contact hours.
Certificate of Completion: Upon completion of this course with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion, including general continuing education credit.
Participants must complete a course evaluation before certificate release. Receipt of a Certificate of Completion does not attest to field competence. Completion does not provide certification in CISM or clinical credentials.
Profession-Specific CEU Guidance: Acceptance of crisis training for profession-specific continuing education requirements varies by state and licensing authority. Participants are encouraged to contact their state licensing board or credentialing agency in advance for the most current guidance.
Participants must verify with their state licensing or credentialing authority prior to registration to determine whether the ICISF Certificate of Completion and CEUs will meet requirements for their specific profession or agency.
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Caregiver-level peer support skills built on boundaries, sustainability, and compassionate presence.
Pre-Requisites: Assisting Individuals in Crisis (2 day course) and Group Crisis Intervention (2 day course)
Cost for Course: $250 per participant
Course Description: Today we see an unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources. The Critical Incident Stress Management continuum offers high risk populations seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need. Crisis Informed Peer Para-Counseling (CIPPC) expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma and disasters. CIPPC will become the 1:1 follow up service to them CISD. The unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources means at risk populations are seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need and expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma.
Learning Objectives:
- Define the CIPPC model
- Define terms in the field of peer support & crisis intervention
- Enhance skills in SAMSHA peer para counseling eight dimensions guidelines. Review Empathy versus Sympathy as a core principal of connection-Theresa Wiseman/Four Principles of Empathy- Perspective Taking/ Stay out of judgement, recognize emotions, communication.
- Define Mental health, addiction & trauma related disorders
- Define Peers as prevention educators
- Define Psychological First Aid
- Identify National, state & community behavioral healthcare & human service resources
- Define CIPPC episode of care
Contact Hours/Continuing Education:
Two-Day Course; 14 Contact Hours
1.4 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Based on a formula of 1 CEU for every 10 contact hours.
Certificate of Completion: Upon completion of this course with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion, including general continuing education credit.
Participants must complete a course evaluation before certificate release. Receipt of a Certificate of Completion does not attest to field competence. Completion does not provide certification in CISM or clinical credentials.
Profession-Specific CEU Guidance: Acceptance of crisis training for profession-specific continuing education requirements varies by state and licensing authority. Participants are encouraged to contact their state licensing board or credentialing agency in advance for the most current guidance.
Participants must verify with their state licensing or credentialing authority prior to registration to determine whether the ICISF Certificate of Completion and CEUs will meet requirements for their specific profession or agency.
COURSE DELIVERY OPTIONS
All Crisis Intervention Courses are taught by Chaplain Jason Libby. They are live and interactive (not recorded or self-paced) via:
In-Person Instruction
Live Zoom Virtual Classroom Instruction (face-to-face video)
Zoom delivery meets the required live instructor-led training standard and maintains full interaction and attendance verification.