The Book!
Practical Concepts and Training Exercises
for Crisis Intervention Teams
Dennis, Paul and Jim 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 comes with a CD that contains all the role-plays and games for easy printing and playing.
Cost of the book is $ 57.00
For a look at Reviews, click HERE
For a look at the Forward, click
HERE
For a look at the Introduction, click HERE
For a look at the Table of Contents, click
HERE
Companion CD!
Expanded Role Plays for CISM Teams 2004
This CD expands the scenarios from the book to include role plays for Organizing a Response, Crisis Management Briefings, Defusings, and One On Ones. This expands the training opportunities from the book's exercises. The cost is $ 30.00.
For a look at the Table of Contents, click HERE
NEWER 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.
For a look at the Table of Contents, click
HERE
To Order a Book or CD, click HERE
NEW DVD
(2009)
The Michigan
Crisis Response Association has produced two 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 cost of
each DVD is $ 50.00.
To Order a
DVD, click HERE
