Mental Health Needs of Law Enforcement
What you'll learn
- Participants will be able to identify the unique mental health challenges and taxations faced by law enforcement officers operating in today's society.
- Participants will be able to identify the commonly held myths about emotions, their function for us as biological organisms, and how they impact mind/body health.
- Participants will be able to assess the different impact of job-related stress vs personal life and the cumulative impact of both on the individual.
- Participants will be able to illustrate an understanding of the human nervous system that can be utilized to help craft more effective programs of intervention & assistance for employees and the general public.
- Participants will be able to identify tools, tips, strategies for working with vs against the human mind/body's naturally capability to restore balance.
- Participants will be able to evaluate participants individual & environmental challenges and formulate direct strategies for overcoming obstacles and achieving an empowered perspective.
Requirements
- No prerequisites
Description
During this course we will look into the mentally, emotionally, and physically demanding world of a law enforcement officer that rarely gets examined in a solution-based way. We will explore a career choice that requires “Protecting and Serving” others before self, and what impact that has on the individual and the family system. This training will examine the significant and unique ways that law enforcement officers experience their career and how stress impacts them. Participants will learn how repeated exposure to extreme and continuous job-related stress and personal stress can alter the neurophysiology of law enforcement officers over time. We will explore the idea of stress vs. trauma, and the perceptual & cognitive impacts of continuous exposure to human tragedy and extreme emotions, experienced by first responders. We will look at how the internal politics of law enforcement agencies, societal views, and the internal leadership structure of agencies can help fuel hypervigilance and create negative pressure on mind/body balance. This course will look at emotions, their biological roots, and their purpose for our survival and healthy existence. At the end of this course, participants will have a better understanding of themselves, their peers, and the public at large. Students will be better equipped to function effectively in crisis and peer support situations. They will possess the understanding and knowledge to work with vs. against their own biology, and as a result, will be able to help others see the importance of doing the same.
Who this course is for:
- Counselors, Chaplains, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Law Enforcement Officials
Course content
- 00:14Welcome
- 00:50Module 1: The Myths, Emotions, and Expectations of Law Enforcement Officers
- Preview41:21
- 6 questionsModule 1: The Myths, Emotions, and Expectations of Law Enforcement Officers
- 00:46Module 2: A Day in the Life of a Law Enforcement Officer
- Preview38:11
- 12 questionsModule 2: A Day in the Life of a Law Enforcement Officer
- 00:44Module 3: The Force Continuum
- 41:39Module 3: The Force Continuum
- 14 questionsModule 3: The Force Continuum
- 00:53Module 4: The Impact of Fear, Crisis, and Public Opinion
- 38:07Module 4: The Impact of Fear, Crisis, and Public Opinion
- 11 questionsModule 4: The Impact of Fear, Crisis, and Public Opinion
- 01:04Module 5 - The Power of Emotion.
- 49:40Module 5 - The Power of Emotion.
- 22 questionsModule 5 - The Power of Emotion.
- 00:55Module 6. The Peripheral Nervous System
- 51:52Module 6. The Peripheral Nervous System
- 24 questionsModule 6. The Peripheral Nervous System
- 00:49Module 7: Distress, Dissociation, and Dysregulation
- Preview35:51
- 9 questionsModule 7: Distress, Dissociation, and Dysregulation
- 00:33Module 8: Stress Can Kill
- Preview27:17
- 8 questionsModule 8: Stress Can Kill
- 00:54Module 9: Potential Impacts and Coping Skills
- 47:53Module 9: Potential Impacts and Coping Skills
- 15 questionsModule 9: Potential Impacts and Coping Skills
- 01:15Congratulations on the successful completion of the training
Instructor
![Robert Rhoton](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Dr. Robert Rhoton, CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute and President at the Trauma Institute International possesses a rich history of experience in the mental health field. Dr. Rhoton has supervised multiple outpatient clinics, juvenile justice programs, and intensive outpatient substance abuse programs for adolescents, day treatment programs for youth and children, adult offender programs and child and family therapeutic services. Additionally, Dr. Rhoton has advanced training in child and adolescent trauma treatment, family therapy, and family trauma. Dr. Rhoton served as president of the Arizona Trauma Therapy Network from 2010 through 2012. Dr. Rhoton was a Professor at Ottawa University in the Behavioral Sciences and Counseling Department whose primary interests were training counselors to work with traumagenic family dynamics, child and family trauma, and non-egoic models of treatment. Dr. Rhoton is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and collaborates and consults with numerous Arizona agencies fine tuning their understanding of trauma and the impact of developmental trauma on the individual and family. Dr. Rhoton has served on the Arizona Department of Health Services Trauma Informed Care (TIC) task force, currently is on a SAMHSA Technical Assistance committee working with trauma and education. Dr. Rhoton also works with Arizona State Epidemiologists around the identifying of concrete markers and the predictive nature of public health impact of early developmental trauma on Arizona children.
Dr. Rhoton's most recent publication can be found in the July 2017 Journal of Counseling and Development titled; Trauma Competency: An Active Ingredients Approach to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.