ABPPSP: Critical Incident Response in Police and Public Safety Psychology
Presented by Nancy K. Bohl-Penrod, Ph.D. and Jaime Brower, Psy.D., ABPP.
This self-paced training on Critical Incident Response in Police and Public Safety Psychology is presented by Nancy K. Bohl-Penrod, Ph.D. and Jaime Brower, Psy.D., ABPP.
Our police and public safety responders or “emergency responders,” as the name implies, are often faced with events that involve serious threat or loss and which may be outside the range of normal activity. Their reactions to these events may elicit an intense emotional reaction, may require immense coping skills and may be considered “traumatic.” Some of the events that may elicit this type of response may include line-of-duty deaths or serious injuries, officer involved shootings, calls involving child injury or death, and others where our responders felt helpless or unable to offer “enough” support. Moreover, those who experience post-incident emotions such as guilt and/or second guessing, and fear of punishment/consequence, may also experience significant distress, though not “traumatic” in nature, which can also cause significant distress for the responder and their families.
This course covers these topics and delve into immediate, short-and long-term, as well as family reactions to these types of events. This course will also discuss the various responses and interventions most utilized by police and public safety psychologists following critical incidents.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Describe the various types of events that may be considered “critical.”
Describe general police and public safety experience during and following a critical event
Describe the primary points and recommendations in The Office Involved Shooting Guidelines, developed by The Police Psychological Services Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (PPSS/IACP)
Describe the various impacts that involvement in critical events may have on a responder’s family
Describe multiple post-critical incident interventions
Jaime Brower, PsyD
Nancy Bohl-Penrod, PhD
Review Before Proceeding
Lesson 1 Video
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 2 Video
Police Psychology - The TRIAD
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Lesson 3 Video
Officer Involved Shooting Guidelines
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Lesson 4 Video
Law Enforcement Model
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Lesson 5 Video
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Lesson 6 Video
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Lesson 7 Video
Employee Mental Health
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Lesson 8 Video
Significant Other Survival
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Course Evaluation
Custom training options for groups of 5 to 500+