Affiliations
International Fellowship
of Chaplains
IFOC.org
Christian Emergency Response Force
www.cerf.ws
Levite Ministry
LeviteMinistry.com
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
www.icisf.org
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CERT Training | CISM Training | IFOC Chaplaincy Training
What ALERT Seeks to Facilitate through Networking and Training:
- Hands on disaster relief: The emergency response capability includes hands-on assistance. This could be anything from holding a clean cloth on a bleeding artery to pulling victims out of a fallen building. This training includes CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and Strategic Response Intervention. SRI is an ICISF course and is essential for functioning effectively in the command structure of a local or mass disaster. CERT is a local training, FREE of charge, and is about 24 hours. SRI is a 2 day course, 14 hours of training, and typically costs $300. HOWEVER, with adequate registrations, we will offer it in Lakeland for $85. There are a couple of other required advanced weekend courses available FREE OF CHARGE that move you closer and closer to the action. Go to www.CERF.ws for more information.
- Respite Tent: Practical service in the crisis zone includes anything from handing out water and food to emergency workers, to assisting in a "respite tent." This is a tent/area designed to give emergency workers a refreshing and healing "time-out." Fresh fruit, calming aromas, soothing music, and even massage will be available. In the tent we will tend to practical and spiritual needs upon request. The CISM: Individual/Peer Support training is required. Look at Upcoming Trainings for class details and time. Whereas Chaplains and CISM trained individuals are ideal for this environment, the most impacting experience will be from the simple servant who with caring and warmth hands someone a sandwich and a cold bottle of water.
- Critical Incident Stress Debrifing: We are seeking to network local CISM teams, as well as seek to staff new teams. Minimum Required training will exceed 40 hours of CISM training. The 1st course is CISM: Individual/Peer Support training. The 2nd course is CISM: Group crisis intervention. Both of these courses can be completed in one 3-day training. The 3rd required course is Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention. This is a 14 hour training event. This Debriefing involves small group work where you can assist toward defusing Emergency personnel, or victims from the trauma of the event. It is loosely called psychological "triage." YOU DO NOT COUNSEL or INTERVENE with the participants! You do not problem-solve or advise! You are a support structure, trained to observe behavior, and to assist the defusing process.
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CERT Training
Community Emergency Response Team Training
For details of up coming basic CERT training, advanced First Aid training,
and Drills, go to: www.cerf.ws
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CISM: Individual and Group combined class
September 12-14
Location:
Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine (LVIM)
1021 Lakeland Hills Blvd
Lakeland, FL 33805
Critical Incident Stress Management Courses ICISF Certified!
C.I.S.M. Individual Peer Support
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C.I.S.M. Group are now offered in ONE 3-day course!
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN Peer Support, then you can earn your Group certificate by attending the Group portion of the training ONLY! (And visa-versa)
- The Peer Support (CISM Individual) will be Friday through mid-day on Saturday.
- Group will be from Mid-day on Saturday through Sunday.
- COST for BOTH is $120
- COST for one of the two is $85
- REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR WILL BE $160 FOR BOTH AND $125 FOR ONE!
This program is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual intervention and increase Emergency Mental Health skills and to present the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multicomponent crisis intervention curriculum. The two day course prepares participants to understand a wide range of crisis intervention services including pre and post incident crisis education, significant other support services, on-scene support services, crisis intervention for individuals, demobilizations after group large scale traumatic incidents, small group defusings and the group intervention known as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD). The “Group Crisis Intervention” course specifically prepares participants to provide several of these interventions–specifically demobilizations, defusings and the CISD. The need for appropriate follow up services and referrals when necessary is also described. Considerable evidence gathered to date strongly supports the multicomponent crisis intervention strategy, which is discussed in this course.
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to: Define stress, CIS, and PTSD; List the 10 basic interventions of CISM; and Define and describe in detail the CISM group processes of Demobilizations, Defusings and Debriefings; List at least four fundamental principles of crisis intervention; Describe common psychiatric symptoms after trauma; Demonstrate crisis communication techniques; and List risk factors for suicide. (27 Contact Hours; 27 CE Credits for Psychologists; 27 PDHs for EAPs; 27 CE Hours for Calif. MFTs & LCSWs; 27 Contact Hours for National Certified Addiction Counselors; OR 2.7 general CEUs from UMBC)*
Completion of “Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support” & “Group Crisis Intervention” and receipt of a certificate indicating full attendance (27 Contact Hours) qualifies as two CORE classes in ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized Training Program. |
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Day 1:(8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) |
- Concept of CISM as a comprehensive crisis intervention program
- Understanding the role that individual crisis intervention plays in the comprehensive CISM program
- Basic terms and concepts relevant to the study of crisis, traumatic stress and crisis intervention
- Psychological reactions to crisis and trauma including common psychopathological conditions
- SAFER protocol for individual crisis intervention and its role in comprehensive CISM
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Day 2:(8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) |
- General, cumulative, critical incident stress and PTSD
- Core intervention tactics
- Demobilization
- Defusing of small groups
Day 3 (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
- Defusing Demonstration
- Essentials of group intervention, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
- Assessing the need for CISD
- Factors which enhance CISD success
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Register Now!
| $120 Both Classes |
$85 Individual Peer Support Only |
$85 CISM Group Only |
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Allied Lakeland Emergency Response Team (ALERT)
A local team of Chaplains, CERT responders, and First Responder Relief Workers. Our training includes Critical Incident Stress Management, Advanced First Aid, and Spiritual wellness primarily to Emergency Personnel, such as Law Enforcement officers, Fire Personnel, and EMS workers.
ALERT provides local training in CISM, Suicidology, CERT, Chaplaincy, First Aid, and much more. We also represent a local chapter of CERF, Christian Emergency Response Force. www.CERF.ws
Participation with ALERT is welcomed with OPEN ARMS! Level of participation will depend on level of training and certification. However, ALERT membership will include being a licensed Chaplain with the IFOC, training and membership with CERF (our CERT and 1st Aid providers), and an accepted commission in the ALERT organization (i.e., on any of our teams, such as CERT, CISM, or Chaplaincy).
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COMPASSION FATIGUE
One Day Certified Training through Green Cross
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Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
14 Contact hours of ICISF Certified Training
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