International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)

Education and training:development and presentation of education and training programs in the areas of: individual and group Critical Incident Stress management and post trauma syndromes, individual and group peer support / crisis intervention techniques, workplace trauma, psychotraumatology, disabling Stress, disaster psychology, crisis intervention, individual and organizational resiliency, crisis management, crisis leadership and strategic planningregional trainings offering an array of training courses and programsnational / International speakers' bureauapproved instructor programs (ai) (training instructors to teach the courses) and training manuals for icisf core and elective curriculumpublishing of workbooks for curriculum in crisis intervention and managementapproved instructor assistance, revision of curriculum format and the future implementation of ai mentor programcertificate of specialized training program (cost), a program of multiple courses resulting in a certificate of advanced trainingsponsorship of biannual world congress on Stress, trauma and coping online training and webinars

Membership benefits and services:quarterly newsletter routine and emergency Critical Incident Stress consultation team membership in icisf places the team in an International network of cism enabling access to professional supportdiscounted regional training and world congress tuition for active team memberswe have members from all over the us, canada, africa, australia, middle east, uk, ireland, germany.

Outreach and consultation:coordination services for over eight hundred cism teams in fourteen nations in addition to member resources in thirty eight nations of varied networks and configurationscritical Incident Stress clearinghouse, which handles thousands of requests for cis information yearly (emergent, urgent, routine in nature and website visits)twenty-four hour emergency hotline, which provides consultation to hotline callers when a crisis situation is emergent or urgent, requiring immediate attentionpartnerships with allied agencies and organizations in disaster response and crises interventionone on one consultation with individuals, organizations, and agencies in comprehensive crisis interventionthere are 140 active teams that have an icisf membership