Courses

Awareness

A basic overview of mental illness: schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, mood disorders, cognitive disorders, personality and substance disorders. We will look at the causes and nature of the illnesses, typical patterns of behavior and common medications, and guidelines for officer response. Meet and hear from a panel of consumers of mental health services.

Half day – 4 hours CE credit, POST approved

One day – 8 hours CE credit, POST approved

Half day: $75.00 per attendee; One day: $150.00 per attendee

CIT Skills Training

This 5-day CIT certification course is very intense and interactive. It gives an in-depth look at mental illness and its implications for law enforcement. We cover: schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, mood disorders, cognitive disorders, personality and substance disorders, suicide assessment, adolescent & elder issues, PTSD, excited delirium, suicide by cop, and mental health courts. Advocates and consumers of mental health services speak on their experiences, there are site visits to mental health hospitals and service providers in your area and extensive role play exercises with professional actors.

40 hours CE credit, POST approved.

$495.00 per attendee in Metro area; $695.00 per attendee outside the Metro area. Advanced CIT Training – Child and Adolescent Mental Health A 3-day advanced class for CIT officers who work with juveniles or who simply want to build on their CIT expertise and expand their skills. An in-depth look at the following: how mental illness looks very different in children than in adults, the complexities of adolescent mental health, how environmental forces and family systems affect behaviors, and help with understanding the perspectives of parents and caregivers. There is a treatment center site visit, a consumer and family panel, and extensive role play exercises with professional actors.

24 hours CE credit, POST approved.

$375.00 per attendee. Metro classes only at this time.

The Training Courses  – Who Should Attend ?

Our training is designed for all sworn officers: police, sheriffs, corrections, park police, transit police, DNR officers, state patrol… also, county employees and mental health professionals who desire a more collaborative relationship with law enforcement when coming into contact with someone experiencing a mental health crisis.

How Our Seminars Work

We use a combination of lecture, discussion, activities, and role-plays. We believe in “peer-based training.” In other words, cops should be talking to cops.

We also bring in other stakeholders so you can hear directly from consumers of mental health services, family members, local mental health providers, community resources, court services, advocates, military re-integration, and current CIT officers. But the majority of the time you will be hearing from
other law enforcement personnel – their successes, their challenges, their experience and their wisdom.

Come prepared to PARTICIPATE. These are not “butts-in-chairs” workshops