Crisis Team: Refresh
Thursday, November 12, 2026
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
This training is designed for mental health professionals who are current members of our regional crisis team. Funding for this training is provided through the Minnesota Department of Education. Lunch is not provided. Please go out for lunch. Note: This training will be held off-site at the Sartell Community Center.
Join our new crisis team members in this course that is designed to reflect the three most common phases of a crisis: pre-crisis planning, acute crisis response, and post-crisis activities. We use a CISM framework and specific intervention techniques that can easily be applied within the school setting.
Program Highlights
- Nature of school crisis and traumatic stress on learning.
- Major components of crisis management.
- CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) as a model of crisis intervention.
- Group intervention techniques for school personnel.
- Steps to respond to and manage small and large-scale incidents.
Brian Skogen is a founding member and current coordinator of the SW/WC School Crisis Response Team, which serves 18 counties in southwest and west central Minnesota. Brian is a certified instructor through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) in the areas of School Crisis Management, Group CISM, and Individual CISM. He is a member of the SW MN EMS CISM team, spent 23 years on his local fire department, 16 years as an EMT, 17 years on the Yellow Medicine County Technical Rescue Team, and 26 years teaching fire/rescue through MN West Community and Technical College. He is the school social worker at Canby Public Schools and holds a master's degree in school counseling. Brian lives in rural Canby with his wife and family.
