CIRP Individual Crisis Intervention

This course covers the core elements of a comprehensive crisis-intervention curriculum, preparing participants to understand and provide various crisis-intervention services.

Course Content

Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support

This course is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of, and a specific protocol for, individual crisis intervention. Crisis intervention is NOT psychotherapy; rather, it is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention which requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called “emotional first aid.”

Prerequisites

None

Who Should Attend?

CIRP Volunteers

Attendance Approval

• ALPA Members: must have approval from their MEC Pilot Assistance chair or MEC chair prior to registration.
• Nonmembers: Email an ALPA staff member about course attendance. (There may be a $175 registration fee to attend.)

Expenses

The attendee’s MEC budget is responsible for all pilot expenses: travel, lodging, meals, and flight pay loss (FPL), if required.

What to Wear

Business Casual

Course Contacts

National CIRP Chair
Capt. John McFadden, UAL

ALPA Engineering & Air Safety
Candace Kolander
Pilot Assistance & Occupational Safety
1-800-424-2470