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Whether you are a first responder, a mental health crisis worker, or a treatment professional you deal with people in crisis. Crisis Intervention focuses on acute, critical incidents with the goal of helping the person return to a new safe state of equilibrium as soon as possible. It’s based on a temporal continuum including the recent past (something happened in a person’s life), the present (they are reacting to it now) and the future (we do whatever we can to get them safely back to normal equilibrium). FSS provides training to equip first responders and crisis personnel to
recognize and deal with people in crisis.
Introduction to Crisis Intervention Teams
This course describes the history of the CIT movement, relationships with the community, behavioral health and other criminal justice partners, the research regarding the benefits of CIT, and a proposed agenda for the 40 hour training. This training is excellent for introducing leadership to CIT. (2 hours)
Basic Crisis Response for Individuals and Communities
In this course we will introduce proven models of individual crisis intervention including the S.A.L.T.S. model and models of Community Crisis Response. We will discuss specific “how-to” methods of crisis intervention. (2 to 4 hours)
Ethics for Crisis Response
Individuals in crisis are especially vulnerable. This course will identify areas that crisis workers are most at risk for breaking ethical standards and developing an ethical skillset for protecting vulnerable clients and crisis workers. (2 to 3 hours)
Home Visit Safety
Aimed at casework and crisis staff that conduct home visits, this course balances common sense safety precautions with the ability to provide services in the clients’ home. It includes issues such as fight or flight, situational awareness, verbal de-escalation, lethality assessments, and situational awareness. (2 hours)
Intercept Zero – Preventing Criminal Justice Contact
The Sequential Intercept Model is a tool that many counties use to identify places in the behavioral health-criminal justice continuum where individuals with mental illness can be diverted from the criminal justice system. Intercept Zero is that Intercept where Behavioral Health Initiatives can be placed to prevent the person from initial involvement in the criminal justice system. This training will review the Sequential Intercept Model, and outline potential programs or interventions in the areas of Crisis Intervention Services, Behavioral Health Treatment, Social Services, Healthcare Services, Prevention Strategies, Collaboration Initiatives and Regulatory Practices. (2 to 3 hours)
Overview of Crisis Theory and Response
Crisis response is a time-related issue. Something happened to a person in the past, it’s affecting them now and we can do something to help them moderate the effects on their future. The goal of this training is to look at the effects of crisis, people’s potential reactions to crisis, the behaviors that these effects cause and some tools to help people regain control. (2 to 4 hours)