<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/wjc-launches-center-for-crisis-response-and-behavioral-health.html" dsn="news"><title>William James College Launches Training Center for Law Enforcement and Mental Health Professionals; Sarah E. Abbott, PhD LSW, Named Inaugural Director</title><item_date>11/25/2021 11:09:09 AM</item_date><author>Staff Writer</author><image><img src="/news/images/rapport-press-media_1.png" alt="Press Release Announcement"/></image><image_caption>Dr. Sarah Abbott is internationally known for her work at the intersection of law enforcement and people in crisis and for her role in developing one of the earliest co-responder models in the United States.</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/rapport-press-media_1.png" alt="Press Release Announcement"/></thumbnail><summary>William James College has launched the the William James College Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health. Dr. Sarah Abbott will serve as its inaugural director. The center will be the first practical training program housed within an academic institution designed to provide frontline responders, including police, fire, EMTs, and clinicians alike, mental health and substance use-related crisis response training. </summary><category>In the Community</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the Community</tag><tag>Press Release</tag></tags></item>