Core Curriculum courses, Specialty Curriculum courses and Electives are required before submitting an application for any specialty certificate. Core Curriculum: Requirements for all Program Tracks  

All three of these courses required	Group Crisis Intervention   Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support   Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention
plus...
One of these courses required	Advanced Group Crisis Intervention Or...   Strategic Response to Crisis
and...
	The Changing Face of Crisis and Disaster Mental Health Intervention: A Competency-based Update *   *If you have taken either the Group Crisis Intervention or the Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support course after January 1, 2007, you are exempt from this requirement.
Specialty Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete any program track

 

Specialty Curriculum: Two courses required for all Program Tracks 

Emergency Services	Two of these courses required	Behavioral Emergencies: Survival Strategies for Emergency Services and Counselors    Families and CISM: Developing a Comprehensive Program     Family Psychological First Aid and Crisis Intervention    Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM Enhancement    Line of Duty Death: Preparing for the Best for the Worst    Stress Management for the Trauma Services Provider
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track
Mass Disasters & Terrorism	Two of these courses required	Changing Perspectives of Disaster - An Interactive Journey   CISM: When Disaster Strikes: Linking Emergency Management With Stress Management   Domestic Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A CISM Perspective   Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track
Schools & Children Crisis Response	Required plus... One of these courses required	CISM: Application with Children   Managing School Crises: From Theory to Application Or...   Responding to School Crises: An Integrated Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track
Spiritual Care in Crisis Intervention	Two of these courses required	Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters   Grief Following Trauma   Pastoral Crisis Intervention   Pastoral Crisis Intervention II
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track
Substance Abuse Crisis Response	Both of these courses required	From Trauma to Addictions   Stress Management for the Trauma Services Provider
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track
Workplace & Industrial Applications	Two of these courses required	Comprehensive Crisis Preparation & Response for the Workplace   Corporate Crisis Response: CISM in the Workplace   Early Intervention and Crisis Response in EAP and Behavioral Healthcare Settings   Staff Support in the Healthcare Setting   Understanding Human Violence: A Primer for Emergency Services Personnel & Counselors
Core Curriculum and Electives courses also required to complete this program track

 

Electives Required for All Program Tracks

Two days of training required	One 2-day course from list below Or...   Two 1-day courses from list below
Core Curriculum and Specialty Curriculum also required to complete any program track

 

2 Day Courses

• Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP): Coping with the Psychological Aftermath of Violence
• Behavioral Emergencies: Survival Strategies for Emergency Services and Counselors
• Building Skills for Crisis Intervention Teams
• Changing Perspectives of Disaster - An Interactive Journey
• CISM: Applications with Air Medical and Critical Care Transport
• CISM Application with Children
• CISM: When Disaster Strikes: Linking Emergency Management with Stress Management
• Compassion Fatigue
• Comprehensive Crisis Preparation & Response for the Workplace
• Corporate Crisis Response: CISM in the Workplace
• Domestic Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A CISM Perspective
• Early Intervention and Crisis Response in EAP and Behavioral Healthcare Settings
• Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters
• Ethics for Traumatologists: A Course for Clinicians, Responders, Researchers, Educators and Consultants in the Trauma Field
• Families and CISM: Developing a Comprehensive Program
• Family Psychological First Aid and Crisis Intervention 
• From Battlefield to Street: One Uniform to Another
• From Trauma to Addictions
• Grief Following Trauma
• Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM Enhancement
• Line of Duty Death: Preparing for the Best for the Worst
• Managing School Crises: From Theory to Application
• Pastoral Crisis Intervention
• Pastoral Crisis Intervention II
• Preventing Youth Violence
• Resilience Training to Improve Mental Health and Perfomance Under Pressure
• Responding to School Crises: An Integrated Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach
• Staff Support in the Healthcare Setting
• Stress Management for the Trauma Services Provider
• TEAM: Team Evolution and Management
• Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications
• Understanding Human Violence: A Primer for Emergency Services Personnel & Counselors
• Working with Victims of Individual and Mass Crimes

1 Day Courses

• Best Practices for the CISM Instructor
• Psychological First Aid
• Psychotraumatology For Clinicians: A Cognitive Therapeutic Approach
• The Changing Face of Crisis and Disaster Mental Health Intervention: A Competency-based Update
• Treatment of Complex PTSD
• Workplace Violence

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