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| Type | Synopsis | Region | Link/Contacts |
| Course Certificate Train-the-Trainer |
Professional Assault Crisis Training (Pro-ACT) This performance-centered workshop presents a comprehensive, systematic approach to managing assaultive behavior. Topics include distinguishing between obnoxious and dangerous behavior, discerning the motivation behind the behavior, creating acceptable alternative behaviors responding to the level of injury threatened, Participants learn preparation, identification, response and recording skills for working with potentially assaultive clients. Contact the organization to find a certified instructor in your area. | Provincial | Click to visit website |
| Course | SIVA: Supporting Individuals Through Valued Attachments: A Proactive Safety Management Evaluation must first be conducted to understand the behaviour and establish a baseline of risk and a guideline for care, and the program builds on this. Also teaches Compassion Fatigue and Critical Incident Reporting. | Provincial | Click to visit website |
| Certificate Course |
DAV (De-escalating Aggression & Violence) This is a hands off approach that focuses on verbal de-escalation skills and evasion techniques and safe escapes. First Response focuses on understanding off how to respond to a crisis individual suffering with either suicide ideation or self harming behaviour. |
Red Deer 1- 2 days 1 day |
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| Workshop Course Train-the-Trainer |
NonViolent Crisis Intervention - CPI - Educating, Empowering, and Enriching CPI is an international training organization committed to best practices and safe behavior management methods that focus on prevention. Through a variety of specialized offerings and innovative resources, CPI educates and empowers professionals to create safe and respectful work environments. This enables professionals to enrich not only their own lives, but also the lives of the individuals they serve. The cornerstone of CPI is the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® program, which is considered the worldwide standard for crisis prevention and intervention training. With a core philosophy of providing for the Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM of everyone involved in a crisis situation, the program’s proven strategies give human service providers and educators the skills to safely and effectively respond to anxious, hostile, or violent behavior while balancing the responsibilities of care. | Provincial | Click to visit website |
| Train-the-Trainer | MANDT can help you and your organization reduce, if not eliminate, workplace violence by learning how to "support people, not just their behaviors". To do this, organizations must first build healthy relationships. | Provincial | Click to visit website |
| Training | Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute has a wide selection of webinars, in-service opportunities and public workshops. | Provincial | Click to visit website |
| Workshop | Excel Academy offers professional development in Strategies for Behaviour Management, Suicide Intervention, and Crisis Prevention. | Edmonton | Matthew Rolheiser, Registrar Excel Academy Phone: (780) 441 7999 Fax: (780) 421 7563 Email: info@excelacademy.ca |