Redwood City, CA
1-800-348-8911

2-Day Police Specific CISM Seminar
(Critical Incident Stress Management/Debriefing)

Class Description:

Critical Incident Stress Management is the focus of this two day seminar/retreat. This class will develop skills in personnel interested in implementing or being part of a peer counseling or critical incident stress team.

• What are the dynamics of the public safety work environment
• Learn to use effective intervention support tools
• Learn to recognize stress symptoms for yourself and co-workers
• Understand the signs and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress
• Gain tools to resolve immediate and delayed stress symptoms
• Learn how to establish and maintain a CISD/Stress support team
• Learn how to facilitate a successful defusing and de-briefing.

CISM programs are proven to assist in defusing every variety of stress. By managing employee stress, agencies retain quality employees and employees have a improved quality of life. This combination saves stress, lives, and retirements. This course will give police personnel the information and powerful tools needed to justify, establish and maintain a Critical Incident Stress Management Program for your agency.

Target Audience: Any public safety employee at any level with an interest in the CISM/CISD model or stress management. Class size is 18 minimum, 26 maximum. Due to the seminar/group structure, we keep the student-instructor ratio low for best results.

Class length: 16 Hours.

Certification: California POST Plan III. Call for details regarding other certifications.

Evaluations:

Here are a few comments from a group of dispatchers that attended this course in May of 1996...

"Dynamic Instructors."
"Everything and everyone were wonderful."
"The Instructors were amazing. I feel refreshed and feel I have a new attitude."
"This is probably the best training I've had in my 9 years..., I'm energized."

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