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The Book!

Practical Concepts andTraining Exercises for Crisis Intervention Teams

Dennis Potter, Paul LaBerteaux and Jim Stevens have presented to a wide variety of groups, including schools, community agencies, residential facilities, police, fire, emergency medical staff, hospitals, churches, police and fire chaplains, mental health organizations, correctional facilities, airlines, employee assistance programs and military organizations.

They have brought this wealth of experience to print in workbook form that allows coordinators and team trainers to conduct training for their teams. The book is filled with ideas and procedures for training and maintaining a CISM team. It also has 43 scripted role-plays representing common tragedies that teams respond to in the areas of schools, communities, fire/EMS, and law enforcement. Lastly, it has a variety of group learning experiences and "games" utilizing a Power Point format for teaching crisis response ideas in a fun arena.

The book is now an E-book that comes with a CD/thumb drive that contains all the role-plays and games for easy printing and playing.

Cost of the book is $ 45.00 To Order a Book Click Here

The Book!

Practical Concepts andTraining Exercises for Crisis Intervention Teams

Dennis Potter, Paul LaBerteaux and Jim Stevens have presented to a wide variety of groups, including schools, community agencies, residential facilities, police, fire, emergency medical staff, hospitals, churches, police and fire chaplains, mental health organizations, correctional facilities, airlines, employee assistance programs and military organizations.

They have brought this wealth of experience to print in workbook form that allows coordinators and team trainers to conduct training for their teams. The book is filled with ideas and procedures for training and maintaining a CISM team. It also has 43 scripted role-plays representing common tragedies that teams respond to in the areas of schools, communities, fire/EMS, and law enforcement. Lastly, it has a variety of group learning experiences and "games" utilizing a Power Point format for teaching crisis response ideas in a fun arena.

The book is now an E-book that comes with a CD/thumb drive that contains all the role-plays and games for easy printing and playing.

Cost of the book is $ 45.00 To Order a Book Click Here

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ADDITIONAL CD

NEW Role Play Scenarios - 2005 edition:

Thirty- five new role plays that cover Community, Correctional, Educational, Emergency Services, Hospital, Industrial settings, 7 Surprise Situations that CISM teams have found themselves in and 5 Family CISM Situations. This CD includes the full range of role plays from Organizing a Response, Crisis Management Briefings, Defusings, CISDs, and One on Ones a total of 165 exercises and the Surprise Situations. A great opportunity for training your team members and keeping their skills honed for doing the work. The cost is $ 30.00.

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ADDITIONAL CD

NEW Role Play Scenarios - 2005 edition:

Thirty- five new role plays that cover Community, Correctional, Educational, Emergency Services, Hospital, Industrial settings, 7 Surprise Situations that CISM teams have found themselves in and 5 Family CISM Situations. This CD includes the full range of role plays from Organizing a Response, Crisis Management Briefings, Defusings, CISDs, and One on Ones a total of 165 exercises and the Surprise Situations. A great opportunity for training your team members and keeping their skills honed for doing the work. The cost is $ 30.00.

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CISD PROMPTER CARDS $ 12.00

These 3" by 5" laminated cards give appropriate "prompts" for carrying out a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. Each card contains prompts for each of the 7 phases, and for conducting a Post Action Staff Support. They are connected with a split ring which allows you to quickly separate them for distributing to your team for conducting the CISD.

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DVDS/Thumb Drive (2009)

The Michigan Crisis Response Association has produced three DVD Demonstrations of a Crisis Management Briefing (CMB), a Defusing, a CISD, and a Post Action Staff Support (PASS).

One DVD is a community based example of a team working with adults in a school in the aftermath of a student death.

The second DVD is a first responder based example of a team working with fire, police and EMS personnel following an event in which 3 children died in a fire.

The third DVD is a workplace violence scenario involving the death of 3 employees. In addition to the demonstrations of a Crisis Management Briefing (CMB), a Defusing, a CISD, and a Post Action Staff Support (PASS), this also demonstrates a SAFER-R example of an individual intervention.

The cost of each DVD is $ 50.00.

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