Understanding and Managing the Stresses of Police Work
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Understanding and Managing the Stresses of Police Work
Instructor: Steve Joordens
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Policing has always been psychological challenging. On any given shift police officers may encounter a range of psychological challenges including domestic violence, interacting with people experiencing mental health issues, violent crime, even attending the aftermath of horrible accidents. The long exhausting shifts can also result in stressful person interactions within one’s personal life. The presence of COVID and political issues related to instances of over-policing have increased these stresses even more. This course has two goals. First, we want to inform officers how their stress system works and why they sometimes feel as they do. With this as a foundation we then describe some strategies officers can use to manage this system, giving themselves much needed breaks from the stress response and overall empowering them with a greater sense of control over how their bodies react to stress.
This module consists of two videos, each followed by a short multiple-choice assessment. The first video will describe the biological machinery underlying your stress response; how it works and how it makes you feel. The second video will then consider the stresses of police work and how society's expectations of you with respect to your ability to manage stress is to a large extent an unreasonable ask.
What's included
3 videos1 assignment
3 videos•Total 34 minutes
- Course Introduction•5 minutes
- The Machinery Underlying Your Stress Response•10 minutes
- The Unreasonable Ask•19 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 1 Quiz•30 minutes
This module consists of three videos that break down the NaRLy approach to its three constitute elements, (1) Learning how to NOTICE your stress level, (2) learning how to then use RELAXATION to counter the stress response, and (3) then use the power of active LISTENING to also reduce the stress response in those you are interacting with.
What's included
3 videos1 assignment
3 videos•Total 48 minutes
- NOTICE: Becoming Mindful of the Stress Response•14 minutes
- RELAX: The Skill of Summoning Relaxation•16 minutes
- LISTEN: The Power of Active Listening•18 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 2 Quiz•30 minutes
As is true for all skills, the biggest factor determining how helpful this course will be for you comes down to that one factor ... how much you practice the skills you learned. To encourage and inform you this last video focuses on how practice works, why the first few practice sessions are the most important to get through, and the benefits you will get if you stick with it!
What's included
1 video1 assignment
1 video•Total 7 minutes
- The Importance of Practice•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 3 Quiz•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 5, 2020
Really easy to follow and pleasant to watch - simplifying how to manage situations for your own and other benefit. Thank you for taking time to put this together. Now I need to practice x
Reviewed on Dec 26, 2020
Another great course by Steve Joordens, informative, and easy to follow. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in a future career as a police officer.
Reviewed on Nov 11, 2020
Excellent. Practical. A simple, straightforward approach to stress management for yourself and those around you; a highly beneficial practice for all, not just police officers.
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