Cost Includes: Registration, ICISF Materials & Certificates

*Prerequisite: Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention

Designed to provide participants with the latest information on critical incident stress management techniques and post-trauma syndromes, the Advanced Group Crisis Intervention builds on the knowledge base which was obtained through the Group Crisis Intervention course. Emphasis will be on advanced defusings and debriefings in complex situations. This course is designed for EAP, human resources and public safety personnel, mental health professionals, chaplains, emergency medical services providers, firefighters, physicians, police officers, nurses, dispatchers, airline personnel and disaster workers who are already trained in the critical incident stress debriefing format. This course requires previous training and experience in ICISF’s “Group Crisis Intervention.” Course Highlights include relevant research findings, managing complex group-oriented crisis interventions, nature and importance of incident assessment, strategic intervention planning, comprehensive, integrated, systematic and multi-component CISM, concepts of enhanced group processes, significantly delayed interventions, “Multiple incident CISD”, suicide of a colleague, and small group Oregon State Fire Marshalls Chaplain Response Team (OCRT). 

Instructor: Chaplain Emeritus Jim Crowley recently retired as the Executive Chaplain for Central Oregon Public Safety Chaplaincy (COPSC) having served them full time since the Fall of 2003, and joined Willamette Valley First Responder Chaplains (WVFRC) in the Spring of 2021 as the Senior Instructor. Chaplain Jim has been a chaplain for over 30 years and earned the International Conference of Police Chaplaincy (ICPC) Diplomat Chaplain Credential and the Master of Ministry Degree from Northwest Nazarene University. He is an Approved Instructor with the International Critical Incident and Stress Foundation (ICISF) and the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC). Chaplain Jim is a member of the Central Oregon Critical Incident Stress Management (COCISM) team, serves on the Oregon State Police (OSP) Critical Incident and Response Team (CIRT) and the Chaplain Response Team (OCRT) for the Office of Oregon State Fire Marshalls.

To register and submit payment: go to www.WVFRC.org and click on the training tab. If you have any questions, you can reach Chaplain Jim Crowley at: jcrowley5510@gmail.com / mobile: 541-410-6128 or WVFRC at: info@WVFRC.org / mobile: 541-603-6512. Mailing address: WVFRC, 922 NW Circle Blvd ste. 160-159, Corvallis OR 97330.

***We anticipate that everyone who has registered for the class is able to attend. When there’s a need to cancel the class, we need to recover the expenses for registering and ordering materials. To reimburse, there is a fee associated with our website transaction costs. The costs for the reimbursement/cancellation could amount to $75.00-$100.00, which will be deducted from registration fees, unless other arrangements can be made. There is no fee associated if able to attend a different class and enrollment can be transferred – as long as notice is given at least 3 weeks in advance or there are extenuating circumstances. Thank you for understanding. ***