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Team of professionals that help individuals e.g., paramedics, police officers, disaster workers who have been involved in emergency operations under conditions of extreme stress or people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as workplace or school violence, recover from the traumatizing effects of the experience utilizing a therapeutic technique which enables them to process the event and put it behind them. A CISD enables workers to discuss what happened, their role in the event, the impact of the experience and skills for coping with the after-effects. A CISD will generally alleviate the acute stress responses which sometimes appear at the scene or immediately thereafter and will at least inhibit delayed stress reactions which can appear days, weeks or even months later.

Team of professionals that help individuals e.g., paramedics, police officers, disaster workers who have been involved in emergency operations under conditions of extreme stress or people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as workplace or school violence, recover from the traumatizing effects of the experience utilizing a therapeutic technique which enables them to process the event and put it behind them. A CISD enables workers to discuss what happened, their role in the event, the impact of the experience and skills for coping with the after-effects. A CISD will generally alleviate the acute stress responses which sometimes appear at the scene or immediately thereafter and will at least inhibit delayed stress reactions which can appear days, weeks or even months later.

Provides supportive services to emergency workers to help them deal with stressful and traumatic incidents in a healthy way. Examples of such incidents include death or serious injury to a child or fellow emergency worker, a suicide, an injurious accident, or circumstances involving prolonged or extraordinary rescue or recovery operations. Services include pre-incident education, small or large group crisis intervention services, and referral services.