Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSCI306 Police Officer Wellness (3 cr.)


This course is designed to foster individual wellness through examining the effect of work environment upon officers. It examines post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and strategies for creating a sense of well-being.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Understand the basic sources and processes of stress, with specific focus on the nature of work environment stresses.
  2. Identify approach and avoidance coping strategies, and understand appropriate use of coping strategies to police work situations and stresses.
  3. Discern the differences between acute stress incidents and chronic ongoing stresses and their impact in police officers’ lives.
  4. Identify experiences which are considered to be traumatic that may lead to post-traumatic stress and possible post-traumatic stress disorder.
  5. Apply knowledge of stress and traumatic stress to developing an effective coping process for both acute and chronic stress.
  6. Understand the purposes and functions of organizational support for trauma support: defusings, critical incident stress debriefings, peer support, family assistance, referrals, and follow-up services.
  7. Develop lifelong coping strategies for situations and stresses.
  8. Plan strategies to overcome the potential negative effects of the law enforcement work environment.
     



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