As I wrote about in a recent blog post, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) strategies and our Nonviolent Crisis Intervention^® training program are very closely related. Though a Certified Instructor's primary role is to teach Nonviolent Crisis Intervention^® content, Instructors whose organizations support the PBIS framework tell us that by integrating Nonviolent Crisis Intervention^® training into PBIS strategies, positive change is more likely to occur.... Read more »

This past month, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its anniversary, commemorating 20 years since it came into existence on July 26, 1990. To honor this special milestone, I'd like to take a minute to remind us all of the tremendous impact that the ADA has made on the lives of many individuals in our country over the years.... Read more »

If you have watched the news recently, you've heard about the shootings at Hartford Distributors, Inc., a Budweiser beer wholesaler in Hartford, Connecticut. Omar Thornton, an employee who was asked to resign or else be fired after he was caught stealing from the company, went on a shooting rampage, killing eight people, and then himself.Read more »

For those of you who may not be aware, CPI provides services to communities in other areas besides training. We have been invited to participate in many conferences and committees and we are always happy to lend our years of experience in safe behavior management to those who need it.Read more »

CPI has launched a new website, considerably easier to use and function-rich, especially for CPI's Certified Instructors. This website was almost a year in the making, with extensive input from you, our customers, to generate the perfect "look and feel" of our company on the web. There’s only one goal for the website—to get you what you need, quickly and easily. That's it.... Read more »

Summer is flying by quickly, and before you know it, kids will be heading back to school again. As you know, here at CPI we offer a variety of different resources to help educators keep students safe.Read more »

By now, many of you have probably heard something about the new legislation intended to monitor and limit the use of restraint and seclusion in schools.Read more »

For our Canadian friends, the deadline for employers to meet the new requirements for Ontario Bill 168 is quickly approaching. I know many of you are working hard to make sure you’re prepared for these changes.Read more »

A new alert just published by the Joint Commission reports that the rate of hospital violence is on the rise. I think this is a frightening thought, considering that most people think of hospitals as a place to heal and to cure illness.Read more »

Earlier this week we hosted a webinar on Positive Behavior Support and are pleased to say that we had over 1,000 registrants sign up to attend! This certainly speaks to why Positive Behavior Support is such an important focus area for us here at CPI.... Read more »