Victim Crisis Intervention:

1.0 OVERVIEW OF VICTIM CRISIS INTERVENTION

• 1.1 Workshop Objectives
• 1.2 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD Summary

2.0 THE CRISIS INTERVENTION CALL: FIRST RESPONSE TO TRAUMA

• 2.1 Observe and protect against threats to your safety
• 2.2 Calming the Crisis Situation: Intervening in the Trauma
• Medical and Psychological First Aid
• 2.3 Levels of Psychological First Aid
• Level A: The Breakthrough Level
• Level B: Regaining Control
• Level C: Normalizing the Response, Prepare for the Future
• 2.4 Making Arrests and Giving Citations Summary

3.0 FAMILY DISPUTES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• 3.1 Quiz: Why do callers rely on the police in domestic violence situations? *
• 3.2 Assessing Potential Violence in Families
• 3.3 Police Teams
  • Referral to Community Services and the Use of Arrest
• 3.4 Child Bystander: Emotional Damage Control
  • Summary

4.0 RAPE VICTIMS

• 4.1 Law Enforcement Response to Crimes of Sexual Assault
• 4.2 Stages of Trauma
  • Stage 1: Acute Trauma
  • Stage 2: Outward Adjustment
  • Stage 3: Integration
• 4.3 How Police Officers Can Empower Sexual Assault Victims
• 4.4 The Initial Response and Investigation
  • Within 72 hours
  • More than 72 hours
• 4.5 Conducting the Interview
  • The Interview Process: Question Categories
  • Description of the Offender
  • Summary

5.0 SUICIDE INTERVENTION

• 5.1 Why do people commit suicide?
• 5.2 Who commits suicide and how?
  • Methods of Suicide
  • Warning Signs of Suicide
• 5.3 The Police Officer's Intervention in Suicidal Situations
  • Actions Prior to the Suicide Attempt
  • Initial contact with the suicidal subject includes several steps:
  • Interventions with Suicidal Individuals
• 5.4 Responding to an Uncompleted (non-fatal) Suicide Attempt
  • The officer's first responsibility is to the subject.
• 5.5 Responding to a Complete (fatal) Suicide
  • Summary

6.0 DEATH NOTIFICATION

• 6.1 Defining the Situation
• 6.2 Criminal Justice Aspects
• 6.3 Death Notification Procedure
• 6.4 Do's and Don't of Death Notification

7.0 DRUG & ALCOHOL INTOXICATION

• 7.1 Continuum of Substance - Induced Mental Syndromes
• 7.2 Commonly Abused Substances (legal and illegal)
• 7.3 Substance Abuse: Signs & Symptoms of Intoxication and Withdrawal
  • Alcohol
  • Amphetamines or Cocaine
  • Caffine
  • Cannabis/hashish/marijuana
  • Hallucinogens
  • PCP
  • Inhalants
  • Nicotine
  • Sedative/Tranquilizers
• 7.4 Management Skills with Drug Users
  • Summay

Courses:

Mental Illness: Signs, Symptoms, and Interventions

Victim Crisis Intervention

Pricing

Articles:

Deseret News Editorial: Mental-health Intervention Vital

PoliceOne News: Indiana Officers' Deaths Lead To Calls For Better Mental Health Services

ReintegrationToday: Consumers and the Criminal Justice System