Title: Responding to Crisis: Police and Counselors Collaboration

Presenters: Aprille Woodson, PhD, JD, LAPC, NCC and Major Donnie James

Description: Some encounters between people with mental illness in crisis and the police can turn fatal for either or both parties. Collaboration between counselors and police is vital to successful resolution of such crisis interventions. This Continuing Professional Development resource provides counselors with a rationale to know what crisis intervention is and how it differs from de-escalation, understand the training, skills, and roles of police officers in responding to crisis interventions, and explain the roles of counselors in crisis intervention training and the collaborative partnership with law enforcement.