Crisis Response

Don Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Z@manitouconnections.com
317-507-0377

Dr. Don Zimmerman has been involved in crisis response and crisis planning for over 20 years.  He provides consultant work and training in the area of mental health crisis response to a wide variety of organizations, agencies, and groups.    He is Board Certified in Emergency Crisis Response and School Crisis Response.  In addition to crisis response he has expertise in post traumatic stress and death and loss issues.  Over the last 15 years he has presented a number of workshops and trainings in the area of crisis response and related areas at numerous national and state conferences.

Services:

• Consulting with a variety of groups and organization on crisis response
• Workshops and trainings in crisis response
• Assisting schools to develop crisis response teams
• Assisting schools to develop crisis response plans
• Assisting with a trauma situation

       
Professional Crisis Response Involvement:

• Chairperson, All Hazards Mental Health Intervention Advisory Committee,
• Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction 
  (State of Indiana committee charged with helping to develop a mental health crisis intervention plan for the state of Indiana)
• Designated Clinical Director and Response Team Member, Indiana Crisis Response Team,  (Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions)
• Crisis response and psychological first aid training for the State of Indiana and Indiana Homeland Security
• Member, I-CART (Indiana Crisis Assistance Response Team
  • Past Director/President, past Board Member and one of the original founders,  Indiana Crisis Assistance Response Team
  • Trained in CISM, NOVA and psychological first aid model
  • NOVA National Certified Community Crisis Response Team Trainer
    (NOVA: National Organization for Victim Assistance)
• Certified NOVA Crisis Responder
• Indiana Department of Education:
  • Resource consultant on School Crisis Intervention Response
  • Original Curriculum Writing Committee and Presenter for Indiana School Safety Specialists Academy
  • Workshop Presenter on Crisis Intervention: Trauma and Loss

Crisis Response Experience:

• Deployed to New York area in September and October 2001 to respond to 9/11 act of terrorism as a member of 4 person Indiana NOVA Community Crisis Intervention Response Team
• Deployed to Biloxi, MS September 3-17, 2005 as the clinical director of mental health crisis response team, which was part of the Indiana Task Force deployed through the governor’s office
• Numerous crisis responses in the state of Indiana
• May  10-12,2007 served as clinical director for Indiana Mental Health Crisis Response Team in  Project Ardent Sentry (a National Planning Scenario for response to a nuclear devise detonated in Indianapolis…involved National Guard from three states, state agencies and other state responders)
• Numerous school and in state crisis responses in Indiana over last 20years