ERCIS AGENDA

ERCIS Agenda:

Day 1:

8:00-8:30      Gathering/Registration/Coffee

8:30-9:30      Introduction of Program

• Opening Remarks
• History and Overview of the PCIS model
• Meet the PCIS team
• EMDR….What is it? How do I sign up? Testimonies
  • 1:1 and EMDR sessions will take place following the completion of the Critical Incident Summaries thru 12:00 on Day 3 (including evenings)
• Confidentiality and ground rules
• Housekeeping/Schedule

9:30-10:00   Impact of Event Scale

10:15-11:30 Critical Incident summaries

BREAK

11:45-1:00   Critical Incident summaries

1:00-2:15      Lunch on site

2:30-6:00      Critical Incident summaries (with breaks as needed)

Relaxation Education (following the end of the Critical Incident summaries)

6:00-7:00      Supper on site

May extend critical incident summaries into evening if needed.  Breaks as needed.

Day 2:

8:00-8:30      Gathering/Coffee/Fellowship

8:30-10:00   Lecture:  “Emotional Survival for First Responders”

10:30-12:00 Small group discussions

12:00-1:00   Lunch on site

1:00-2:00      “Suicide:  Oops, We’re Not Supposed to Talk About This”

2:15-3:15      “Communication and Family Relationships”

BREAK

3:30-4:30      “A Cop’s Story About Drinking”

BREAK

4:45-5:45      “It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What You Do About It”

1. Mitchell video

6:00-7:00      Special dinner

7:30-8:00      Voluntary Prayer Service

Day 3:

8:00-8:30      Gathering/Coffee/Fellowship

8:30-10:00   Lecture:  “Staying Focused in the Face of Negativity”

10:15-12:15 Small group discussions

12:00-1:30   Lunch on site

1:30-2:30      Overcoming adversity discussion (drawn from several sources)

2:30-3:15      “Overcoming Adversity” video (Charlie Plumb)

3:15-4:15      Round Robin discussion, evaluations, Impact of Event Scale #2, departure