De-escalation Training for Mental Health Crisis Response
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40 Hour Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training
As
Major Sam Cochran, President International CIT, says, "CIT is more than just training."
The
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is an innovative first-responder model of police-based crisis intervention with community,
health care,consumer and advocacy partnerships. The CIT Model was first developed in Memphis and has spread throughout the
country. It is known as the "Memphis Model."
CIT
provides law enforcement-based crisis intervention training for assisting those individuals with a mental illness, and improves
the safety of patrol officers, consumers, family members, and citizens within the community. CIT is a program that provides
the foundation necessary to promote community and statewide solutions to assist individuals with a mental illness. The CIT
Model reduces both stigma and the need for further involvement with the criminal justice system. CIT provides a forum for
effective problem solving regarding the interaction between the criminal justice and mental health care system and creates
the context for sustainable change.
Basic
Goals:
- Improve
Officer and Consumer Safety
- Redirect
Individuals with Mental Illness from the Judicial System to the Health Care System
Partnerships:
Law Enforcement, Advocacy, Mental Health
- Central
to the formation and success of CIT is the role of the Law Enforcement Community. Trained CIT Officers are able to
interact with crisis situations using de-escalation techniques that improve the safety of the officer, consumer, and family
members. In addition, the law enforcement community is able to provide care and help to consumers by transporting individuals
in need of special treatment to appropriate facilities. It is also critical that law enforcement participate in the formation
of CIT and engage in all elements of the planning and implementation stages.
- Participation from the Consumer and Advocate Community is
critical to the success of CIT. This aspect of CIT brings the program to life by adding insight from those directly affected.
This important partnership should be established early in the planning process and should continue as an ongoing operational
element of CIT.
- Mental
Health Professionals plays an important role in the successful implementation, development, and ongoing sustainability
of CIT. These professionals provide treatment, education and training that result in a wide dissemination of knowledge and
expertise to both individuals with a mental illness and patrol officers undergoing CIT training.
The Mental Health
Crisis Response Institute CIT Trainings have trained CIT law enforcement trainers and daily realistic practical
exercises with professional actors.
$525 per student for
the 40 hour, five day class.
32 Hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) for School Resource Officers
per student for the 32 hour,
four day class.
Introduction to De-escalation for Law Enforcement
8 hour class. $150
per student, Discounts available for large groups.
Annual CIT Refresher
Training
Update your de-escalation skills and learn about responding to special populations.
8 hour class.
$150 per student. Discounts available for large groups.
- 911
Call Taker and Dispatcher Training
This training is available
to any 911 system that wants to update call taker and dispatcher training to improve dispatch of CIT officers to mental
health 911 calls.
8 hour class.
- CIT Facilitator/Coach Training
This is advanced level
CIT training for CIT officers who are interested in learning new skills or in leading CIT role play training. Class
open to CIT trained officers only.
8 hour class.
$150 per student. Discounts available for large groups.
