The Certified Crisis Intervener Certification Examination

Knowledge Areas
All areas covered in Level I, Level II and Level III are testable.

STUDY QUESTIONS

Primary textbook

• Greenstone, J.L. and Leviton, S.C.(2002) Elements of Crisis Intervention: Crises and How to Respond to Them, 2nd Edition. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Readings

• Greenstone, J.L. (2003/4, In Pub.) The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. (In publication)
• Greenstone, J.L., Kosson, D.S. & Gacono, C.B. (2000) Psychopathy and hostage negotiations: some preliminary thoughts and findings. In Carl B. Gacono (ED) The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner’s Guide. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pp. 385-404.
• Greenstone, J.L., Dunn, J.M. & Leviton, Sharon.(Vol.2, 1995) Police peer counseling and crisis intervention services into the 21st century. Crisis Intervention. (Presentations based on this paper were given in London, Northern Ireland-Queens College, and University of Southampton, England.)
• Greenstone, J.L.(October, 1993) Violence in the courtroom, part one. Texas Police Journal. Pp. 17-19.
• Greenstone, J.L.(November, 1993) Violence in the courtroom, part two. Texas Police Journal. Pp. 15-18.
• Greenstone, J.L.& Leviton, Sharon.(September, 1987) Crisis management for mediators in high stress, high risk, potentially violent situations. Mediation Quarterly.
• Fowler, W.R. & Greenstone, J.L.(1987) Crisis Intervention Compendium. Littleton, Massachusetts: Copley Publishing.
• Greenstone, J.L.& Leviton, Sharon.(1987) Crisis intervention. In Raymond Corsini (ED) Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: John Wiley Interscience.
• Greenstone, J.L. & Leviton, Sharon.(1987) Executive survival. In Raymond Corsini (ED)
• Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: John Wiley Interscience.
• Leviton, Sharon & Greenstone, J.L.(1987) Intervener survival. In Raymond Corsini (ED) Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: John Wiley Interscience.
• Greenstone, J.L.& Leviton, Sharon.(Summer, 1986) Referrals: a key to successful crisis intervention. Emotional First Aid: A Journal of Crisis Intervention.
• Greenstone, J.L.& Leviton, Sharon.(July 16-19, 1986) The dispute mediator as a crisis manager: crisis intervention skills for the mediator in high stress, high risk situations. Paper and Workshop presented to the Academy of Family Mediators, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Greenstone, J.L.& Leviton, Sharon.(Fall, 1986) Intervention procedures. Emotional First Aid: A Journal of Crisis Intervention.
• Greenstone, J.L.(Winter, 1986) The laws of terrorism. Emotional First Aid: A Journal of Crisis Intervention.

The Examination

Section A: Written. Essay Format
Section B: Multiple-Choice Format
Section C: Problem Solving: Small Group Format
Section D: Practical Skills Demonstrations

The Certified Crisis Itervener Examination is weighted heavily toward Section D, Practical Skills Demonstrations. While all sections are considered very important, the ability to demonstrate one’s skill in actually doing Crisis Intervention is considered paramount.

Points from each Section will be totaled. Those accumulating the minimum number of points will be notified of their selection as a Certified Crisis Intervener and thereby allowed to use the CCI designation.

Course subject matter may be altered by the Course Director as deemed necessary, or based on the needs of a specific class.