ERAP CRITICAL INCIDENT SEMINAR

AGENDA

Day 1 – Tuesday November 5, 2019

• 17:00 Arrival
• 17:00 – 18:00 Meet & Greet/Registration
• 18:30 Introduction to Peers
• 19:00 – 20:00 Instruments/Measures completed and handed to Peer

• Housekeeping/Schedule
• Confidentiality and Ground Rules – Form
• Participants have free time to meet each other

• 22:00 MHP/Peer meeting

Day 2 – Wednesday, November 6, 2019

• 8:00 Morning refreshments and Informal Gathering
• 8:30 Introduction of Program
• Opening Remarks by Host and Clinical Director
• Meet the Team and Moose
• History and Overview of the Model
• Combining the best elements of CISM, PEER SUPPORT and EMDR Therapy
• CISM – Geoff
• What is it?
• Debates about CISM
• What is Peer Support? – Marcia
• How is this different than what Emergency Responders do?
• Tell your injury story and your healing process.Where am I now?
• Don’t try to fix anybody or solve their problem.
• EMDR therapy (“What is it? How do I sign up?) – Dr. Robbie
• Resourcing
• Aroma
• Container
• Tactical Breathing/Square Breathing
• Cue Word
• Meditation – Jeff B
• Critical Incident Stories
• Suggestions on how to tell your story!Julie W
• Incident Envy – John F
• Critical Incident Stories
• Lunch On-Site
• Critical Incident Storiescontinue
• Dinner On-Site
• We may extend into the evening after our evening meal if we have not yet heard all of the Critical Incident Summaries.

Day 3 – Thursday, November 7, 2019

• 8:00 Morning refreshments and Informal Gathering
• 8:30 – 9:30 Medication and Addictions – Jeff Edelman, PNP
• Psychotropic Medications
• Ketamine
• Addictions
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Sex
• Small Group Discussion – Peer Leaders/EMDR therapy Offered by Certified EMDR Therapists in individual sessions based on participant needs.
• Lunch On-Site
• The Career, Critical Incidents, Stress and Trauma – the Continuum 
• Wear and tear
• Acute Event
• My Triggers?
• Managing Triggers
• What is happening in my brain?
• It’s a brain injury
• What are triggers?
• Institutional Betrayal and Betrayal Trauma

• CLEAR YOUR CALLS
• “It’s OK to not be OK”!
• “An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal!”
• When no reaction is abnormal
• Symptom Considerations for Employers/Employees/Colleagues

• Healthy Relationships in Emergency Responders Couples & Families – Dr. Denise & Marcia J.
• Parenting as an Emergency Responder
• Parents
• Spouses/Significant Others
• Mentalizing/How to solve problems in relationships
• Small Groups continue – Peer Leaders / EMDR therapy as needed
• Sleep Fitness
• Dinner/Group Meal
• Meditation

Day 4 Friday, November 8, 2019

• 7:30 Morning Coffee and Informal Gathering
• 8:00 Post-traumatic Growth – Finding Meaning in what happened
• Small Group Wrap-Up – After ERAP Connections – What’s Your Plan?
• Lunch On-Site
• Peer Connection Follow-up!
• Post-Assessment and Post-traumatic Growth.What’s next?
• Wrap- UP – Comments, Evaluations
• Departure

Robbie Adler-Tapia, Ph.D.
Psychologist
1615 E. Warner Road, Suite 2
Tempe, AZ 85284
(480) 753-1655
www.DrRobbie.org
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