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• Accidental/sudden or medically caused death of an employee <br /> • SWAT or CNT incident where major injury or death occur <br /> • Active Shooter or large-scale incident <br /> Services include,but are not limited to: <br /> 1. One on one debriefing with personnel directly involved. <br /> 2. Group Diffusing-Once the incident or scene is processed and responders have cleared the call <br /> there is an opportunity to do a diffusing in a secure location. Dr. Williams will work in <br /> partnership with the police Peer Support Team to ensure basic needs are met and provide <br /> education on normal stress reactions before personnel leave to go home. <br /> The goal of diffusing is to front-load the process and explain beforehand what reactions they <br /> may experience following exposure to a traumatic event. The diffusing also sets the stage for <br /> peer support outreach, follow-up, communicating with family, mental health resources and the <br /> critical incident debriefing. <br /> 3. Assessment of community resources-Given the type of incident, an assessment will be <br /> conducted to see if the department would like to access other crisis resources for victims, <br /> witnesses, or the community. <br /> Group Critical Incident Debriefing <br /> $250.00/hr. <br /> • A critical incident debriefing should be conducted on major incidents where personnel <br /> experience critical incident stress reactions or a unique incident that is not a normal day <br /> on the job. One of many functions of peer support is to assess the need for a debrief. <br /> • On average,the first 3 days after a major incident is oftentimes when people experience <br /> shock and disbelief. The brain needs time to start processing what happened. It is <br /> recommended that a group critical incident debriefing occur no sooner than 3 days after, <br /> but ideally within a week of the incident. Given schedules and types of incidents (e.g., <br /> OIS) it may take longer to schedule. <br /> • Dr. Williams will facilitate the debriefing and work in collaboration with the peer support <br /> team, chaplains, and crisis trauma dog (as approved). <br /> • Dr. Williams was trained in the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) as well as the <br /> National Office for Victim Assistance (NOVA) debriefing models. As a result of working <br /> with law enforcement she developed and facilitates a modified 2-step model specifically <br /> for public safety populations. <br /> • Based on research conducted during Dr. Williams' doctoral project(dissertation) and <br /> years of experience working with law enforcement, she found that outcomes of this two- <br /> step model are to put the pieces of the case/incident back together, normalization and <br />