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The MHCR-T3 program trains officers and professionals from police organizations across Ontario to become certified instructors for Mental Health Crisis Response (MHCR) training. The MHCR program is also offered by Laurier's Centre for Public Safety and Well-Being.
This six-hour course is comprised of six modules that outline the development of the MHCR program and teach future MHCR facilitators the knowledge and skills to implement the program at the police service level. MHCR facilitators will have 45 days following registration to complete all modules and assessments successfully.
Laurier issues a certificate upon completion and keeps a central registry of all instructors who have successfully completed the T3 program.
Required Modules
The T3 program requires the successful completion of the following modules.
An introduction to the MHCR program highlighting community co-development and pedagogical features of the training program.
- Duration: 30 minutes
Completion of four online lessons that learners go through before attending the in-person training components (i.e., forum and evaluation scenarios).
- Duration: 4 hours, 40 minutes (60 minutes instruction/module and 10 quiz/module)
Overviews each DePICT™ competency, how to score and use the tool to evaluate learners’ performance during assessment scenarios, and how to use it to guide targeted learner feedback.
- Duration: 75 minutes (45 minutes instruction and 20 minutes practice activity)
An overview of the forum method and demonstration of implementation, including the springboard scenario, discussion and implementation of alternative de-escalation strategies based on DePICT™ competencies, and delivery of subject matter expert materials.
- Duration: 125 minutes
An overview of the evaluation method and demonstration of implementation, including evaluation and feedback for the learner using the DePICT™ tool.
- Duration: 90 minutes
Considerations for implementing the MHCR at the police service-level, including selecting a modality for implementation (e.g., live actor or virtual reality) and creating positive conditions for learners.
- Duration: 45 minutes
T3 Refresher Course Framework (MHCR-T3R)
Certified MHCR instructors are required to be re-credentialed every three years. This entire course will be provided asynchronously online with rolling registration through the Centre for Public Safety and Well-Being to suit learners’ schedules.
The T3R will ensure that MHCR facilitators continue to implement new scenarios with high fidelity and promote generalization of skills to newly available forum and evaluation scenarios. Upon successfully completing the MHCR T3 Refresher Course, the MHCR facilitator will be issued a new certificate of completion with a new expiration date.
Contact Us:
E: MHCR@wlu.ca