Through participation in the CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention program, participants will learn to identify different behavior levels that an agitated individual may experience from anxiety to a physically aggressive crisis situation. Through the CPI framework, you will learn proactive strategies for prevention, de-escalation strategies for low-level behaviors, safety intervention techniques for aggressive behavior, and steps to facilitate restorative conversations and team debrief sessions.
Through participation in the CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention program, participants will learn to identify different behavior levels that an agitated individual may experience from anxiety to a physically aggressive crisis situation. Through the CPI framework, you will learn proactive strategies for prevention, de-escalation strategies for low-level behaviors, safety intervention techniques for aggressive behavior, and steps to facilitate restorative conversations and team debrief sessions.
This course contains a section that requires physical training, casual clothing & gym shoes are recommended.
Due to this being a certification training we are unable to accommodate anyone who is 20 minutes late or anyone who requests to leave early. If you are unable to be present for the entire session, please consider looking at a date that best suits your schedule.
Outcomes: By the end of this training participants will:
- Learn how to respond to various levels of crisis behaviors.
- Understand how to keep your behavior consistent and calm in order to encourage a positive outcome in a crisis situation.
- Learn strategies to strengthen nonverbal communication.
- Develop limit-setting strategies when verbally intervening to de-escalate defensive behaviors.
- Learn safety intervention strategies to maximize safety and minimize harm.
- Explore the Decision-Making MatrixSM when assessing Risk Behavior.
- Explore the Physical Skills Review Framework and key legal and professional considerations when using restrictive interventions.
- Practice non-restrictive and restrictive interventions that are consistent with a set of physiological principles.
- Explore a framework to help guide staff and the individuals in distress through a process of re-establishing the relationship.
Who Should Attend: This course is geared towards all faculty and staff. The program will help build familiar language and strategies to use with any individual who may experience any challenges or agitation throughout the school day.
The Initial training is for anyone who has not had the training last school year.
Satisfactory completion requirements:
- Attendance is based on your signature in and out of the session. Failure to provide a signature in and out will result in no credit.
- Participants are expected to attend the entire session to earn credit.
- Participants are required to complete and turn in a test at the end of the session.
- Participants must complete an electronic course evaluation within two weeks of the session date to be sent a certificate.
- Accommodations, questions and complaints can be directed to: professionallearning@truenorth804.org
Cost Information: Participation fees are waived for TrueNorth employees and TrueNorth member district employees.
Cancellation and Refund Information: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advance notice to open the spot for another person. TrueNorth reserves the right to cancel any session due to low enrollment. TrueNorth does not charge prior to the start of the offered session. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up the individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
About the Presenters:
Kelli Hunt, TrueNorth Coach; Jennifer Wagrowski, TrueNorth Coach; and Sheena Watterson, TrueNorth Learning Coordinator.
Financial Disclosure: Kelli Hunt, Jennifer Wagrowski, and Sheena Watterson are employees of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Kelli Hunt and Sheena Watterson are Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Certified Instructors and are collaborating with CPI around program development. They do not receive payment for their collaboration with CPI.
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*Member Districts include:
Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
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