International Lifeguard Critical Incident Response Alliance

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ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis

<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">IMPORTANT Note: &nbsp;Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM. &nbsp; To provide CISM services under ILCIRA, you must be working with an ILCIRA Member Organization, and complete all other program requirements as a Lifeguard Peer Support Volunteer. &nbsp;This class alone, does not provide that. &nbsp;Please contact <a fr-original-style="text-decoration-color:initial;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" href="mailto:info@ilcira.org" style="text-decoration-color:initial;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;">info@ilcira.org</a> for more information.<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">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 &ldquo;emotional first aid&rdquo;. 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 &amp; Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">Learning Objectives:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Critical incident stress management</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Evidence-based practice</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Basic crisis communication techniques</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">SAFER-Revised model</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Suicide intervention</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Risks of iatrogenic &ldquo;harm&rdquo;</li></ul><h4 fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> Certificates and Continuing Education:</h4><p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">General Contact Hours:<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">Two-Day Course; 13 Contact Hours: 1.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">ICISF Certificate of Completion:<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">After the completion of this ICISF course, with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion including General Continuing Education Units. Participants are required to complete a course evaluation prior to receiving this Certificate of Completion.<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM. &nbsp; To provide CISM services under ILCIRA, you must be working with an ILCIRA Member Organization, and be trained in our program as a Lifeguard Peer Support Volunteer. &nbsp;This class alone, does not provide that.<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">Profession Specific CEUs:<div fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a certificate of completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements.</div><div fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;"><div fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;">If the ICISF course you attend is offered through:&nbsp;</div>ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Conference it is approved for the following:</div><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">EAPA&nbsp;&ndash; Employee Assistance Professionals Association 13 PDHs; Expiration Date &ndash; March 21, 2025</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:border-box;" style="box-sizing:border-box;">NAADAC&nbsp;&ndash; the Association for Addiction Professionals 13 CE Credits; Expiration Date &ndash; February 28, 2025</li></ul><p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;caret-color:rgb(58, 58, 58);color:rgb(58, 58, 58);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;">This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing.

IMPORTANT Note:  Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM.   To provide CISM services under ILCIRA, you must be working with an ILCIRA Member Organization, and complete all other program requirements as a Lifeguard Peer Support Volunteer.  This class alone, does not provide that.  Please contact <a href="mailto:info@ilcira.org">info@ilcira.org</a> for more information. 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 &amp; Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.Learning Objectives:<ul><li>Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention</li><li>Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum</li><li>Critical incident stress management</li><li>Evidence-based practice</li><li>Basic crisis communication techniques</li><li>Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions</li><li>Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms</li><li>SAFER-Revised model</li><li>Suicide intervention</li><li>Risks of iatrogenic “harm”</li></ul> Certificates and Continuing Education:General Contact Hours:Two-Day Course; 13 Contact Hours: 1.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every 10 contact/classroom hours. ICISF Certificate of Completion:After the completion of this ICISF course, with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICISF Certificate of Completion including General Continuing Education Units. Participants are required to complete a course evaluation prior to receiving this Certificate of Completion.Completion of ICISF courses and receipt of an ICISF Certificate of Completion does not attest to competence in the field, nor does it provide certification in the field of CISM.   To provide CISM services under ILCIRA, you must be working with an ILCIRA Member Organization, and be trained in our program as a Lifeguard Peer Support Volunteer.  This class alone, does not provide that.Profession Specific CEUs:<div>If you are seeking continuing education requirements for a specific profession, contacting the relevant state licensing board is the best way to ensure you have the most up-to-date and accurate information. They can provide you with specific details regarding whether a certificate of completion from a particular course or program will be accepted towards your continuing education requirements.</div><div><div>If the ICISF course you attend is offered through: </div>ICISF Virtual Training, Online Training, or Conference it is approved for the following:</div><ul><li>EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association 13 PDHs; Expiration Date – March 21, 2025</li><li>NAADAC – the Association for Addiction Professionals 13 CE Credits; Expiration Date – February 28, 2025</li></ul>This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing.

International Lifeguard Critical Incident Response Alliance

ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis

ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis

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