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Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP) Training

The Certified Compassion Fatigue course is designed by Dr. Eric Gentry to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to meet the International Association of Trauma Professionals 16 Certification Criteria for the CCFP designation. This course includes a wide array of information and skills to help caregivers combat compassion fatigue and develop professional resiliency skills to be maximally functional under the emotional demands of their work environment.  This is an intermediate-level certification and course and is open to any care giving professional or volunteer. By becoming a certified compassion fatigue professional you will be able to recapture your sense of mission, purpose, hope and joy as well as recognize compassion fatigue symptoms in your office.

The course is offered in a distance-learning format using multiple delivery techniques.  Participants will be asked to watch a series of three Compassion Fatigue Certification Professional Training DVDs, totaling five and a half hours.  Participants will be provided with a training manual and will be responsible to acquire and read the seminal literature associated with compassion fatigue. There are three written assignments and a final examination that must be completed with a satisfactory score and returned with the certification application for the participant to be awarded the CCFP designation.
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP) Certification Criteria

To be eligible to receive certification, the following is required:
  1. Satisfactory completion of CCFP home-study test and assignments. DVD can be purchased at pesi.com *
  2. Completion and submission of the CCFP Application Form with payment
* Attendance at an approved 1-Day CMI/IATP Trauma training meets the education requirement portion of certification eligibility. You do not need to purchase & complete the DVD-training in addition to attending the live 1-day seminar.
Requirements for Re-certification

Certification is effective for two (2) years. To re-certify as a CCFP, members must submit at the end of the two-year period proof of completing twelve (12) continuing education credits. The CEUs must reflect compassion fatigue specific content. If a member does not meet the continuing education requirements at the end of the two-year certification period, he or she may take the certification examination to re-certify or attend an IATP sponsored course. An updated certificate will be forwarded yearly upon IATP's receipt of the annual certification maintenance fee of $25. You may also pay $50 for two years. The Association provides several avenues to obtain continuing education, including seminars throughout the USA, DVDs, and audio-taped lectures. We encourage members to avail themselves of the outstanding DVDs, CDs and live presentations offered by CMI Education Institute.
CCFP Application Form

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All materials should be submitted to:

Mike Dubi
IATP
5104 N. Lockwood Ridge Road
Suite 303E
Sarasota, FL 34234
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP) Certification Outcomes

Those individuals who are certified as Compassion Fatigue Professionals will demonstrate the acquisition of the following knowledge and skills:
  1. Understanding of the historical developments in the field of care giving that gave rise to the concept of compassion fatigue
  2. Ability to articulate the etiology of compassion fatigue through its two primary components: secondary traumatic stress and burnout.
  3. Clear understanding of the potential symptoms and effects associated with compassion fatigue.
  4. Skilled administration and interpretation of compassion fatigue assessment instruments for self and others with primary focus upon the Pro-QOL (Stamm, 2005).
  5. Awareness of and ability to narrate one’s own personal/professional history that has lead to negative effects associated with care giving.
  6. Understand the role that perceived threat and sympathetic nervous system dominance play in the generation of compassion fatigue symptoms and, conversely, the role of self-regulation in the amelioration of current effects and prevention of future effects.
  7. Identify the process of secondary traumatic stress
  8. Be aware of how to use connection/support, relaxation, and exposure/narrative to resolve current symptoms and to prevent future effects associated with secondary traumatic stress.
  9. Understand methods to resolve current and prevent future effects of burnout in professional care giving contexts.
  10. Skilled application of CBT tools to lessen the effects of compassion fatigue in one’s own life.
  11. Appreciate the role of intentionality and principle-¬‐based care as a method for symptom amelioration and resiliency.
  12. Ability to articulate the effects of compassion fatigue as being caused or thwarted by professional development.
  13. Ability to understand and articulate the specific processes, tasks and trajectory associated with professional maturation and how developing these skills enhance resiliency.
  14. Comprehend and articulate a model of professional resiliency that allows the care provider to be healthy and maximally functional independent of environmental “demands
  15. Recognize five (5) key resiliency skills for the prevention of compassion fatigue and how to implement these skills towards the prevention of negative work-related effects.
  16. Demonstrate the ability to design a self-directed professional resiliency plan. 
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