Practical Concepts and Training Exercises for Crisis Intervention and CISM Teams

Practical Concepts and Training Exercises for Crisis Intervention and CISM Teams

By: Dennis Potter, MSW, CSW, FAAETS

Publication date: July 2025
ISBN: 978-1-943001-37-8
Subject: Coming Soon

PRE-ORDER FOR DELIVERY IN JULY

Dennis Potter brings his wealth of experience to print in this workbook form that allows coordinators and team trainers to conduct training for their teams. The book is filled with ideas and procedures for training and maintaining a CISM team. This publication includes 3 parts:

1. Book One: Practical Concepts (a softcover textbook)
2. Book Two: Training Exercises (an online eBook with printable scenarios), and
3. Handouts (a PDF of printable handouts for your CISM Team).

Pre-order now for an automatic delivery upon publication in July!

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PRE-ORDER FOR DELIVERY IN JULY

Dennis Potter brings his wealth of experience to print in this workbook form that allows coordinators and team trainers to conduct training for their teams. The book is filled with ideas and procedures for training and maintaining a CISM team. This publication includes 3 parts:

1. Book One: Practical Concepts (a softcover textbook)
2. Book Two: Training Exercises (an online eBook with printable scenarios), and
3. Handouts (a PDF of printable handouts for your CISM Team).

Pre-order now for an automatic delivery upon publication in July!

Pages: 120
Publisher: ICISF - International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.
Edition: Third

Dennis Potter, MSW, CSW, FAAETS

Dennis Potter, MSW, FAAETS, CCISM, is a licensed social worker who helped to form one of the first community-based Crisis Response Teams in Michigan in 1986 and the Michigan Crisis Response Association in 1988.

Dennis is currently the CEO of Kantu Consultants. He is an Approved Instructor for all of the ICISF Core Courses and is a member of the ICISF Faculty since 2006.

In 2011, Dennis was honored with the ICISF Excellence in Training and Educational Award. In 2021 Dennis was given the Grand Rapids Police Department “Exceptional Civilian Service Award” for 22 years of working with their Peer Program.

Dennis has presented at many local, state, regional, national and international conferences. He has been a presenter at the last Fourteen International Critical Incident Stress Foundation World Congresses. Dennis was awarded the ICISF Excellence in Training and Education Award at the 2011 World Congress. In 2021, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from ICISF for his contributions to the field of CISM over the years.

He has written articles for various journals on the topic of working with Critical Incident Stress. Dennis coauthored the model for Post Action Staff Support which is featured in the ICISF Advanced Training Workbook and the book “Practical Concepts and Training Exercises For Crisis Response Teams” with Paul LaBerteaux and Jim Stevens.