Lessening the Aftermath of a Tragedy

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Registration Deadline

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The sheriff calls you. Three of your junior students were in a car accident. Two were pronounced dead at the scene and one was air-lifted to a Level 1 trauma hospital and is in critical condition.

How do you respond?
What do you do?
Who do you call?
How do you inform your staff and students?

This training helps answer those questions. Participants will learn the steps involved with “Pre”Vention “Post"Vention and “lnter”Vention, along with what can be done to lessen the aftermath of a tragedy.

Who Should Attend? School Administrators & School Crisis Team Members
Class Length 1.5 hours

The cost of this event is covered by a partnership between Resource Training & Solutions and the MN Department of Education, creating support to member districts through our Regional Crisis Team.

About the Presenter

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.

Workshop Code

1735

Location

Resource Training & Solutions

137 23rd Street S

Sartell, MN 56377

Cost

$0

University of the Pacific (PEDU) Credits

This workshop is available for University of Pacific (PEDU) graduate credits. You may get 1, 2, or 3 semester credits depending upon completion of assigned homework. University of Pacific Pricing: 1 credit- $62.00, 2 credits- $124.00, 3 credits- $186.00. For instructions on how to register for graduate-level credits with the University of the Pacific go to: http://resourcetraining.com/Page/PEDUGradCredit
It is recommended to get all credits approved by your school district prior to applying for PEDU credits.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations and Refunds: Cancellations requested with 7 business days or more prior to the start date of the class will receive a full refund of the registration fee. 50% of the registration fee will be refunded for cancellations requested within 3 - 5 business days. Refunds will not be issued for no shows or cancellations made less than 72 hours before the start of the class. Resource Training & Solutions reserves the right to postpone, reschedule, or cancel at any time. In the unlikely event a class does not take place, a full refund will be issued or the registration fee may be transferred to another class. Resource will send a cancellation notification to the email address provided at the time of registration. Please be sure you enter your email address accurately and check your email regularly.

Digital content: No refunds will be issued for digital content once access to the content has been purchased.