3 of 5: Hamilton County Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT/MHRT)

  • 11/06/2013 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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  • Springfield Township Police Department
  • Liz Atwell

  • **NOTE: 
    - This is a 5 day class; Mon - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM each day.
    - Please go to Monday, 11/4/13 to complete your registration.

    Springfield Township Police Department

    The training is facilitated by Liz Atwell, Hamilton County CIT Coordinator- Chief Operating Officer of Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio.  She is an OPOTC certified instructor who brings premier top quality mental health training to the region. 

    Free to law enforcement, corrections and criminal justice professionals- registration required

    40-hour comprehensive training to increase skills in relating to individuals with mental illness.  Training emphasizes mental health-related topics, access to community-based services, de-escalation tactics, and crisis resolution skills.  Training format consists of didactics/lectures, on-site visitation and exposure to several mental health facilities, intensive interaction with individuals with mental illness, and scenario-based de-escalation training.  Experience has shown this is a minimum level of training hours.  Materials covered are complex. The desired learning outcomes go beyond simple cognitive retention of the material.  The outcome desired is the retention of behavioral changes as part of the training.