Critical Incident Response Team Members
Team Coordinators
The role of the team coordinator is to:
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Implement the College Emergency Notification System (University Relations, Police and Safety, Provost Office, Residence Life, and Personal Counseling)
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Inform the College community of the incident and services to be provided when appropriate via the Student ListServe, Press Releases, and Faculty/Staff ListServe.
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Complete the Critical Incident Screening Form, determine if CIRT needs to be activated, and appoint a team leader.
The following persons are given the responsibility to "activate" the CIRT Team at Penn State Behrend:
Ken Miller, Director of Student Affairs, 898-6111, kenmiller@psu.edu
Kris Motta Torok, Director of Student Activities, 898-6171, kym2@psu.eduKelly Shrout, Associate Director of Student Affairs, 898-6111, kaw148@psu.edu
Team Leaders
The role of the team leader is to:
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Consult with the Team Coordinator regarding the incident.
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Complete the Critical Incident Request Form.
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Determine a plan of action (types of services to be rendered). These are: defusing, debriefing, pastoral/peer support, psychological services, community referral, crisis management briefing (parents), and others.
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Assemble, designate, and dispatch team members.
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Remain accessible to team throughout the process.
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Designate location of command center.
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Collect results of intervention for post-incident critique.
The following persons will take responsibility on a rotation basis for forming teams in the event of a critical incident or crisis on the campus of Penn State Behrend:
Sue Daley, Staff Psychologist and Clinical Director of CIRT, 898-6504, sxd21@psu.edu
Jill Caldwell, Assistant Director, Student Activities, 898-6171, jmp30@psu.edu
Nicole Lowry, Personal Counselor, 898-6504, nmk14@psu.edu
Matt Szcesny, Personal Counselor, 898-6504, mds33@psu.edu
Kris Motta Torok, Director, Student Activities, 898-6171, kym2@psu.edu
The CIRT Team Leaders at Penn State Behrend all have mental health counseling degrees and have been trained in the CISM model.
Team Members
The following individuals are representative of the various areas of the college and have been trained in the CISM model. Among the departments represented are Residence Life, Student Affairs, Student Activities, Campus Ministries, Personal Counseling, Career Development, Police and Safety Services, Registrar's Office, Division of Undergraduate Studies, Athletics, and Housing and Food Services. Others have completed the training but have chosen not to be active members of the team. Those who are active members attend group meetings, committee meetings, and are participating in ongoing education in the CISM model. This group is the pool from which teams will be formed responding to crises that occur on campus.
Emily Artello, Undergraduate Studies Advisor, eca109@psu.edu
*Jill Caldwell, Assistant Director, Student Activities, jmp30@psu.edu
Dave Cannon, PA State Police
*Sue Daley, Staff Psychologist, Director, Personal Counseling, sxd21@psu.edu
Lauri Enterline, Division of Undergraduate Studies, lpe2@psu.edu
Elliot Ebstein, Student,eje5010@psu.edu
Tracy Halmi, Faculty, School of Science, tao104@psu.edu
Meeghan Hollis, Assistant Director, Residence Life, mat209@psu.edu
Zachary Irwin, Faculty in School of H&SS, zti1@psu.edu
Linda Kaleta, Staff Assistant, Personal Counseling, lak8@psu.edu
*Nicole Lowry, Personal Counselor, nmk14@psu.edu
Terri Mando Smith, Undergraduate Studies Advisor, tbm10@psu.edu
Stacey McCoy, Staff Assistant VII , School of Engineering , sqm2@psu.edu
Ken Miller, Director, Student Affairs, kqm3@psu.edu
Diane Nowacinski, Administrative Specialist, H&SS, dwn1@psu.edu
Lynn Oborski, SGA Treasurer, lmo10@psu.edu
Ellie Richardson, Staff Assistant, Registrar's Office, ewr2@psu.edu
Kelly Shrout, Associate Director of Student Affairs, kaw148@psu.edu
Rhonda Steg, Administrative Specialist, Engineering, rjv3@psu.edu
Brian Streeter, Director, Athletics, bfs6@psu.edu
Linda Suroviec, Staff Assistant, Career Development, las5@psu.edu
*Matthew Szczesny, Personal Counselor, mds33@psu.edu
Kris Motta Torok, Director, Student Activities, kym2@psu.edu
Mary Trott, Staff Assistant, Student Affairs, mct7@psu.edu
Al Vogan, Assistant Manager, Housing/Food Services, amv1@psu.edu
Diana Wolfgong, Staff Assistant, ID Office, dlw2@psu.edu* denotes Mental Health Professional
Protocol for Activation of the Penn State Behrend Critical Incident Response Team
In most serious campus incidents, the College's Emergency Notification System will be activated. In this instance, the Director of Student Affairs or another Team Coordinator designated by him will initiate the request for an intervention. The following is a sequence of steps that are followed in responding to such a request.
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Student Affairs is contacted with the request for intervention (898-6111).
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Staff member gathers information needed for the Critical Incident Screening Form.
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Screening Form is presented to Team Coordinator for decision to activate the CIRT.
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Team Coordinator makes contact with Team Leader on call to activate the CIRT.
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Team Leader decides on form of intervention and calls members of the team to serve on the CIRT.
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Team Leader assigns a team member the responsibility of arranging the details of intervention (i.e. time, place, informational materials, refreshments).
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CIRT meets in advance of the intervention to clarify roles, review procedures and receive a briefing from appropriate parties.
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Intervention occurs.
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CIRT meets after the intervention for review and to arrange follow-up as appropriate.
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CIRT team leader is responsible for completing and submitting CIRT Report to Clinical Director
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Updated January 8, 2009
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