CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Brian Fengel, Director
Phone: (309) 690-7350
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu
“The Night Before” School Resource Officer
Instructor: Josh Friedman
January 12, 2024
8am – 12pm
Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P101, Peoria
Enrollment Deadline: January 1, 2024
Course Size: Minimum –15 Maximum – 64
Course Objective
“The Night Before” is an experiential training designed for school resource officers or officers
who frequently interact with children in a school setting. This training provides officers with an
understanding of trauma, how trauma impacts children, their development, and their greater
caregiving systems. Officers will learn how students’ experiences can present in the classroom
and what role SROs can play in preventing negative outcomes.
Course Content
Officers will learn how to improve cultural competency and communication and strategies to
foster beneficial relationships with students. Officers will receive thorough instruction to
enhance critical thinking to promote the identification of bias using the Problem-Based Learning
(PBL) framework. The instructors will facilitate the hands-on application of the PBL process
using scenario-based videos designed specifically for school resource officers. Officers will
understand how the PBL process can mitigate the impact of bias, improve critical
decision-making, strengthen communication, and enhance empathy for the students they serve.
Officers will recognize that the PBL framework can be a tool to circumvent violent behavior and
school safety threats. Most importantly, this training demonstrates officers’ power to positively
impact the lives of the students they serve and provides the necessary skills.
This training includes an officer wellness component. Officers will receive information and tools
to improve their professional and personal wellbeing. Wellness instruction will focus on early
recognition of adversity and stress symptoms, enhancing promotive and protective factors of
resilience, and emphasizing successful mindsets,
Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board
MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Meets the following mandatory training criteria: 2 hours: Crisis Intervention, .50 hours: Cultural Competency, .50 hours: Human Rights, 1 hour: Officer wellness/mental health, 1 hour: Procedural Justice, Specialized Mandate: 3 hours: Officer & Youth Interaction
