MDLPA: Reshaping Law Enforcement Interactions with Persons with a Mental Disability: Suggestions and Solutions
Presented by: Michael Perlin, JD and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD
1.5 Hours / 1.5 CEs
On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training
This on-demand professional training program on Reshaping Law Enforcement Interactions with Persons with a Mental Disability: Suggestions and Solutions is presented by Michael Perlin, JD, and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates (MDLPA).
This program examines what precipitates the "media highlighted" interactions that occur between law enforcement and persons with a mental disability and the misinformation and frustrations that result. The speakers dissect the broad application of "police reform" and discuss some of the early (and recent) failures that have been instituted across the nation. By analyzing crisis intervention training models (CIT) and other successful programs, the hope is to present effective solutions.
Participants are offered a road map that exemplifies realistic modifications that have been shown through research and studies to have a beneficial impact on law enforcement and the mental health community as a whole.
This program is intended for social workers, police officers, law enforcement personnel, advocates, psychologists, researchers, criminal justice specialists, mental health workers, hospital ER doctors, and nurses at stages of career and a vast variety of environments.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- 1 Describe examples of the "typical" interactions that occur between law enforcement and persons with a mental disability, and understand the dynamics that lead to frustrations (on all sides) and critical calls for reform
- 2 Describe the broad application of "police reform" and become familiar with some of the proposed solutions and methods that have failed in their objectives
- 3 Describe crisis intervention training models (CIT) and other programs instituted to effectuate reform
- 4 Describe given examples of particular interventions instituted in a number of cities that show promise in reaching effective solutions, according to the research and studies published
Training Instructors:
Michael L. Perlin, JD
Michael L. Perlin is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York Law School (NYLS), where he was director of NYLS’s Online Mental Disability Law Program and director of NYLS’s International Mental Disability Law Reform Project in its Justice Action Center. He is co-founder of Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates and is currently Adjunct Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, and Instructor, Loyola University New Orleans, Department of Criminology and Justice
Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD
Heather Ellis Cucolo is a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and the facilitator of the joint JD/MA program with John Jay College of Criminal Justice at New York Law School (NYLS). She is also an adjunct professor in the JM Program at Emory University School of Law and a Fellowship faculty member at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Training Outline
Key topics covered in this training include:
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Media highlighted events
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Vera Institute research
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Broken windows theory and Newark's “blue summonses”
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Camden model
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CIT programs: Memphis model, CAHOOTS, Mobile crisis teams (MCT)
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NYPD Behavioral Health Unit
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California "deadly force" reform
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Continuity of care
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Current research
We are proud to partner with
Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates (MDLPA)
We are proud to partner with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates, LLC for this training. MDLPA is a boutique educational training company that offers specialized mental disability law consulting, the creation or enhancement of distance learning programs, in-house or online courses, and day or weekend training seminars to reputable organizations, educational institutions, professional groups, and advocacy groups focused on providing advanced knowledge and skills to persons working with marginalized populations.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here.
American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).
Sponsorship Approval Statements
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7190. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Palo Alto University, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Palo Alto University maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits. Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0103. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073.