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CPI History
The Crisis Prevention Institute—A
History of Promoting Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM
For nearly 30 years, CPI has been dedicated to creating
crisis prevention and intervention training and resources to support
the work of helping professionals and those whom they serve. Since
the company's inception, and now in its third decade, CPI remains
on the forefront of critical issues and best practices in behavior
management—based on its founding philosophy of providing Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM for everyone involved in a crisis moment.
CPI was established in 1980 for human service professionals to
address the need for training in safe, respectful, noninvasive
methods for managing disruptive and assaultive behavior that are
compatible with staff's duty to provide the best possible care.
The foundation program
CPI's foundation program, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training,
was developed during the 1970s. The company's co-founder's human
service experience and background in kinesics, physiology, and
communication contributed to the development of an innovative,
holistic system for defusing escalating behavior. Understanding
effective communication and human physiology during aggressive
moments, along with the core philosophy of maintaining Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM, provided a balance in behavior management
that was unique at that time.
Since 1980, more than 5.4 million human service professionals around
the globe have participated in the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention®
training program to learn its proven strategies for safely resolving
situations when confronted by anxious, hostile, or violent behavior,
while still protecting the therapeutic relationships with those
in their care.
Ongoing commitment
Today, the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® program
is known worldwide for its behavior management best practices and is
recognized as the international standard for crisis prevention and intervention
training. CPI is committed to continuing its research, support,
and delivery of the highest quality behavior management training
and resources and to serving as a positive change agent for helping
professionals and the individuals in their care.
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