Northeast State celebrated the five-year anniversary of hosting the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) program on campus last week. Northeast State honored supporting agencies and individuals with plaques of recognition following the annual weeklong training session held at Basler Library June 9-13.
The week features top professionals from area mental health and social services agencies breaking down behaviors’ individuals display when facing mental health or cognitive impairment problems. The CIT helps law enforcement officers get a clearer picture of individuals they encounter who may be dealing with mental health problems or personal crises.
“I sincerely appreciate Northeast State’s support of this grant funded project since its inception and am proud to be able to have a small piece in changing the view of mental health in our area and working with our partners to educate the community,” said Amos.
Assistant Professor Andrea Amos has coordinated the CIT sessions at Northeast State for several years. She presented the awards of recognition to the following training partners that dedicated volunteer time to CIT during the past five years:
- Ballad Health (Dixie Waye, Chief Nursing Officer for Ballad Behavioral Health, accepted the award).
- Creekside Behavioral Health (Ric McAllister, Chief Executive Officer; Jeff Williams, Director of Business Development; and John Knack, Community Liaison, attended to accept the award).
- Frontier Health (Celeste Taylor, Senior Director of Crisis Services, accepted the award).
- The Honorable James F. Goodwin, Criminal Court Judge, Sullivan County.
Thank you to our region’s health care professionals, law enforcement officers, judicial system, and Northeast State staff as they strive to serve our region’s population.
Northeast State celebrated the five-year anniversary of hosting the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) program on campus last week. Northeast State honored supporting agencies and individuals with plaques of recognition following the annual weeklong training session held at Basler Library June 9-13.
The week features top professionals from area mental health and social services agencies breaking down behaviors’ individuals display when facing mental health or cognitive impairment problems. The CIT helps law enforcement officers get a clearer picture of individuals they encounter who may be dealing with mental health problems or personal crises.
“I sincerely appreciate Northeast State’s support of this grant funded project since its inception and am proud to be able to have a small piece in changing the view of mental health in our area and working with our partners to educate the community,” said Amos.
Assistant Professor Andrea Amos has coordinated the CIT sessions at Northeast State for several years. She presented the awards of recognition to the following training partners that dedicated volunteer time to CIT during the past five years:
Thank you to our region’s health care professionals, law enforcement officers, judicial system, and Northeast State staff as they strive to serve our region’s population.
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