The Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) announced today that Carleen Doucet and Mary Landgrave of Lafayette Parish School System have been inducted into the CPI
Instructor Hall of Merit.
Doucet and Landgrave are two of 75 Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Certified Instructors worldwide recently recognized for their extraordinary commitment to continuous Training Process that promotes the greatest Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM for those served at Lafayette Parish School System.
The CPI Hall of Merit selection process included a review of the records of over 27,000 active Certified Instructors of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training Program. Selection criteria included number of staff trained, total hours spent training, number of training programs taught,
number of CPI training programs attended, and number of total years as a Certified Instructor of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training Program. Meritorious Instructors will provide valuable guidance in an advisory capacity to CPI leadership to influence the direction for CPI's Instructor Association.
"We rely on these leaders within their organization and across their professions, to provide real-world practice-based evidence regarding the effectiveness of our trainings," said Judith Schubert, CPI's president. "They continue to validate the powerful impact of training as a vehicle for positively changing the quality of care with those they support."
There are a total of 122 Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Certified Instructors to-date who have achieved the Meritorious Instructor level of status. Together Carleen Doucet and Mary Landgrave have trained over 2,709 staff members. They have facilitated 1,560 hours of training
and 175 training classes. Both Doucet and Landgrave have attended 12 CPI training programs for their own development as an instructor and have maintained their Certified Instructor status for 12 years. Carleen Doucet has a Master's Degree in Education and has been working in the
Lafayette Parish School System for 30 years. She has worked in the capacity as a Teacher of the Behavior Disordered, Director of an Alternative School and now works as a Crisis
Interventionist in Health and Wellness. She has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for 10 years.
Mary Landgrave is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified School Social Worker Specialist. She has been a School Social Worker in the Lafayette Parish School System for 19 years. She has worked in the capacity of a Crisis School Social Worker, Pupil Appraisal School Social Worker and now works as a Health & Wellness School Social Worker.
For more information on the Crisis Prevention Institute, contact Robert D. Rettmann; phone 414.979.7075, e-mail rrettmann@crisisprevention.com.