FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Red Wing, MN (September 19, 2015) - Author Linda Flanders is pleased to announce the release of her new book titled Crisis Intervention 101, available now on Amazon.com. This book gives an overview of mental health and the calls first responders most often are called to, reasons why a crisis can happen, and offers basic understanding about how to verbally de-escalate a crisis. These skills are taught in a simple, common sense way, and are appropriate for law enforcement, emergency responders, school personnel, advocates, and now everyone else.

Used across the nation, these de-escalation steps are an alternative to the traditional authoritarian model. Rather than giving orders, the book explains the skill of ‘actively listening’. It uses pictures and short descriptions to show how to build a truthful and honest rapport with another person and how to offer options; allowing a person time to choose the best option under the circumstances. “These are human communication skills and can be mastered by us all”, says Flanders. “These skills can be learned by anyone, and should be learned by everyone.”

This basic book includes links to two accompanying videos which show an overview of mental health and examples of the verbal de-escalation steps in action. The book and videos are used in a crisis intervention class designed specifically for rural law enforcement, first responders, and any others who work directly with people in crisis.The class is approved by Minnesota Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) for continuing education credits for law enforcement.

The need for the book has prompted Flanders to donate 50% of the proceeds to charity:
25% to NAMI St. Croix Valley, WI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
25% to HOPE Coalition in Red Wing, MN to end child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence and homelessness.

About Linda Flanders
Winner of the ‘Meredith Juers Award’ for volunteer excellence in a correctional setting, Linda Flanders has been a police detective, a prevention program designer, a videographer and long-time Feldenkrais Practitioner®. She is a trained crisis intervention (CIT) facilitator. Linda’s hobby is stand up comedy and she has a dog named after WWII heroine, Rose Valland.

Linda’s website is http://www.taprootinc.com

Media Contact:
Linda Flanders
Agency: Taproot, Inc.
Telephone: 715-222-0920
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.taprootinc.com


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