mental health in the correctional system:

making choices for safety & well-being

Training Materials

Module Manuals

Welcome
1. What is Mental Health?
2. Characteristics of Correctional Populations
3. De-Institutionalization of Correctional Populations
4. Corrections in the Context of the Justice System
5. Challenges of Mental Disorders of Incarcerated People
6. The Subjective Experience of Mental Disorder
7. Maintaining Safety, Offering Respect
8. Mental Disorders and Individual Rights
9. Medication Side Effects and Malingering
10. Mental Health Screening

11. Crisis Intervention
12. The C.A.F. Model
13. Suicidality and Self-Harm
14. Crisis Prevention
15. Understanding Trauma
16. Trauma-Informed Correctional Practices
17. Understanding the Roles of Correctional Officers and Mental Health Staff
18. Communications Between Correctional Officers and Mental Health Staff
19. Intercepts in the Justice System for People with Mental Disorders
20. Managing Workspace Stress
Wrap-Up

Handouts & Activity Cards

Module 2 Handouts
Module 3 Activity Cards
Module 4 Handouts
Module 8 Handouts
Module 9 Handouts
Module 10 Handouts
Module 12 Handouts
Module 13 Handouts

Module 13 Activity Cards
Module 14 Handouts
Module 16 Handouts
Module 17 Handouts
Module 18 Handouts
Module 19 Handouts
Module 20 Handouts

Presentations

Welcome
1. What is Mental Health?
2. Characteristics of Correctional Populations
3. De-Institutionalization of Correctional Populations
4. Corrections in the Context of the Justice System
5. Challenges of Mental Disorders of Incarcerated People
6. The Subjective Experience of Mental Disorder
7. Maintaining Safety, Offering Respect
8. Mental Disorders and Individual Rights
9. Medication Side Effects and Malingering
10. Mental Health Screening

11. Crisis Intervention
12. The C.A.F. Model
13. Suicidality and Self-Harm
14. Crisis Prevention
15. Understanding Trauma
16. Trauma-Informed Correctional Practices
17. Understanding the Roles of Correctional Officers and Mental Health Staff
18. Communications Between Correctional Officers and Mental Health Staff
19. Intercepts in the Justice System for People with Mental Disorders
20. Managing Workspace Stress
Wrap-Up

Videos & Animations

Animations

Meet Kim
Changes for Kim
Chris in Prison
Through Chris’s Eyes
Rena Changes
Trauma and the Brain
Training Overview

Raymond Smith Videos

Meet Raymond Smith
Effectively Observing Life in Prison
Malingering
Maintaining Safety by Offering Respect
Crisis Intervention
Crisis Prevention
Prison & Trauma

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University of South Carolina College of Social Work

This project was supported by Grant No. 2014-DP-BX-0001, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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