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:
- Understand the basic sources and processes of stress, with specific focus on the nature of work environment stresses.
- Identify approach and avoidance coping strategies, and understand appropriate use of coping strategies to police work situations and stresses.
- Discern the differences between acute stress incidents and chronic ongoing stresses and their impact in police officers’ lives.
- Identify experiences which are considered to be traumatic that may lead to post-traumatic stress and possible post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Apply knowledge of stress and traumatic stress to developing an effective coping process for both acute and chronic stress.
- 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.
- Develop lifelong coping strategies for situations and stresses.
- Plan strategies to overcome the potential negative effects of the law enforcement work environment.
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