CIT: De-Escalation

CIT: De-Escalation

This course is designed to give first responders a basic understanding of de-escalation and communication skills.

By Crisis Intervention Training

Date and time

Location

Online

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

This course is designed to give traditional and non-traditional first responders a basic understanding of de-escalation and communication skills. Topics include; Tactical communications, basics of de-escalation skills, verbal vs non-verbal communications, active listening skills, cultural considerations, identifying what is a crisis, the importance of effective communication and strategies for handling frequently encountered situations

Due to funding guidelines, this course is offered to first responders serving in Orange County, California only. First responders are defined as the first people on site to support with an individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis.

There is a minimum registration requirement of 5 participants in order for this training to be facilitated. If there are fewer than 5 participants, the training will be rescheduled for the upcoming month. Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Please note that we will no longer admit new participants after 10 minutes into the presentation due to the impact on the training process, information being shared and current participants.

Organized by

Western Youth Services and NAMI Orange County, in sponsorship by Orange County Health Care Agency, provide mental health crisis intervention training (CIT) to all First Responders in Orange County. We focus our efforts to combine mental health information, and resources with de-escalation and communication tactics to best support first responders coming into contact with mental health crises in our community.

Free
Aug 14 · 8:00 AM PDT