NEMRT - Class Info SFST Instructor Development Course

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SFST Instructor Development Course TTT034R
Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!
Location:	Streamwood Police Department
Date:	6/16/2014
Starts:	08:00 AM	Ends:	6/19/2014 04:00 PM
NEMRT Certificate Hours:	32
Speaker(s):	Joseph Dawson, Mark Wondolkowski, Thomas Turek, Geoffrey Witherow, Emanuel A. Lebron, Adam W. Carson, Jacob C Duro
Member Fee:	$0.00
NonMember Fee:	$0.00
Department Max:	2
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Every year, impaired drivers cause thousands of traffic deaths and injuries. Law enforcement officers play a leading role in getting these drivers off our nation's roads and must be skilled in detecting impaired drivers and administering Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST's). Upon successful completion of the Instructor Development Course, participants will be able to teach the 24 hour SFST or 4 hour SFST Refresher curriculum. This 40 hour Instructor Development course will assist participants in becoming proficient training officers for SFST. Instructors will develop skills in presenting the NHTSA SFST curriculum to participants and conducting demonstrations and proficiency exams. This SFST Instructor Development Course consists of classroom instruction on instruction techniques, with numerous group exercises, and student presentations on a substantial body of information relevant to the entire DWI detection process, including the organization, presentation and articulation of the evidence gleaned from that process. It also presents supportive information to bolster the participants' awareness of the importance of effective instructor skills. Key elements of the subject matter include: * Starting the Learning Conversation * Effective Strategies in Learning and Instruction * Effective Feedback, Coaching, and Proficiencies * Effectively Promoting Participation and Interaction * Dealing with Training Challenges * Developing and Using Training Aids * Planning and Managing a Live Alcohol Workshop * Guidelines for Conducting Video Workshops for SFST Training * Review of relevant research, studies, and articles * SFST Curriculum Package and Teaching Assignments on the following chapters: * The involvement of impaired driving in traffic crashes, deaths and injuries, both nationally and within the participants' state(s). * The concept of general deterrence of DWI, and evidence of the effectiveness of deterrence in reducing impaired driving. * Laws governing DWI and its enforcement within the participants' state(s). * The concept of detection as a three-phased process, with specific evidence-gathering and decision-making tasks in each phase. * The kinds of evidence of alcohol impairment typically associated with each phase of detection. * Concepts and principles of divided attention (psychophysical) testing. * Concepts and principles of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) testing. * Guidelines for processing suspects arrested for DWI, preparing arrest reports and delivering testimony in DWI trials. This state-certified class has been submitted for grant funding by the Illinois Department of Transportation through the Police Traffic Services Training Project of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. If approved, tuition for this program will be waived. NEMRT reserves the right to structure the class in accordance with IDOT grant conditions.

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SFST Instructor Development Course TTT034R