Description
The NOVA Basic Crisis Response Team Training is a 24-hour training pre-approved by the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP)® & D-SAACP. The course is designed to provide individuals with a comprehensive overview of NOVA’s Crisis Intervention Model.
This is an In-Person Only Course and requires CCVAA Permission to enroll. This serves as the evaluation and certificate portal only. To earn a certificate of completion, students must successfully attend the 3 in person class days, participate in the Practice GCI, and complete the end of class survey.
REGISTRATION:
SCHEDULE: (address details provided after registration)
Upcoming Trainings:
November 3-5, 2026 - Riverside, CA Registration closes October 19, 2026
Travel Scholarships: CCVAA is proud to offer travel scholarships for this course- accepted course attendees can apply here by 10/19/26. Link to form
Additional Sessions added as they become available.
Objectives
BASIC Crisis Response Team (CRT) Training Objectives
Introduction: Orientation on Crisis Response Teams
• To initiate training and group cohesion
• To create expectations for training including group projects
Chapter 1: Overview of Crisis Response
• To define trauma
• To describe how crisis response and intervention can contribute to coping with trauma
Chapter 2: The Trauma Response: Internal Factors
• To recognize the 3 stages of the physical and emotional crisis reaction
• To distinguish between normal brain function & traumatic brain function
• To apprehend how trauma affects brain function
Chapter 3: The Trauma Response: External Factors
• To sample a variety of dimensions surrounding a traumatic event
• To use these factors for considerations of diagramming a disaster
Chapter 4: Crisis Intervention - The NOVA Model (SSVVPP)
• To identify Safety & Security, Ventilation & Validation and Prediction & Preparation
• To explain Safety & Security, Ventilation & Validation and Prediction & Preparation
• To practice Safety & Security, Ventilation & Validation and Prediction & Preparation
Chapter 5: Group Crisis Intervention
• To identify the NOVA Model (SSVVPP) as applied to a group
• To explain the NOVA Model (SSVVPP) as applied to a group
• To practice the NOVA Model (SSVVPP) as applied to a group
Chapter 6: Death, Loss and Grief
• To engage participants on the concept of death and loss
• To prepare participants to consider their own ‘stuff’ before becoming a responder
• To understand key concrete steps to conveying uniquely bad news like a death notification
Chapter 7: Long-Term Stress Reactions
• To understand long term stress reactions
• To understand trigger events
Chapter 9: Spiritual Dimensions
• To explore how trauma impacts various belief systems
Chapter 14 &15: Continuum of Age
• To explore the unique reactions of children to trauma
• To examine how elders respond to trauma
• To examine how physical and emotional disabilities can impact trauma survivors
Chapter 16: Stress of Caregivers
• To examine what is stressful about responding to trauma
• To learn positive coping strategies for responding to trauma
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate CRT Basic CCVAA 2026
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