Emergency Management Professional Green Cross Academy of Traumatology Marysville, Washington, United States
What do an ice cream social, a string of Mardi gras beads, and a hummingbird feeder have to do with CISM? This workshop will answer that and other questions as we explore how and when to use CISM activities in a prolonged event. In disaster situations such as a hurricane, earthquakes, wildfires, community shootings, or industrial accidents. This highly interactive presentation will use activities and storytelling to engage the participants in new thoughts about an old subject… CISM. At the same time, it will reinforce the foundational principles behind each and every CISM activity. Disasters are more than a single incident event... when is it "over"? This workshop will talk about how we as CISM practicians fit within an Incident Command Structure and what kinds of activities we can do to make a difference to all impacted by the ongoing critical incident called a Disaster.
*Profession Specific CEs:
This presentation is approved for 1.5 CE Credits by The Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency, Inc. (AACMHA) as an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
This presentation is approved for 1.5 PDH from EAPA- Employee Assistance Professionals Association.
1.5 CE Credits for NAADAC, 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.
*Review ICISF World Congress 17 CE website page for additional requirements.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the difference between an individual response to a traumatic event and a community response to a traumatic event.
Participants will conduct a review of real-world incidents and examples to learn what CISM and crisis response skills work in different environments.
Participants will be able to describe where CISM fits within a disaster response and the coordination system to bring all mental health response agencies into a collaborative structure.