CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM

Advanced Juvenile CIT

• BJA Grant funded (Feb 2010)• NAMI – Greater Chicago• Chicago Public Schools Crisis Unit• Primary focus : School Patrol Officers, Special

Victims Unit, Juvenile Intervention Service Center

• Identify emerging mental health issues• Evaluation and diversion options prior to

arrest

Advanced Juvenile CIT

• Job Creation – Clinical Internships• Adler, Chicago School of Psychology, Loyola

University, UIC – Jane Adams School• Track diversion outcomes – 6 months, 12

months, 18 months• Seamless Integration• Educate School Administration, Teachers,

Parents

CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMJuvenile Advanced CIT

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Roll Call Roll Call Roll Call Roll Call Roll Call

0800 – 0850 Introduction,Child / Adolescent

Overview

Substance Abuse & Co-Occurring

Disorders

Violence &Urban Trauma

Part 1

Seamless Integration with Schools

CommunityResource

PanelLuncheon

0900 – 0950 Child & AdolescentBrain Development

RiskAssessment

&Crisis

InterventionSkills

(The role of law enforcement / first responders & officer safety)

Violence & Urban Trauma

Part 2

JuvenileLegal Issues

1000 – 1050 Mental Illness:Signs

&Symptoms

Eating Disorders & Self Injurious

Behavior

1100 – 1150 Special Circumstances

Mental Health JISC Project

1200 – 1300 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

1300 – 1350 Depression & Suicide PsychotropicMedications

DepartmentProcedures

FBISchool Violence

&School Shooters

Summary &Evaluation

1400 – 1450Medical /

DevelopmentalDisabilities

Parents & TeachersAs Allies(NAMI)

FamilyPerspectives

&Consumer

Panel

Written Examination

1500 – 1550 Autism Superintendent’sCeremony

ADVANCED TRAINING / JUVENILE MATRIX

Monday• Introduction, Child / Adolescent Overview• Child & Adolescent Brain Development• Mental Illness: Signs & Symptoms• Depression & Suicide• Medical/Developmental Disabilities

CIT FOR YOUTH

Tuesday • Substance Abuse & Co-Occurring Disorders• Risk Assessment & Crisis Intervention Skills• Psychotropic Medications• Parents & Teachers As Allies (NAMI)

CIT FOR YOUTH

Wednesday• Violence & Urban Trauma - Part 1 • Violence & Urban Trauma - Part 2 • Eating Disorders & Self Injurious Behavior• Special Circumstances• Department Procedures• Family Perspectives & Consumer Panel

CIT FOR YOUTH

Thursday• Seamless Integration with Schools• Juvenile Legal Issues • Mental Health JISC Project• FBI-School Violence/School Shooter Training

CIT FOR YOUTH

Friday• Community Resource Panel• Luncheon• Feedback & Dialogue• Course Summary & Review• Written Examination• Superintendent’s Ceremony

CIT FOR YOUTH

• Identify the High Schools at greatest risk for violence• Create a safe school environment• Collaborative approach to discipline, including evaluation/treatment for

mental health issuesCPD CIT

CPS Crisis Unit• Train school administration & staff on mental health issues• Explore treatment alternative options first to address discipline issues• Increase graduation rates/decrease expulsion rates• Expand afterschool options and safe transport to and from school for

extra-curricular activities

Chicago Public SchoolsCulture of Calm

Initiative

CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Crisis Intervention Team

Lt. Jeff MurphyCrisis Intervention Team Coordinator

Office of the SuperintendentNeighborhood Relations Division

3510 S. Michigan AveChicago, Illinois 60653

Contact Officer: Kurt GawrischKurt.gawrisch@chicagopolice.org312 745-5745 Fax 312 745-6935