Crisis Prevention Institute offers several trainings including Prevention First, a FREE 30 minute online training:
https://www.crisisprevention.com/our-programs/prevention-first/
De-Escalation for Educators (via YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uKGNWEkxvc
Additional videos via YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@crisisprevention
Online Library:
https://www.crisisprevention.com/library/
Workplace Violence Prevention Handbook (Free PDF download, requires email)
https://institute.crisisprevention.com/Workplace-Violence-Prevention-Handbook/?src=website-wpv-landing
Other trainings and certificate programs (scholarships may be available)
Verbal Intervention™
Verbal Intervention™ (VI) instills the confidence and skills to verbally de‑escalate disruptive behaviors and prevent further escalation. It’s well‑suited to organizations with a hands‑off policy or that require non‑restrictive techniques.
Available as a virtual (Online & Live Virtual) Instructor Certification Program.
Program Features & Benefits:
- Limit-setting strategies when verbally intervening to de‑escalate defensive behaviors.
- Recognize opportunities for post‑crisis learning.
- The effects of trauma and the psychology of the brain on the person in crisis as well as the responding individual.
- Person-centered to help ensure a consistently inclusive and culturally sensitive approach to a person displaying crisis behavior.
- Verbal de‑escalation techniques and skills also featured in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® and NCI™ With Advanced Physical Skills training.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention®
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® (NCI™) provides your staff with the skills to safely recognize and respond to everyday crisis situations that may involve more challenging behaviors. NCI™ training is designed to help you achieve compliance with current legislative initiatives and best practices.
Available as a blended (Online & In-Person) Instructor Certification Program.
Program Features & Benefits:
- Safety interventions and disengagement techniques for escalating risk behaviors.
- Limit-setting strategies when verbally intervening to de-escalate defensive behaviors.
- Recognize opportunities for post-crisis learning.
- The effects of trauma and the psychology of the brain on the person in crisis as well as the responding individual.
- Person-centered to help ensure a consistently inclusive and culturally sensitive approach to a person displaying crisis behavior.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® With Advanced Physical Skills
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® With Advanced Physical Skills (APS) equips your staff with the decision-making skills needed to confidently assess and address risk in the face of complex behaviors. It combines verbal intervention strategies and restrictive interventions with advanced physical skills for the highest-risk scenarios. Instructors can customize training to each staff member’s individual risk level.
Available as a blended (Online, Live Virtual & In-Person) Instructor Certification Program.
Program Features & Benefits:
- Safe and advanced deceleration, disengagement, and physical intervention techniques for situations involving dangerous behaviors.
- Intervene in high- and medium-risk situations that don’t require advanced skills.
- Safety interventions and disengagement techniques for escalating risk behaviors.
- Limit-setting strategies when verbally intervening to de-escalate defensive behaviors.
- Recognize opportunities for post-crisis learning.
- The effects of trauma and the psychology of the brain on the person in crisis as well as the responding individual.
- Person-centered to help ensure a consistently inclusive and culturally sensitive approach to a person displaying crisis behavior.
Suicide Prevention Training
The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk screening through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask.
The Columbia Lighthouse Project offers numerous FREE training options for individuals and systems in more than 20 languages. The shortest training takes about 20 minutes, and almost all of them can be completed within an hour. Trainings are not setting specific. Choose the method that works best for you.at this link:
https://cssrs.columbia.edu/training/training-options/