News & Events

During the ICISF’s World Congress this year, our Executive Director was honored to be awarded the ICISF Cofounder’s (Dr George Everly and Dr Jeff Mitchell) Award for Lifetime Achievement. It came as a quite a shock and surprise to be selected for this and to be recognized in front of the World Congress attendees. The… Continue Reading →

Our Executive Director was invited to co-present an original course, “Wellness: What’s this all about? What does it really mean?” This conference is held every two years and has attendees from across the globe. It is a great opportunity to learn and share from those in the field doing the actual work. Wellness and Resiliency… Continue Reading →

In August of this year, our Executive Director was invited back to Patrick SFB in Florida to present the ICISF’s course, Assisting Individuals in Crisis program to another group of individuals from the Space Force military branch. In August 2022, he presented this course as a pilot program for them as a tool to manage… Continue Reading →

On February 27th of this year, our Executive Director was invited to the MA State POST Commission on the topic of Police Officer Wellness. The commission, formed as part of the criminal justice reform legislation enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020, is in the process of cresting guidelines and mandates for policing… Continue Reading →

This year our Executive Director was invited to develop and present a program for support staff in the Fire Service. Our presentation: “What is a Critical Incident: How to recognize it in Firefighters?”, was given on February 28 at the FCAM Professional Development Conference in Worcester, MA. Attendees consisted of representatives of the Fire Services… Continue Reading →

This past December, our Executive Director was an invited speaker to come back and give two presentations at the Citizen CPR Foundation’s, Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit in San Diego, CA. This program draws a world-wide audience of not only experts in the resuscitation field, but survivors of cardiac arrest from a multitude of causes. Our… Continue Reading →

Our Executive Director was invited to present two one-day courses this year at the ICISF World Congress: Line-of-Duty Injuries: The Forgotten Population and Understanding the First Responder’s Culture: for Mental Health Staff. The conference held every two years has attendees from across the globe. This year eleven countries were represented. Line-of-Duty Injuries have been a… Continue Reading →

In April our Executive Director was invited to represent NPSS and the On-Site Academy by presenting a customized program for attendees entitled, “Students in the Fire Service: Non-traditional challenges for today’s fire instructor”. This presentation was given on April 24 at the FDIC Professional Development Conference in Indianapolis, IN. Attendees consisted of representatives of the… Continue Reading →

Last month, our Executive Director was invited to present two programs to the IL State FOP Wellness Group to support the health and well-being of Law Enforcement personnel. The two ICISF programs: Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention were presented over five days to the group in… Continue Reading →

This month our Executive Director was invited to present two programs for upper-level Fire Command members to support the health and well-being of Fire personnel. The two presentations entitled, “Line-of-Duty Injuries: the Forgotten Population” and “Peer Support and Emerging Sciences: Blending the New with the Traditional for Enhanced Wellness and Resiliency” were given on March… Continue Reading →