Tool Box Tuesdays
June 4, 2026, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Clinical Consultation for Supervisors and trained Peer Supporters with Erica Birkley, Ph. D.
This discussion is about best practices and considerations for: Fitness-for-Duty Examinations, Return-to-Duty Clinical Assessments and other types of leave.
Traumatic events, time off for mental health recovery, in-patient treatment stays and suicidal ideation, how and when an employee should return to work can be complex and confusing. We want to set our employees up for success and we want to know they are ready to return to their work as a public safety professional.Goals for this training:
- The difference between a Fitness-for-Duty Examination vs Return-to-Duty Clinical Assesment.
- Using different types of leave to particiapte in mental health related treatment.
- Is it a sick day or vacation day when it is due to a traumatic event?
- The Peer Supporters role when supporting a coworker before, during, and after an extended leave.
Best Practices for Peer Support Teams include consultation with a trained and licensed mental health clinician to provide education, policy, and procedure review. Clinicians are knowledgeable about the peer support model and are familiar with first responder culture. Clinical Consultation provides ongoing skills training to improve and enhance knowledge that can be applied as a trained peer supporter.
June 9, 2026 , 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Tactile Tuesday – Josh True, Athletic Trainer at Beacon Orthopaedics
Dispatchers and Corrections Officers - this session is for you. Sitting in one place? Can't leave your control room or observation space? Is it possible to work out a few times a week and be healthy? Does the dim lighting affect your sleep cycles? How do you handle stress when you can't walk away? Join us to learn about ways you can add healthy habits to your job while being limited to one location and one area.
July 14, 2026, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Resources Meet and Greet with Roger Schmidt, Ph. D.
Birkley Consulting
Dr. Schmidt is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist with over three decades of clinical experience. With a foundation as a trauma psychologist cultivated from serving nearly a decade in the PTSD Program at the Dayton VA Medical Center, Dr. Schmidt shifted to working with active-duty military in both the US and abroad for much of the last ten years. He brings an interactive, solution focused approach. His sees through the excuses for impact and healing. Here is a link to the Birkley Consulting web-site.