Crisis Intervention Lessons: Understanding and Communication

(8 hours)

Lesson Plan:
The information will be presented and evaluated using the following teaching tools. Power Point presentation Instructor lead discussions Guests speakers Video movie clips !andouts "eview and written assessment The course is designed to broaden the scope of understanding for police personnel when contacting individuals who suffer from a mental illness. The information will provide identification of most common and potentiall# violent mental disorders$ comprehension of the basic structure of the disorders and tools for de%escalation during a crisis situation.

Hourly Schedule:
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Expanded Course Outline: I. II. Po er Point Presentation Playing

a. 8hat does mental illness look like9

Introduction
a. 3lassroom .anagement i. !andout schedule ii. :mphasis on Participation '. )it in partners 1. Interactive presentations -. :nvironment free of criticism and ;udgment. Importance placed on respecting others. 3ould have personal e<perience with topic or trigger une<pected feelings. 0. If the topic is affecting #ou$ please feel free to step out and take a moment for #ourself. b. :<plain the basic necessit# of the course i. Increases officers safet# ii. ,dds to officer=s >tool belt? skill set iii. Increases departmental and communit# collaboration c. , 3ommunit# "esponsibilit# @ Poem :<cerpt d. Important 7acts about .ental Illness and "ecover# i. www.nami.org e. )tatistical information i. .ental /isorders in ,merica (.ore9) ii. 3aliforniaA statistics b# diagnosis 3urrent iii. 2aw enforcement response to mental illness

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!he "#ray $rea% o& Police Psychiatric Holds

8aiting for other instructors material

(ood )isorders
a. !ow 3ommon are .ood /isorders i. )tatistical Information 3urrent b. 8hat are .ood /isorders i. 7our 7orms '. .a;or /epression 1. 3#cloth#mia -. )easonal ,ffective /isorder 0. .ania c. .ost 3ommonA i. .a;or /epression '. 8hat is it9 1. 8hen do police respond9 -. )#mptoms

0. 7ollowing commands from Police. (. )elf .edication ii. Bipolar /isorder '. VideoA Bipolar Cverview 1. )igns and )#mptoms of Bipolar /isorder -. VideoA Into the Bipolar .ind 0. 3ommunication (. "esources

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Suicide
a. b. c. d. e. f. .#th or 7actA 2earning ,ctivit# VideoA Teen /epression and )uicide )tatistical Information Ten 3ommon 3haracteristics of a )uicidal Person i. 2ist out Identif#ing )uicidal 3lues "isk 7actors i. 2ist out 3ommunication TechniDues i. /o=s and /on=ts ii. ,ssessment 3hecklists '. ),/ P:")CE iii. :valuation iv. ,ctive 2istening )tatements v. "ecogni4ing risk factors )pecific methodologies to use when dealing with Fouth at risk i. VideoA Teen )uicide 2etter % ":/ ii. Verbal Indicators iii. Behavioral Indicators iv. )ituational Indicators v. Basic Principals of Intervention vi. .arthaA , 3ase )tud# /epression )uicide "eflection

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Suicide*+y*Cop
a. VideoA .an=s death ma# be suicide b# cop b. /efined i. , method of suicide in which an individual deliberatel# acts in a threatening wa#$ with the goal of provoking a lethal response from a law enforcement officer. ii. /iscussion '. !ow does knowing that definition change #our idea about )uicide b# cop9 1. 8ould #ou write #our report differentl#9 c. 7reDuentl# ,sked Guestions d. VideoA )uicide b# 3opA )weet )hot e. )uicide%b#%3op 7acts according to Barr# Perrou P)F./.

i. )tatistical data ii. /o=s and /on=ts iii. '& He# points to "emember iv. )creening Instrument f. "esources i. 8est 3oast Post Trauma "etreat ii. Peer )upport iii. Books ,rticles iv. Cn line support links g. VideoA )uicide b# 3op @ ,irport

'II. Schi,ophrenia
a. VideoA 8hat does )chi4ophrenia do9 b. '- .#ths of )chi4ophrenia i. Individuals with schi4ophrenia all have the same s#mptoms ii. People with schi4ophrenia are dangerous$ unpredictable and out of control iii. )chi4ophrenia is a character flaw iv. 3ognitive decline is a ma;or s#mptom of schi4ophrenia v. There are ps#chotic and non ps#chotic people vi. )chi4ophrenia develops Duickl# vii. )chi4ophrenia is purel# genetic viii. )chi4ophrenia is untreatable i<. )ufferers need to be hospitali4ed <. People with )chi4ophrenia cant lead productive lives <i. .edications make sufferers 4ombies <ii. ,ntips#chotic medications are worse than the illness itself <iii. Individuals with schi4ophrenia can never regain normal functioning c. /ifferent t#pes of schi4ophrenia i. Paranoid schi4ophrenia ii. /isorgani4ed schi4ophrenia iii. 3atatonic schi4ophrenia iv. Indifferentiated schi4ophrenia v. "esidual schi4ophrenia d. )#mptoms of )chi4ophrenia i. Positive ()#mptoms that should ECT be present) '. !allucinations a. )eeing$ smelling$ hearing or feeling something that is not there. b. .ost commonA hearing voices i. 3ommand hallucinations ii. Eegative ()#mptoms that should be present) '. 7lat or inappropriate affect a. Giggling at a funeral 1. ,volitionA 2ittle interest or drive iii. 3ognitive

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'. /isorgani4ed speech 1. Grossl# disorgani4ed or catatonic behavior -. Inabilit# to remember things 0. Poor e<ecutive functioning .edications i. ,ntips#chotics VideoA 1& 1& Part ' VideoA 1& 1& Part 1 "ecogni4ing and Inderstanding !allucinations "esponding to !allucinations "esources

'III. )e*escalation - Communication

a. VideoA Bab# Talk b. )till working on this one

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Logistics
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Eorth 3ount# Jail ,lameda 3ount# hospital )anta "ita Jail Paperwork /atabase 2".) /isposition 3ode "esource 3ard

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Post !raumatic Stress )isorder

a. VideoA Police )uicide Prevention Training 7ilm b. )tress i. "esponses '. :motional 1. Ph#sical -. .ental 0. Behavioral ii. .ood "ing :<periment iii. !ow to help '. self 1. partner -. significant other c. Grief 2oss i. 8hat to e<pect ii. '1 )tep Process d. PT)/ i. VideoA Police )uicideA PT)/ or PT)/ Info ii. !ow to recogni4e it

iii. )#mptoms iv. !ow to treat it v. e. "esources i. CP/ .ental !ealth >7irst ,id Hit?