Announcement for 11/28/11
National CIT Curriculum in Development; Provide Your Feedback Now!
NAMI, the University of Memphis, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and CIT International are partnering to develop a model crisis intervention team (CIT) curriculum. The curriculum-development project, which is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, will consist of a national survey of local CIT programs and includes representatives from diverse stakeholder groups. According to the project's coordinators, the model curriculum "will not be a rigid and detailed prescription, but rather a summary of the national consensus among thousands of CIT programs about the topics that should appear in the training, the time dedicated to them, and the objectives of each topic."The groups are currently collecting existing curricula and surveying officers who have received CIT training. To take a survey and participate in this effort, click here.