CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FIRST RESPONDERS PSYCHOLOGY

Course description:


OPERATIONS &


CONSULTATION




Learn to give strategic, analytic, expert guidance and professional assistance to personnel, groups, and organizations to aid them in their work. Explore ways to consult and assist supervisors, managers, groups, and organizations for the purpose of improving group and organizational functioning. Specific consultation examples include identifying implicit bias, working with the mentally ill, and managing crises.

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OBJECTIVES


UNDERSTAND the application of science and procedures in support of first responder activities including criminal investigations such as criminal profiling, crisis negotiations, threat assessment, and psychological autopsies.

DEVELOP problem-solving strategies that include obtaining data and conducting research to generate empirical findings.

INTERACT with first responders and first responder clinicians to develop skills normally only possible in the field.

GAIN skills to educate police personnel about psychotic disorders, personality disorders, psychopathology, and memory.

STRENGTHEN tools for mediation, community engagement, and negotiation.

UPCOMING CLASSES

COURSE DATES:
Thursdays 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM,
September - early December

COST:

$ 750

INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Emily Diamond, PsyD

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IT’S EASY TO GET STARTED

Through our successful distance learning format, with trimester-long individual classes, you will achieve full certification in as little as a year.

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INSTRUCTORS


Teaching faculty are licensed psychologists who actively work with firefighters, EMTs, police officers, correctional officers, dispatchers, and their families. Guest speakers are recognized experts within the field.

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To enroll, or to request more information, please contact:
Cassandra Dilosa, Academic Program Manager
Ph: 510.841.9230 ext. 115
Email: cdilosa@wi.edu
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