Crisis Informed Peer Para Counseling

VIRTUAL…Two Day Class

Must attend both days!

8:30am - 5:00pm EST each day

Virtual doors open at 8:00am

Caregiver-level peer support skills built on boundaries, sustainability, and compassionate presence.

Pre-Requisites: Assisting Individuals in Crisis (2 day course) and Group Crisis Intervention (2 day course)

Course Description:

Today we see an unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources. The Critical Incident Stress Management continuum offers high risk populations seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need. Crisis Informed Peer Para-Counseling (CIPPC) expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma and disasters. CIPPC will become the 1:1 follow up service to them CISD. The unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources means at risk populations are seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need and expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma.

Learning Objectives:

- Define the CIPPC model

- Define terms in the field of peer support & crisis intervention

- Enhance skills in SAMSHA peer para counseling eight dimensions guidelines. Review Empathy versus Sympathy as a core principal of connection-Theresa Wiseman/Four Principles of Empathy-Perspective Taking/ Stay out of judgement, recognize emotions, communication.

- Define Mental health, addiction & trauma related disorders

- Define Peers as prevention educators

- Define Psychological First Aid

- Identify National, state & community behavioral healthcare & human service resources

- Define CIPPC episode of care

Contact Hours/Continuing Education:

Two-Day Course; 14 Contact Hours 1.4 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Based on a formula of 1 CEU for every 10 contact hours.

Certificate of Completion:

Upon completion of this course with verified full attendance, participants are eligible to receive an electronic ICIS Certificate of Completion, including general continuing education credit.

Participants must complete a course evaluation before certificate release. Receipt of a Certificate of Completion does not attest to field competence. Completion does not provide certification in CISM or clinical credentials.

Profession-Specific CEU Guidance:

Acceptance of crisis training for profession-specific continuing education requirements varies by state and licensing authority. Participants are encouraged to contact their state licensing board or credentialing agency in advance for the most current guidance.

Participants must verify with their state licensing or credentialing authority prior to registration to determine whether the ICISF Certificate of Completion and CEUs will meet requirements for their specific profession or agency.

Crisis Informed Peer Para Counseling Registration