CPI was acquired by Brockway Moran & Partners (BMP), a private equity firm in Boca Raton, FL, on November 18, 2011. CPI was previously owned by another private equity firm, The Riverside Company.

According to CPI CEO Tony Jace, “We are excited about our newly formed partnership with Brockway Moran & Partners and the significant financial and strategic support they will offer us going forward. Our core objective, which is training professionals to provide the best care to those most vulnerable in our society, continues to be of utmost importance to our customers. BMP will play a critical role in fulfilling CPI’s commitment to provide professionals with the skills and techniques they need to better serve their customers.”

“We will continue to provide our customers across the globe with the training and resources they have appreciated for the past 30 years, and we are proud to be partnered with a private equity firm that shares its interest in promoting the CPI philosophy,” said Jace.

CPI is the standard-setting provider of behavior management training that equips employees to have an immediate, tangible, and lasting positive impact on the people and organizations they serve. Through a variety of specialized offerings, CPI training empowers professionals with a set of practical actions they can apply both in and out of the workplace.

Since 1980, more than six million professionals worldwide—from organizational leaders to direct care staff—have participated in CPI programs and learned proven strategies for safely responding to challenging behavior in schools, libraries, hospitals, care facilities, government agencies, mental and behavioral health settings, and a variety of business environments.