USING INNOVATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DE-ESCALATING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS

Using Innovative and Alternative Approaches to De-Escalating Individuals in Crisis Situations

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Virtual



 A mobile mental health clinic will discuss strategies for working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and disadvantaged and underserved populations who are experiencing a crisis situation. The webinar will focus on alternatives to police involvement, promoting client-centered communications, scene safety, de-escalation strategies, rapport building, and the role of self in crisis intervention.

Presenters: Berkley Carnine & Chelsea Swift from CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets), a mobile crisis intervention program providing 24 hour free, confidential services in Eugene, Oregon. Each CAHOOTS team consists of a Mental Health Crisis Worker and an Emergency Medical Technician. While CAHOOTS is dispatched through local police departments, they are a mobile mental health clinic, not a law enforcement agency.

Register: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yz7L1-3GQfK-xgzqe53x3g

Questions can be directed to [email protected]

This webinar is hosted by the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities National Training Center (MHDD-NTC). Learn more at mhddcenter.org. The MHDD-NTC is funded by the Administration for Community Living through funding opportunity number HHS-2018-ACL-AOD-DDTI-0305