Law Enforcement and First Responder Resiliency and Peer Support – 24 hour course (Online)

Law Enforcement and First Responder Resiliency and Peer Support (Online)

Hosted Online via Zoom

24 hours Interpersonal Skills

Instructors:Tanya Zaglauer-Schmell/Dr. Barbara Palomino/Tamara Spencer/Dennis Flynn/Deb McMahon

Dates/Times: Monday, February 8 – Thursday, February 11, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Time

Registration Fee: $240 per person – Note: Some versions of Internet Explorer may not work for buying these tickets online. Please try another browser.

Registration Questions:
Troy King
troydking@crisisnegotiation.us
360-702-6773

Curriculum/Prerequisite Questions:
Deb McMahon
crisisnegotiation@gmail.com
417-594-1499

Course Description:

The First Responder Resiliency and Peer Support Training Course is a practical course of instruction designed to prepare first responder peer supporters with the ability to conduct individual psychological debriefings, provide peer support, make appropriate professional intervention referrals for peers and their family members, as needed, and connect these approaches to the enhancement of human resiliency.

This unique course provides the newly assigned peer supporter with an understanding of first responder stress, physiological aspects of stress, an overview of mental health issues, factors in first responder suicide, effective communication, and drug and alcohol use and abuse.

Students will learn how to conduct individual psychological debriefings, as well as initiate and manage peer support programs.

This is an online course and requires the ability to install and run the Zoom application on either a tablet or computer.  100% attendance is required in order to receive a certificate of completion.

Topics included:

Introduction to Peer Support and Resiliency

Principles of First Responder Stress

Overview of Mental and Emotional Health Issues and First Responder Stress

Physiological Aspects of Stress

Suicide Awareness

Understanding Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Mental Illness and Health

Building Resilience

Peer Support Program Management

Peer Support for the Family

Technical Information:

Prior to the start of the training session, students will receive a hyperlink and password via the “Attendee Email” provided at the time of registration which will provide access to the training session.

For this reason, it is important this is an email address which will allow the attendee to access the email on the date and time of the training.

The course is intended to be interactive with online students, and so each student must be registered and participating with their own electronic device (computer, laptop, tablet, or cell phone).

Additional Information:

This course is limited to 30 students at a time. Agencies wishing to host an online training course which is open only to their agency or team should contact Deb McMahon at the numbers listed above.

This course is Missouri POST approved, and each registered attendee will receive email confirmation of training attendance and a digital certificate of attendance.