Dr. Michael J. Asken This is Me

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1. 1. www.theiacpconference.com

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   Published on: 4/4/2008   Last Visited: 6/12/2008

   Michael Asken Ph.D.
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   Dr. Asken is the psychologist for the Pennsylvania State Police where he is involved with the selection and training of Troopers and Cadets.He is the psychologist for the Special Emergency Response Team.He has published articles in SWAT Digest, PoliceOne.com, The Crisis Negotiator, and the Tactical Edge.He has presented training for the National Tactical Officers Association,IALEFI,New England Crisis Negotiators Association, the FBI, and the U.S. Army War College.

2. 2. www.sarksecurities.com

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   Published on: 4/4/2008   Last Visited: 7/2/2008

   Dr. Michael Asken is the psychologist for the Pennsylvania State Police where he is involved with selection and training of Troopers.He functions as the psychologist for the PSP Special Emergency Response Team where he consults with both tactical operators and crisis negotiators.He teaches and is involved with cadet performance issues at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy.
   
   He is on the Editorial Board of the The FireArms Instructor.He has written articles for PoliceOne.com., SWAT Digest, The Crisis Negotiator, The Tactical Edge, Law Officer, The Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, and the FireArms Instructor.He is an instructor for Top Gun undercover narcotics agent training.He has consulted with and/or provided training for the National Tactical Officers' Association, Eastern States Vice Investigators Association, the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, the New England Crisis Negotiator's Association, the FBI, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Agents, the Naval ROTC Battalion at Villanova University, Naval Special Warfare Group, The United States Postal Inspectors and the U.S. Army War College.
   
   Mike holds a B.A. degree in Social & Behavioral Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University.He completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Medical Psychology at West Virginia University and served his internship at the East Orange (New Jersey) Veterans' Administration Hospital.He is a Fellow of the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association.Mike earned credentials as a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Diplomate of the American Board of Disability Analysts.
   
   In relation to human performance, Mike is a Fellow of the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology of the American Psychological Association.He taught the sport psychology course at Lebanon Valley College where he was awarded the Nevelyn Knisely Award for Inspired Teaching.He has been involved in training physicians, intensive care nurses, neonatal intensive care nurses and nurse anesthetists for twenty-five years.He trained volunteer and professional firefighters in psychological techniques for performance enhancement and was the Fire Psychology columnist for FireHouse Magazine.
   
   Mike has worked on maximizing performance with athletes at the youth, high school, collegiate and professional levels.He was the sport psychologist for two professional soccer teams, as well as a semi-pro football team.He is a co-editor of the book: Sport Psychology: The Psychological Health of the Athlete and wrote Dying to Win: Preventing Drug Abuse in Sport.
   
   Publications:
   
   Asken, M. (2005).Using your head out there: Psychological skills training for optimal police response.Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, 106(4) 27-28.
   
   Asken, M. (2005).Maintaining a physical presence: Helping police officers stay with a physical conditioning exercise program.Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, 107(6), 20-21.
   
   Asken, M., Bowman, C., Krawczel, A., & Murphy, E. (2005).Can police negotiators be effectively trained in active listening skills?Some preliminary evidence.Crisis Negotiator Journal, 5(4), 6-7.
   
   Asken, M. (2005).MindSighting: Mental Toughness Skills for Police Officers in High Stress Situations, Camp Hill, PA., www.mindsighting.com.
   
   Asken, M. (2006).Stealth stress: Cumulative stress and burnout.Crisis Negotiator Journal, 6(4), 14.
   
   Asken, M. (2006) Tactical performance imagery: What you see is what you get.The Tactical Edge, 24(1), 45-48.
   
   Asken, M. (2006).Mindsighting: Training psychological skills for maximal shooting performance.The FireArms Instructor, 40, 53-55.
   
   Asken, M. (2006).Emotional Intel: Mental Toughness Skills for Optimal Response in High Stress Crisis Negotiations.Camp Hill, PA., www.mindsighting.com.
   
   Asken, M. (2007).Training the complete warrior.PoliceOne.com.03-02-07.
   
   Asken, M. (2007).Further aspects of the survival mindset.PoliceOne.com.08-01-07.
   
   Asken, M. (2007).The adrenaline dump and tactical arousal control: It's more than just breathing.PoliceOne.com.08-13-07.
   
   Asken, M. & Hunter, S. (2008).Suicide by Cop: Is it time to stop using this imprecise, inaccurate and injurious term?PoliceOne.com.
   
   Asken, M., & Paris, C. (2008).Keep Them Sharp: 10 Countermeasures to Combat Complacency.Law Officer Magazine, 4, (2) 42-43.
   
   Asken, M., Murphy, E., Banis, G., & Colon, E. Does scenario training for police negotiators create the stress and realism of reality?The Crisis Negotiator, In Press 2008.
   
   Asken, M. Three Things Tactical Team members Need to Know about Crisis Negotiations.SWAT Digest, April, 2008, www.swatdigest.com.
   
   Asken, M., Grossman, D., & Christensen, L. (2008).Warrior MindSet: Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation's Defenders- Applying Performance Psychology to Combat.Warrior Science Group, Millstadt, Il., In Press.
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   Michael J. Asken, Ph.D. Bio

3. 3. www.calibrepress.com

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   Published on: 12/6/2007   Last Visited: 12/8/2007

   By Michael J. Asken, Ph.D. and Sgt.R.
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   Michael J. Asken, Ph.D. is the psychologist for the Pennsylvania State Police.He is the author of MindSighting: Mental Toughness Skills for Police Officers in High Stress Situations, available through www.mindsighting.com.He is the psychologist for the PSP SERT Team.
   
   Sgt. R. Scott Hunter has been with the Pennsylvania State police for 19 years.He has served in Uniform Patrol, Criminal Investigation, Vice/Narcotics.He is currently a Station Commander and member of the PSP SERT Negotiations Team.