Training: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Basic
Monday, September 19, 2011 & Tuesday, September 20, 2011
8:30am - 5:30pm
POST Plan III Course # 8610-10560
Cost: $175
Regardless of experience, personality or training, ALL emergency personnel and care giving responders are susceptible to CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS.
- Learn the dynamics of Critical Incident Stress (CIS) as an occupational hazard
- Develop and refine CIS debriefing and defusing techniques
- Practice debriefing and defusing techniques
- Develop coping skills to identify CIS in yourself and your co-workers
This training is appropriate for emergency personnel and care giving responders.
Nurses CEUs and BBS CEUs available.
This training is facilitated by the Bay Area CISM Team and Bill Wilson Center’s Centre for Living with Dying program, which provides intervention, support and educational programs that include pre-incident training, on-scene support services, demobilizations, debriefings, peer support and family support. The Team is comprised of mental health professionals and peer support personnel who represent numerous emergency service and public safety providers in the Bay Area.
To register, contact Janet Childs at (408) 278-2512.
