Requesting This Course:

• This course will be offered as a Virtual Training! Learn More & Register.
• For information on requesting this course for your organization through our Speakers Bureau program, please contact Millie Morehouse at milliem@icisf.org.
• To check if this course is being offered by an Approved Instructor, search our Event Calendar.

Course Description:

Designed to prepare school administrators and all educators for the inevitable crises that occur within schools and/or that effect those in schools, this training reflects the 3 most common phases of a crisis: pre-crisis planning, acute crisis response and post-crisis activities. Special attention is given to the most common pitfalls (those that pose the most threat to school personnel from a liability standpoint) associated with crisis response activities. Participants of this training are introduced to the CISM framework and specific intervention techniques that can easily be applied within the school setting. These intervention techniques are research-informed and widely recognized for their effectiveness. Participants will be given opportunities to explore the elements of effective crisis management through multiple group activities.

Suggested but not mandatory prerequisite: Group Crisis Intervention

Learning Objectives:

• Prevalence and nature of school crisis
• Traumatic stress on learning and school milieu
• Major components of crisis management
• Specific goals of crisis intervention and crisis management
• “Standard of Care” as it relates to school crisis management
• CISM as a model of crisis intervention
• Unique role and needs of the building administrator
• Group intervention techniques for school personnel
• Protocol used for large incidents
• Respond to and manage a large-scale incident

General Contact Hours: 

Two-Day Course; 14 Contact Hours: 1.4 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. 

** Please check with your state licensing board prior to registration to see if they will accept the Certificate of Completion as a means for continuing education.