LEAP Training for Tulsa-area First Responders—Mental Illness & Engagement
About this Event
67% of people experiencing homelessness have a mental illness — and the #1 reason many refuse help: ANOSOGNOSIA
It’s not denial or defiance—it’s anosognosia, a neurological condition that impairs a person’s ability to recognize they are ill—and the leading cause of conflict, hospitalization, relapse, chronic homelessness, incarceration, and treatment refusal.
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Join us for a rare opportunity to train directly with Dr. Xavier Amador—creator of LEAP®, renowned clinical and forensic psychologist, and bestselling author of I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help! He has trained law enforcement, judicial, and behavioral health systems nationwide, testified in involuntary treatment proceedings and 80+ death penalty cases, and worked at Guantanamo Bay under Top Secret DOJ clearance.
Thanks to the generous support of the following sponsors—all REGISTRATION FEES ARE COVERED: in partnership with , , and
WHO IS THIS TRAINING DESIGNED FOR?
Tulsa-area first responders and frontline professionals who engage people with SMI—including Law Enforcement (Police, Sheriffs, Corrections & Federal Agencies), Firefighters, EMTs, Paramedics, 911 Dispatchers, Crisis/Co-Responders, and Street Outreach Specialists.
LEAP takes a fundamentally different approach to crisis response, equipping you with practical tools and a counterintuitive skill set you can use immediately—whether responding to a call, working in custody or corrections, communicating through dispatch, or engaging someone in crisis in a clinic or on the street.
- Apply 7 LEAP Tools (Listen–Empathize–Agree–Partner®) to build trust and increase engagement in treatment, services, and pathways to recovery
- Address the distinct barriers caused by anosognosia—the #1 reason people refuse help
- Quickly de-escalate resistance, paranoia, anger, and conflict
- Transform resistace into trust and collaboration
- Divert people from the criminal justice system into the mental healthcare system and improve reentry outcomes
SCHEDULE & LOCATION
Monday, September 21 @9:00–11:30 a.m.
Day 1: LEAP COURSE—Learn how to use the 7 LEAP Tools. Register on this site.
[ Optional ] Tuesday, September 22 @9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Day 2: TRAINER CERTIFICATION—If you're also interested in becoming certified to teach LEAP within your organization/team, register for Day 1, then for Day 2. Selected applicants will be notified.
Venue: Perkins Auditorium, OU-Tulsa Schusterman Learning Center
Address: 4502 E. 41st Street, Tulsa, OK 74135
** LIMITED SPACE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED **
CLEET CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS APPROVED
- Day 1 (9/21): LEAP – 26-2345 [ 2.5 CLEET hours ]
- Day 2 (9/22): LEAP Train the Trainer – 26-2344 [ 6 CLEET hours ]
- All law enforcement that attend will receive mental health hours for the class.
“The classes listed above have been cataloged by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training for the (listed) hours of mandatory continuing education credit. Regarding any law enforcement concepts, practices, methods, techniques, products, or devices as might be taught, promoted, or otherwise espoused in outside schools or seminars, there is no intent, expressed or implied, that listing the course in the CLEET Course Catalog indicates or in any way conveys ‘CLEET approval’ of such concepts, practices, methods, techniques, products, or devices, unless such approval is explicitly stated by CLEET.”
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