MENU DISTRICT HOME SELECT A SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING Charlotte County Public Schools Mental Health Mental Health Training Mental Health Training for Staff MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR STAFF Charlotte County Public Schools provide various trainings on student safety and support in order to enhance the capabilities of its staff. Available trainings include but are not limited to: Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: A web based course required for all staff. This course satisfies the training requirement specified in Florida Statute section 1012.98 (12). Participants will acquire specific, current knowledge in the area of child abuse and neglect. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI): Designed to teach best practices for managing difficult situations and disruptive behaviors. Staff learn how to identify at-risk individuals and use nonverbal techniques to defuse hostile or belligerent behavior. Risk Assessment training: Provided to all school based mental health staff (school social workers, counselors and psychologists). District protocol for completing risk assessments and necessary follow up. Threat Assessment Team training: Every CCPS school has a Threat Assessment team that is required to meet monthly during the school year. The Threat Assessment teams at CCPS include a School Administrator, School Counselor, School Psychologist, School Resource Officer, School Social Worker, and Exceptional Student Education (ESE) staffing specialist/liaison, each with different roles for supporting the assessment and intervention process. The Threat Assessment team uses the State adopted, research based Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidlines to evaluate the risk of violence posed by someone and to intervene and resolve the issues that underlie the threatening behavior. Teams are trained annually at the beginning of the school year. Youth Mental Health First Aid: A course on how to help an adolescent who is experiencing a mental health or addiction challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people. Staff have various opportunities throughout the school year to complete this training. This course satisfies the training requirement specified in FS 1012.584 For more information contact Families First at (941) 255-7480. BULLY REPORTING PARENT PORTAL FAMILY PORTAL CLASSLINK / EMAIL LOGIN CANVAS PARENTS & STUDENTS EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABILITY & PLANS 1445 Education Way Port Charlotte, FL 33948 VIEW MAP CONTACT US| ACCESSIBILITY REQUEST FORM| STATEMENT OF NON DISCRIMINATION p: (941) 255-0808 Questions or Feedback? • Terms of Use • Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Charlotte County Public Schools attempts to make all of our websites accessible to all visitors. If you encounter a problem with website accessibility, please fill out our webpage accessibility request form to request alternative access to the content. Alternatively, please call the school or district department responsible for the page and they will provide you with alternative access. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail regarding official business to the District or any of its employees. Instead, contact the District or individual employee by phone or in writing. TOP