| Nancy
E. Crump-Rikli
Director,
Trauma Support Network
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Nancy Crump-Rikli earned a M.S. degree from
Central Missouri State University in Social
Gerontology, and another from Avila College
in Counseling Psychology. For the past 30 years,
she has worked in various positions as a grief
counselor, trauma specialist, and trainer in
grief and trauma. She co-founded the Grief Support
Network and founded the Trauma Support Network
in Kansas City. She is a certified trainer for
the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
in the following courses: Assisting Individuals
in Crisis, Group Crisis Management, Suicide
Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention,
Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM Enhancement,
and Grief Following Trauma. She is one of the
authors of the GRief Following Trauma course.
She is a trainer for the Crisis Intervention
Team for the local law enforcement agencies
and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
She is a member of The American Academy of Experts
in Traumatic Stress and earned a Board Certification
in Bereavement Trauma. She is also a member
of the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation and earned a Certification of Specialized
Training in Schools and Children Crisis Response.
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Workshops, Presentations
and Seminar Topics
Assisting Individuals in Crisis
(ICISF)
This workshop focuses on the understanding
and communication with people experiencing a crisis
to provide support and referral.
Group Crisis Management (ICISF)
This workshop focuses on the understanding
of group dynamics and various group crisis management
interventions.
Suicide: Prevention, Intervention,
& Postvention (ICISF)
This workshop focuses on the understanding
of signs and symptoms of potential suicides and methods
of providing immediate intervention and follow up with
individuals who have experienced the suicide of a loved
one.
Law Enforcement Perspectives
for CISM ENhancement (ICISF)
This workshop focuses on the understanding
of the "Blue Culture" and the stresses inherent
in law enforcement.
Grief Following TRauma (ICISF)
This workshop focuses on the understanding
of how a traumatic event can impact the grief process
and learning ways to support individuals and families
through the process.
Helping Grieving Children and
Adolescents
Learn to understand the perceptions
of death and reactions based on developmental age, identify
what children and teens need from adults, warning signs
of complicated grief, and suggests appropriate interventions.
Grief in the Elderly
This workshop assusts attendees in
identifying factors that make grief different for the
elderly, how they cope with loss, and interventions
that are helpful.
Helping Traumatized Children
and Teens
This workshop reviews the trauma experience
and its possible effects on children and teens, discusses
warning signs, resilience factors, and possible interventions.
Caring for the Caregiver
This workshop focuses on the price
of caring in stressful jobs, what makes caregiver stress
different, who is vulnerable, signs of caregiver stress,
and interventions.
Loss and Violence in the Workplace
This workshop expands the notion of
grief to many different losses in the workplace with
statistical information, identifies how loss may be
manifested in the workplace, how managers and co-workers
can help, and warning signs that may lead to workplace
violence.
Death Notification
This workshop is for professionals
who may be responsible for providing death notifications.
Discusses the importance of providing good death notification
skills, the long-range impact of poor death notification,
how to prepare to make a notification, and making the
notification.
Anticipatory Grief
This workshop is an overview of researech
and the multidimensional aspects of anticipatory grief
with an emphasis on reactions of both the dying and
those grieving the anticipated death. Discusses the
needs of the anticipatory griever, factors for poor
bereavement outcome, and suggestion of ways to help.
Following
is a list of organizations with whom Nancy Crump-Rikli
has interviewed, consulted or trained:
| International Critical
Incident Stress Foundation
The Salvation ARmy
Truman Medical CEnter, Hospital Hill
Research Psychiatric Hospital
D.W. Newcomer's Sons Funeral HOmes
Greater Kansas City School Counselors
North Kansas City School District
Olathe School District
Liberty School District
American Business Women's Association - National
onference
Liberty Hospital
Mattie Rhodes Counseling Center
Hope House
Grief Support Network
Omaha, NE, Grief Support Network
Columbia, MO, Grief Support Network
Survivors of Suicide Support Group
Parent's of Murdered CHildren
All Hazards Behavioral Health Symposium
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Council for Alcoholism and Substance
Abuse
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Avila College
Johnson County Community College
Blue River Community College
Raymore-Peculiar School District
Oak Grove School District
Crisis Intervention Team National Conference
ICISF World Congress
Nebraska CISM Team Conference
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