Train Your Staff for Any Crisis
– 25 Videos
– Accompanying activities
– Consistency across the district
Facilitated Training
We’re excited to announce the 2026 launch of our Facilitated Training option. Using a series of videos, your Facilitators lead activities designed to reinforce concepts. Participants identify how to incorporate these new concepts into your existing plan so new knowledge and skills strengthen your team capacity. Additional information on that program can be found here.
Optional Facilitator & Mentorship Workshops
Are you passionate about crisis response work? Would you like mentorship or more comprehensive training on crisis and recovery? We offer three-day workshops that take you much further into this field! Let us know that you’d like to be on the notification list for future workshops here..
Audience: School counselors, psychologists, social workers, mental health staff , administrators, special educators and those with passion for this work!
On-Site Training
Nothing provides the opportunity for personal growth and team skill-building like in-person training. This is a three-day workshop for team members. Administrators are included for two half-days. We encourage districts to partner with those around you to share the training and provide the option for shared or”mutual aid,” increasing the skill base of those in all districts every time there is a response. Inquire here.
Training Structure
- Administrators attend the first and last morning.
- Each session includes large group learning, break-out sessions using handouts, and large group Q&A.
- Each day builds on foundation from the day before, so mental health and team participants need to play on being there all three days. It does not work to “share slots” and have two or three counselors attend different portions.
- This training is best when it combines teams from several districts in a region. ESDs, IUs, BOCES and other regional programs are ideal hosts for a collaborative training.
Who Should Attend
- School Administrators
- School Counselors
- School Social Workers
- School Psychologists
- School Nurses
- Mental Health Workers
- Faith-Based Educators
- Community People
Topics Included
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Overview of Crisis Response
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Flow Chart of Crisis Day
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Tasks of Grief
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Developmental Stages of Grief
- Garlinghouse Theory
- Impact of Suicide on a Response
- Trauma in the Individual
- Trauma – Impact on a Response
- Roles of Staff and Flight Team
- Safe Room Activities
- Safe Room Organization
- Safe Room Process
- Life Tribute
- Student Belongings and the Empty Desk
- Student Announcements
- Media and Communications
- Needs of Administration
- Needs of Staff
- Life Tribute
- Next Steps: Organizational Options
A well-trained district crisis response team is one truly amazing way to give back to your families and community.
Flight Team (crisis response team) members respond to and support a campus going through a crisis or tragedy. This course will give you the foundation team members need to respond with confidence.
Miko Price | School Counselor, Phoenix, AZ
Ready to get started?
We’ll be as flexible as we can, finding a plan that can work for you.
We encourage districts to partner with others nearby to share costs of training and to enable you to lend mutual support.
Questions? info@cmionline.org
BOCES, IUs, ESDs and other Education Services Agencies: When your districts are ready for the next level of preparedness, we’ll set up training for your group. Be in touch here and we’ll tailor it to your unique needs!
Recommended Material
Crisis Resource Manual, $55 Required
The Crisis Resource Manual is your “go to” guide for critical decisions and actions on crisis day. Critical content is in the front, making for quick access and ease of use when crisis strikes. This manual may or may not be included in your registration fee, depending on sponsor of training.
Training Manual, $55 (Discounted for attendees) Recommended
We highly recommend that this be used with the Crisis Resource Manual. Each chapter covers a different content area, and some chapters have exercises designed to help participants become more aware of their own issues from past experiences.
Safe Room Book, $25 Recommended
This book covers all dimensions of facilitating Safe Rooms — those nurturing spaces set aside for students who are in more profound grief following the death of a peer. Topics include philosophy, room set-up, rules and behavior management, activities and much more.