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Crisis intervention

Victim Advocacy Training

Event Dates
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Location
National Children's Advocacy Center

Huntsville, AL

Commanding the Incident

Date Published
January 2007
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material), Handbook

Crime Victims Fund

Date Published
June 2013
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

TECHBeat, March 2018

Date Published
March 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation

Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Persons with Mental Illness and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

December 2019

This webinar provides strategies to improve the behavioral health crisis response for individuals with mental illnesses and intellectual & developmental disabilities (I/DD). It presents models of mental health crisis response, including Crisis Intervention Teams, mobile crisis, co-responder, and stand-alone mental health response training. It discusses how research addresses the effectiveness of models for responding to individuals with I/DD & directions for future research. Video run time: 1 hour 29 min.