CIT Academy

CIT Academy is a forty-hour course that is completed in a one-week session. The instructors include Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, Specialists, and Police Instructors.

CIT Academy Class

The objectives of the CIT Academy are to:

Increase officers' awareness of mental health issues and empathy of mental health consumers.
Instruct officers in effective techniques utilized when encountering mental health consumers.
Broaden officers' knowledge of resources and understanding of legal issues.
Assist officers with providing a safer intervention and most appropriate resolution.

CIT Academy students receive training in:
Clinical disorders Psychotropic medications Personality disorders Substance abuse Co-occurring disorders Commitment laws Liability issues Non-psychiatric conditions	Suicide assessment Age related disorders Children's issues Developmental disabilities Voices simulation Community resources Family and consumer perspectives Intervention strategies

Officers receive hands-on experience in the CIT Academy through site visits. They meet and speak with consumers at various levels of functioning. Officers meet with post traumatic stress disorder patients, consumers newly committed to a hospital psychiatric unit, forensic patients, and civilly committed patients.

Officers also attend a lunch at a local mental health day treatment unit and have a one-on-one lunch with consumers that live in the community. A high functioning consumer who is in a state of recovery finalizes the end of the week with a presentation.

Additionally, officers participate in scenario-based training. Officers complete several scenarios and receive feedback from mental health professionals and experienced CIT Officers. Each scenario is based on actual mental health related cases and is conducted outside of the classroom setting to create as realistic a situation as possible.

Upcoming Academies 2010

79	January 25-29	Corrections
80	February 8-12	Layton
81	February 22-26	St. George
82	March 8-12	Weber
83	March 22-26	Wasatch
84	April 5-9	Logan
85	April 26-30	Salt Lake
86	May 17-21	Corrections
87	June 21-25	Salt Lake
88	July 26-30	Corrections
89	August 9-13	Layton
90	August 16-20	Cedar
91	September 13-17	Salt Lake
92	October 4-8	Weber
93	October 18-22	Orem
94	November 1-5	Corrections
95	November 15-19	Salt Lake

Upcoming Recertification Classes

December 2, 2010	Salt Lake City, Utah
December 8, 2010	St. George, Utah

Dates and locations are subject to change