In-Person Training

Let us bring the training to your organization!

You can arrange to host any of our courses and get all your staff trained at one time, in one location – yours!

Can’t send all of your staff at one time? No worries.

Collaborate with a few other agencies and share several training dates. It’s a great way to train all of your officers, over several dates, while only paying for one day of training!

Mental Health Awareness and Response:

An Intro to CIT

This is a one day, 8-hour program that has been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) and satisfies numerous state training mandates The course provides law enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues and tools to interact more effectively with individuals who may be in a mental health crisis. Officers will leave the class with a better understanding of what steps they can take to promote a peaceful resolution to a crisis incident and connect an individual with the help they need. Topics covered include:

  • Prevalence of mental illness

  • History of the mental health system and its impact on law enforcement

  • Signs & symptoms of common mental illnesses likely to be encountered

  • Treatments & Medications

  • Suicide warning signs

  • Police interaction models

  • De-escalation strategies

  • Illinois Mental Health Code & Involuntary Placement

  • Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) and community resources

  • Officer wellness

Customized Training Class

for your Agency

Every organization has different needs, abilities, and limitations. We’re here to help.

We can customize both training content and duration to fit your agency’s needs.

We can customize both training content and duration to fit your agency’s needs.

  1. Identify course content – Whether you have specific topics you want covered or just a general idea, we’ll work with you to identify the training right for your agency.

  2. Select course length – We’ve done 2, 3, and 4-hour training classes, as well as full 1 or 2-day classes, and can do the same for your agency. You pick what’s right for you.

To increase the quality of instruction provided, we also offer scenario-based training using professional actors as an additional option to include in your custom training class.

Watch my free micro-course:

Mental Health Crisis:

4 Mistake to Avoid

for Better Outcomes

This short starter course will help you get started on your path to effective mental health crisis response.