Class Outline:  Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention, Stress Management, & Conflict Resolution in the New Millennium

This class is designed to heighten awareness and provide viable coping skills surrounding the psychological, physical, and behavioral effects from stress for law enforcement personnel.  Law enforcement suicide prevention and intervention will be covered in this class.  Without healthy resolution, the work environment can be affected, low morale and poor productivity can also occur.  Following the completion of this class, law enforcement personnel will potentially acquire: new insight into the origins of anxiety and stress, evaluate healthy versus unhealthy coping patterns to such a process, consider how “core beliefs” affect those whom may experience such negative effects from stress, acquire a comprehensive model for law enforcement suicide prevention and intervention, and leave with tools to potentially mitigate such effects.

Suicide Prevention/Intervention, Managing Stress, & Cultural Sensitivity for Law Enforcement Personnel in the 21st Century

• What is Anxiety
• Recovery from Anxiety Responses
• Post-Traumatic Stress – Signs and Symptoms

Signs from Stress

• Physiological Signs & Effects from Stress
• Fight or Flight Response
• Psychological Effects from Stress
• Behavioral Effects from Stress
• Benefits of Relaxation and Self Talk
• Mistaken Beliefs
• Stress Symptom Checklist

Law Enforcement Suicide

• Prevention/Intervention
• Suicidal Behavior Along a Continuum
• Suicide Threat Assessment

Law Enforcement Suicide

• Assessing Suicidal Level of Intent
• Assessing Suicide Potentiality
• Actions to Avoid In Suicide Intervention
• Suicide Intervention Steps

Conflict Resolution

• Operational Definitions of Conflict
• Skills to Reduce Conflict
• Enhancing Listening Skills
• Bad Listener/Good Listener