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Course detail: Building Resilience: Surviving Secondary Trauma

Course Description:

This course will give first responders the information and tools to develop the capacity to recover from difficulties associated with responding to both common and extreme situations in their public service. Often the toll of the mental, physical and emotional burdens can have long reaching and life changing effects in the workplace and at home. Through lecture, demonstration and hands on exercises students will explore strategies that can have positive benefits at work and at home.

Core Competencies:

Participants will support their wellness and resilience with skills learned in the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional areas required of law enforcement officers.

Course Objectives:

Explain secondary trauma and examine its role in first responder stress, emotional fatigue, health issues and suicide.
Identify and interpret how stress and emotional trauma affect the mind and body.
Define hyper-vigilance and apprise its effect on the first responder.
Examine and formulate strategies to create mind body connection and build resilience.
Identify the need and create strategies for self-care.

Instructional Methods:

Instructor presentation
Instructor led group discussion
Self-assessment group exercise
Group exercise
Instructor led self-planning exercise

Who Should Attend:

All First Responders and those who support them!!

Course Requirements:

100% attendance and participation

Fitness Requirements and Expectation of Physical Risk:

Low Active

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend University of Kansas sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in an event, please email KLETC or call 620.694.1400 at least three weeks before the first day of the event. Some events may require notice earlier than three weeks and require you contact a specific individual; if so, that information is provided in the event-specific information.

Session Information: LE23275F

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 04/24/23 and ending on 04/24/23

Times:

08:00am-05:00pm CDT

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Price:

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This training is part of the KLETC Wellness Week at the Johnson County Regional Police Academy.
Participants are responsible for their meals, lodging, and travel. Please dress in layers, as the temperature in the room may be difficult to adjust. The session begins at 8:00 AM and is estimated to end at 5:00 PM. On-site registration will begin at 7:30 AM. We look forward to seeing you in Overland Park!

Instructors

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Darren Ivey

Biography: Instructor Bio: Retired Major Darren Ivey served on the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department from September1992 - December 2021. He served as the Department's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Commander from 2012 - 2018 and one of his greatest accomplishments was leading a multi-disciplinary team that developed a training program called "Building Resilience: Surviving Secondary Trauma." This training helps address the occupational risks of secondary trauma and acute stress and since March 2015, he has presented this course to thousands of law enforcement members, mental health professionals and other first responders and caregivers.

Retired Major Ivey has a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Park University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and a Master's Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia. He has an International Critical Incident Stress (ICISF) certification for Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention and was an inaugural member of the first Commander Peer Support Group in the country. Additionally, he is the past Co-Chair of the Mid-America CIT Council and Justice Committee of the Resilient KC Initiative, and was the Missouri State CIT Self-Care Chair from 2016-2018.

Retired Major Ivey is entering his 6^th and final year as a Board Member for CIT International where he has served 3 terms as Treasurer. Additionally, he serves on several committees and has been the Conference Committee Co-Chair for the past 4 years.

Prior to becoming a Police Officer, Darren was a proud member of the United States Air Force (1983-1992) where he served in support of Operation Desert Storm and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (#274).

Facility Detail

Johnson County Regional Police Academy

12345 College Blvd

Overland Park, KS 66210