On a recent jog (a short run, I may add) I came across one of those iconic moments of spring—a doe standing over her recently born fawn that had yet to stand up for the first time.

It startled me and it obviously also startled the doe, who eyed me warily as I passed just a few feet in front of her. After the initial rush, I had the chance to reflect on the fact that in our own lives there are events that will forever change how we approach daily living. It also struck me how quickly we absorb these events and integrate them, sometimes forgetting the initial ‘burn’ of the moment.

At CPI, we hear on a daily basis about how CPI training has transformed a person’s life, either as an instructor, a participant taking the training, or as a person benefiting from their caregiver as a result of our training. A few recent examples are:

• A therapist on the East Coast who attended our Dementia Care Specialists training relayed how it had re-ignited the passion she has to care for her patients and focus on the person inside. She shared how her patients have responded with deeper interaction, communicative abilities, and emotion as a result.
• The teacher in northern Quebec, who finally established a trust with a particularly difficult student that now endures months instead of days.
• A hotel security guard on the West Coast who provided multiple cases of de-escalation that quickly restored harmony and maintained the serenity of the luxury hotel.

Think about the first time you attended training, the first time you applied the skills, and the “a-ha” moment that it brought to you. I know most of you by now have fully embedded these skills into your daily lives, but it sometimes helps to re-orient and re-establish the passion when you think about how far you (and CPI) have come.

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