Initial intervention for victims of extreme events - a dedicated course for educational counselors in the Middle and Upper Divisions

Course Description: Training mental health professionals in interventions and providing psychological support during a traumatic event. The training will include the integration of theory and practice from trauma-focused treatment methods such as EMDR SE MSI, integrative focused model, narrative therapy, and more. The course will combine theory and practice. Course Objective: Providing tools for initial intervention and controlling symptoms following a traumatic experience, with an emphasis on integration between approaches and tools and developing a compass for managing treatment. The course will include demonstrations and practice. Participants will receive unique materials related to working with traumatic events. Topics: • The nature of the traumatic event in the neuro-psycho-physiological context: PTSD, ASD, ASR • Characteristics of trauma in young children • Memory during traumatic events, memory construction and memory impairment. • Considerations in choosing an intervention/treatment • Emergency work versus ongoing work • Treatment of old trauma during a current emergency event • Intervention methods at different stages • Narrative-focused work • Body-focused work • Learning and practicing a goal model developed by Mark Sherman, which has been used by many therapists in the last two years during the war in Ukraine and since October 7 in Israel. • Practicing a goal model that integrates all course materials