The New Castle County CISM Team Training Series

The New Castle County CISM Team Training Series

Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Enhancement

Learn to identify, understand, and work with the “Blue Wall of Silence” in the law enforcement community. Designed to provide insight and understanding of the different types of stress in law enforcement culture from a systems perspectives emphasis, this course will provide practical “back pocket skills” in providing crisis intervention services to law enforcement organizations and individual personnel in crisis.

The Law Enforcement course is intended for law enforcement officers, their families, mental health professionals, counselors, psychologists, social workers, chaplains, fire service, EMS and organizations that interact within the law enforcement community. It is an excellent course for CISM teams and team members who would want to enhance their understanding of the differences in the law enforcement culture as compared to other first responder cultures.

This is a two day course. 14 contact hours and CEU’s awarded for the program after completion of the two days and receipt of certification for full attendance.

Date: January 28 -29, 2012

Place: County Building

3601 North DuPont Highway

New Castle, DE 19720

Time: 9 am – 4 pm each day

Instructor: Dennis Carradin

Cost: $100

Make Checks payable to: Dennis Carradin

C/O New Castle County CISM Team

2055 Limestone Road

Suite 109

Wilmington, DE 19808

Program Highlights

·Community perceptions of the Law Enforcement Profession.

·Differentiated Model of oppression in capitalistic systems.

·System dysfunctions in the Law Enforcement culture.

·Special considerations when providing CMB group interventions.

·Stress areas of a Law Enforcement officer in crisis.

·Specific stress areas to Law Enforcement officer culture.

·Healthy coping mechanisms and resiliency protective factors.

·Interventions to a suicide of a Law Enforcement officer or a LODD.

·Addictions and CISM response.

·Psychological/emotional perceptions following an officer involved in a shooting.

Law Enforcement Perspectives Outline

Section I: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM): An Overview.

Section II: Understanding Law Enforcement.

Section III: Understanding The Blue Culture.

Section IV: Systems Comparison of Law Enforcement Dysfunctionalities.

Section V: Stress in Law Enforcement

Section VI: Law Enforcement Information and Resources

Law Enforcement Perspectives for CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Enhancement

Saturday, January 28, 2008 – Sunday, January 29, 2008

$100.00 for the two day course.

Includes book and CEU’s.

Lunch provided both days

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New Castle County CISM Team

2055 Limestone Road, STE 109

Wilmington DE 19804

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