ILETSB - Crisis Intervention Team Training - Basic CIT

MUST BRING LAPTOP

PLEASE CLICK ON DOWNLOAD FILE FOR ADDTIONAL INFORMATIONThe five-day course includes presentations by behavioral health specialists, experienced field officers, and representatives from regional service providers. While the course addresses statewide standards, it remains flexible to address locally identified issues of concern.After an initial presentation, the officers receive valuable exercises that simulate some of the hallucinations that many individuals with mental illness may experience. While listening to a series of recorded voices, officers rotate through workstations where they are asked to perform cognitive tasks – allowing them to gain insight into what an individual who is subject to such a barrier experience.