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Special Concerns
This is not a train-the-trainer course. This course is designed
for the user, whether it be a person experiencing the stress/
crisis or a manager or supervisor reading indicators of
stress/crisis in a colleague.

LIFE CHANGING PSYCHOLOGY DUAL REGISTRATION
Inner Armour is the vendor and all payment will be made to
Inner Armour through eventbrite.com. Each attendee will
get a payment receipt/number and then will need to register
through Acadis to confi rm their placement in the class.
FEE: $499.00

Course Coordinator Length of Course
Susan M. Gillis Four days (32 hours)

Instructor Training
Who Should Attend
Any personnel who desires an effective, proactive and
preventive resource to address low/mid-level stress, anxiety, (Formerly General
depression and any other mental health issue at a team level
in a strategic, timely and academically informed fashion. Instructor Training)

Course Description and Objectives
➤ Identify mental strategies to support colleagues dealing
with personal issues both on the job and in their personal Who Should Attend
lives. Criminal justice personnel planning to teach in any course
➤ List, in writing, tools that may be available to help a mandated by either the Criminal Justice Education and
colleague in crisis. Training Standards Commission or the Sheriffs’ Education
➤ Given a series of practical exercises, demonstrate the and Training Standards Commission are required to
ability to assist colleagues faced with mental health issues. successfully complete this course and apply for certifi cation
➤ Identify in writing specifi c skills discussed in class which as a probationary general instructor. To attend this course
would lend to greater personal resilience for colleagues and become a probationary general instructor, applicants
experiencing both personal and work concerns. must have a minimum of four years of practical criminal
➤ Using the Values in Action (VIA) Survey, identify key justice experience.
character strengths which could be employed as your
personal coping strategy when confronted with stress Course Goal
and/or a crisis. To provide the information necessary to competently
➤ Utilizing the Quarantine Process, the participant will research, plan, prepare, and present a block of instruction
demonstrate his/her ability to assist a colleague in in accordance with the Instructional Systems Design (ISD)
managing stress and/or crisis. Model.
Course Requirements
Application and supervisory approval from agency head. Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
Comments ➤ Develop a lesson plan for the 70-minute block of
This course is designed to enlighten individuals about the instruction.
real impact of stress or crisis that an individual may be ➤ Construct a test appropriate to the 70-minute block of
working through personally that may impact them not only instruction.
at the personal level, but at the professional level as well. ➤ Teach a 70-minute block of instruction that effectively
Supervisors and managers will become better aware of utilizes audio-visual aids.
indicators by colleagues and ways to assist them in managing ➤ Successfully complete a written examination achieving a
the stressors while building resilience in the colleague. score a minimum of 75%.

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