Crisis Intervention Team Training, hosted by Blue Ash Fire and Police Departments

  • 5/16/2017 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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  • Lisa Monast
  • CIT
  • [email protected]

  • **NOTE: 
    - This is a 5 day class; Mon - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM each day.

    - You can only register for this week long training on the May 15, 2017 tab. Once you have registered on the May 15, 2017 tab, you are registered for the entire of training and will receive confirmation.
    - Please complete your registration here, this will register you for all 5 days. 

    The training will be held at the Blue Ash Fire Department, located at 10647 Kenwood Rd., Blue Ash, OH 45242.

    The training is facilitated by Lisa Monast, Hamilton County CIT Coordinator with Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio.  She is an educator and licensed professional counselor in the state of Ohio who brings premier 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.