Crisis Intervention

Training Description: Policy recommendations from The Governor Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence state that Behavioral Health Helpline staff and the Community Based Behavioral Health Center staff receive core training on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). IPV is a significant public health threat that adversely impacts the health, social, emotional and cognitive development of adult survivors and their exposed children. According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, more than 10 million adults experience domestic violence annually in the United States. This equates to approximately 1 incident of IPV occurring every 3 seconds. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that lifetime prevalence rates for children’s exposure to domestic violence hover in the area of 15.5 million; however, this figure is an estimation based on self-reported data and experts agree that the actual prevalence rate is much higher.

Training Description: This 30 min training, Trauma-Informed Crisis Response and De-Escalation is designed to offer an understanding of trauma, its impact and how this may contribute to difficult encounters with our clients.  In this training, we will review some basic principles of what trauma is and how it effects the brain. More specifically, how the brain’s arousal system perceives danger or threat when addressing challenging encounters with program staff.  We will explore what and how a trauma related trigger may contribute to challenges in developing a safe and therapeutic relationship with your client.  

Training Description: The Mobile Crisis Intervention Core Training Series is 3-hours and comprised of three learning sessions. One session each on: understanding the crisis response, crisis de-escalation, and therapeutic crisis intervention. Understanding the crisis response provides a basic understanding of how the crisis is experienced in the brain and body and the crisis team’s overarching approach when responding to the crisis. Crisis de-escalation provides learners with an understanding of various strategies to help an individual move from a heightened state of arousal to a calmer state.