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September 27, 2016

New Training Program Helps Police Interact with People with Autism

  Police interactions are always sticky situations. But for individuals with autism, they can also be intense sensory overloads.Stephanie Cooper, a former police officer and mom of a child with autism, started a program called Autism Law Enforcement Response Training (ALERT).The ALERT program helps to:train officers on how to recognize autism in peopleget police officers comfortable with certain behaviorscover…

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Police interactions are always sticky situations. But for individuals with autism, they can also be intense sensory overloads.

Stephanie Cooper, a former police officer and mom of a child with autism, started a program called Autism Law Enforcement Response Training (ALERT).

The ALERT program helps to:

  • train officers on how to recognize autism in people

  • get police officers comfortable with certain behaviors

  • cover the types of calls police officers might receive

  • share tips on how to interact with people on the spectrum

Read more about ALERT and the program’s growth at The Mighty.

 

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