INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL
INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION, Inc. - ICISF
ICISF is a non-profit, open
membership foundation dedicated to the prevention and mitigation
of disabling stress through education, training, and support services.
They work with Crisis and Disaster Response Programs, organizations,
and communities worldwide.
Classes that would be the
most applicable to Family Support Team (FST) would be:
- Critical Incident Stress
Management (CISM) Basic Group Crisis Intervention
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Crisis Intervention
and Peer Support, and
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Advanced Group Crisis
Intervention.
Conferences offer up to
12 classes, including NEW courses such as Domestic Terrorism.
You may participate in
the following regional ICISF Training for 2-days or 4-days.
The training costs are very affordable, and vary depending on the
classes that you would like to take, and whether you participate
for 2-days or 4-days.
Early registration helps keeps the costs low.
Questions?
Call the following NADA/F
Board Members who are also familiar with the ICISF training:
FST Director, Barb Skudlarick, MazamaJoe@cs.com
(360) 371-4108, or
Helen and Larry Siebert HlnSiebert@aol.com
(573) 635-1488
Please call the phone numbers
listed, or call ICISF in Baltimore at the number listed below. Be
sure and let Barb, Helen or Larry know that you are participating
so that you may connect with other NADA/F members.
ICISF’s
Training Calendar for 2003 includes the following:
April 24
- 27, 2003
Atlanta, GA
GA Crisis Response Team - Contact: Jim Nelms
(770) 403-9325 - ltjg1993@aol.com
- http://www.icisf.org/conference/brochures/Atlanta.pdf
May 1 - 4,
2003
Naples, FL
Collier County CISM Team
Contact: Dianne Flanagan edi111@aol.com
Naples Beach Hotel (800) 237-7600
http://www.icisf.org/conference/brochures/Naples.pdf
May 15 -
18, 2003
Biloxi MS
June 5 -
8, 2003
Indianapolis, IN
CISM of Indiana andIN Emergency Management
http://www.icisf.org/conference/brochures/Indianapolis.pdf
June 19 -
22, 2003
Somerset, NJ
June 26 -
29, 2003
Fayetteville, AK
July 24 -
27, 2003
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
August 7
- 10, 2003
Columbia, MD
August 21
- 24, 2003
Denver, CO
September
4 - 7, 2003
Phoenix, AZ
September
11 - 14, 2003
Clearwater, FL
September
18 - 21, 2003
Cedar Rapids, IA
September
25 - 28, 2003
Anaheim, CA
October 2
- 5, 2003
Bridgeport, CT
October 23
- 26, 2003
Olathe, KS
October 30
- November 1, 2002
Las Vegas, NV
November
13 - 16, 2003
Charleston, SC
December
4 - 7, 2003
San Diego, CA
More classes
will be announced.
For more information visit the website:
http://www.icisf.org/
or http://www.icisf.org/dates.htm
Individual brochures can be downloaded
from their website.
Questions? Email ICISF at kbrown@icisf.org
International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation, Inc. 3290 Pine Orchard Lane, Unit 106, Ellicott City,
MD 21042-2272 (410) 750-9600-phone (ask for Kim Michelotti) – (410)
750-9601-fax
NOVA * National Organization
for Victim Assistance
For 25 years NOVA has offered services and training for victims
of crime and other crises. Their one week training includes: Crisis
Reactions, Acute Stress Factors, Short-Term and Long-Term Reactions,
Crisis Intervention and Death Notification, Cultural Perspectives,
Age Perspectives from child to elder responses, Case Studies, Stress
Reaction of Caregivers, and much more. NADA/F members who have participated
in the NOVA training found it very helpful.
Training is $350 for the
week, 40 hours of training, except $300 for Saratoga Springs NY.
For more information call
NOVA directly: (202) 232-6682.
Check the NOVA website for additional training opportunities: http://www.try-nova.org
AMERICAN RED CROSS
The Red Cross has hundreds of chapters in the U.S. with a wide range
of crisis response training programs from Introduction to Disaster,
ARC 3066, to more in depth classes, depending on the size and location
of that Red Cross Center. Some offer aviation disaster classes,
however, to participate in the ARC air disaster teams the Red Cross
requires certified mental health professionals, or clergy. However,
Red Cross training may prepare you to participate in the NADA/F
Family Support Team. You may want to check with a number of Red
Cross offices in your area to see if the training opportunities
will help you.
FREE COMMUNITY TRAINING
- C.E.R.T. Community Emergency Response Team - Sponsored by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and conducted at
many community locations throughout the U.S. by the local Fire Rescue
Services. The C.E.R.T program is designed to focus on hurricanes,
flooding and other major emergencies, and some classes may focus
on disasters that occur in a particular geographical location. Training
is free or very low cost, and provides basic emergency response
information that could be helpful to participate in the NADA/F Family
Support Team.
For more information check
with your local Fire-Rescue offices, by calling their non-emergency
telephone number. Information also available on the Internet: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
or go directly to http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pocs/pocs.htm
Victims, Inc. in Rochester
NH and Brentwood NH - The Joan Ellis Victims Assistance Network
Their Trauma Intervention Volunteer training started in 1993, and
the program is designed for people in the New Hampshire/New England
area who will volunteer to help in their communities. The training
is free and is usually conducted for eight consecutive Saturdays,
plus annual re-training opportunities. Excellent program! For more
information call (603) 335-7777.
NADA/F members may learn
of local crisis response training similar to Victims, Inc. from
regional crisis centers throughout the U.S. Please share that information
with NADA/F.
Watch the NADA/F website
for Updates and more Opportunities for Training!
