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General
11 March, 2022 Why choose CPI training?

Blog | Just some of the reasons to choose CPI training and become a CPI Certified Instructor / trainer whether you work in education, healthcare or social care.

Education
16 November, 2022 How CPI training enabled a consistent approach to behaviour at Borilla Kindergarten
Health Care
24 October, 2022 Case Study: Auckland District Health Board
General
28 July, 2022 CPI’s Top 10 De-Escalation Tips Revisited

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Recent Blogs

General
24 March, 2023 Language Matters: Why it's important to choose your words carefully
Blog | CPI trainer Laura West looks at why it's important that we, specifically when talking about neurodiversity, try and make the right choice of words and terms.
General
24 February, 2023 Why be a Global Professional Instructor?
Blog | One of our Global Professional Instructors based in Australia, Paula Elliot, talks about her role, what she likes about it and what it's like working for CPI within the training team.
General
14 February, 2023 Reasons to be a Certified Instructor and the train-the-trainer model
Blog | One of CPI's Global Professional Instructors in Australia, Paula Elliot, knows first-hand the importance of organisations, wherever they are in the world, having a Certified Instructor and the benefits of CPI's train-the-trainer model.
Health Care
02 February, 2023 My first encounter with Clinical Holding training
Blog | Global Professional Instructor Huw Lloyd writes about his experiences, from his perspective as a CPI trainer, of his first encounter with our Clinical Holding training.
General
01 February, 2023 Depression, anxiety and children's mental health

Blog | Francis Florencio reflects on the importance of children and young people’s mental health as we head into Children's Mental Health Week.

Health Care
13 January, 2023 INTERVIEW: Dianna Smith McCue Speech Pathologist at WCHN
Dianna Smith McCue talks about her experiences with CPI training and how she brought it to the Department for Education, Department for Child Protection, Centacare, Anglicare, Life Without Barriers and many other non-government agencies in South Australia.
General
04 January, 2023 Let’s consider trauma
Blog | CPI Global Professional Manager Susy McCleery looks at trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences and how we can support and understand those who have experienced them.
Education
04 January, 2023 Beyond the Student: How Educators Can Help Alleviate Parental Anxiety
Blog | Educators play a key role in helping children re-acclimatise to the classroom. But post-pandemic, there is a growing need for them to help alleviate parental anxiety around school transitions too.
Education
16 November, 2022 How CPI training enabled a consistent approach to behaviour at Borilla Kindergarten

CASE STUDY | We interviewed Jenny Finlay from Borilla Community Kindergarten Queensland to find out more about how CPI training reduced dangerous behaviour and boosted staff morale.

General
16 November, 2022 From MAPA to Safety & Verbal Intervention
Guidance for those making the transition from MAPA to CPI's Safety and / or Verbal Intervention training programmes.
Health Care
24 October, 2022 Case Study: Auckland District Health Board
Case Study | We interviewed Sue Ramsay from Auckland District Health Board to find out more about how CPI training programmes provide strategies and techniques for all healthcare professionals.
General
05 October, 2022 Making your mental health a priority
Blog | Our Global Professional Instructor Katharine Sell explores the importance of making your own mental health a priority amidst a cost of living crisis and other factors.
General
28 July, 2022 CPI’s Top 10 De-Escalation Tips Revisited
CPI's top ten de-escalation tips are everyday strategies for crisis prevention and a way of seeing humanity as full of potential, not hopelessly problematic.
Dementia Care
03 June, 2022 A Proactive Approach to Avoiding Difficult Behaviours in Dementia
Telling someone they can’t do something, or talking to them in a certain tone, will only escalate an issue. Here’s how to reduce problems.
Dementia Care
03 June, 2022 Caring for Dementia: The Where and the Who
Our CPI dementia specialist Kim Warchol in the US looks at the best ways for caring for those living with dementia.
Dementia Care
03 June, 2022 New: Dementia Capable Care
CPI's new Dementia Capable Care training programme is based on an enriched model of care and support.
Education
08 April, 2022 Add Classroom Design to Your Behaviour Management Toolkit
Bridging collaborative classroom design elements with CPI behaviour management techniques.
General
11 March, 2022 How to make sure your training benefits everyone
CPI trainer Simon Rogers looks at some of the useful tools trainers can use to ensure their style of training suits and benefits everyone.
General
11 March, 2022 Why choose CPI training?
Blog | Just some of the reasons to choose CPI training and become a CPI Certified Instructor / trainer whether you work in education, healthcare or social care.
Human Services
21 August, 2020 INTERVIEW: Richard Parson - Community Living New Zealand
Interview with Richard Parson regarding MAPA and Community living in New Zealand.
General
29 April, 2020 COVID-19 Update
A COVID update from CPI regardingquestions to Frontline health and social care staff
General
31 March, 2020 COVID-19 and the use of physical interventions
COVID-19 Message from Martyn Dadds MD of CPI International offering guidance to Certificated instructors.
General
31 March, 2020 THINK Before You Speak, PAUSE Before You Act

A blog about Thinking before you speak and choosing your words carefully.

General
23 March, 2020 Tell us your success story
A short blog inviting you to tell us your success stories of CPI training.
General
23 March, 2020 Why Renewals and Refreshers Are Important for You and Your Staff
Why Renewals and Refreshers are important for yourself and your staff in your organisation.
General
22 March, 2020 How to get the support you need after training
A guide on how to get support you may require after undertaking CPI training, and the approaches you can administer in your organisation. 
General
22 March, 2020 How to Avoid Power Struggles
A blog on how to avoid power struggles that can occur. Guest authored by Terry Vittone. 
Education
17 March, 2020 Case Study: Our Lady of La Vang
A case study of Our lady of La Vang, a school that provides specialist education for students with intellectual disabilities
Education
13 January, 2020 Ravenswood School: How MAPA® & Pivotal MAPA® helped us to change
A case study of Ravenswood School and how MAPA and Pivotal MAPA helped them, Co-written by Mark Senior.
General
13 May, 2019 Understanding the Importance of Integrated Experience
The Integrated Experience is defined as the way behaviour impacts behaviour—how my behavioural choices can impact yours. CPI training emphasises that to positively inform this Integrated Experience, you must understand that the only behaviour you can control is your own.
28 November, 2018 How to Avoid Power Struggles
General
09 May, 2018 Setting Limits: Solutions Beyond Words
The powerful limit setting techniques found in the MAPA® programme will help you avoid and de-escalate crisis situations.
General
16 April, 2018 Debriefing Techniques: How to Use Them for Prevention
Debriefing techniques are vital for a violence-free workplace. Learn how MAPA® training can give you the consistent results that you need.
General
20 September, 2017 De-Escalation Tip of the Day: Use Nonthreatening Nonverbals
De-Escalation Tip of the Day regarding Non verbal communication
Dementia Care
02 April, 2015 10 Essential Self-Care Tips for Dementia Caregivers
Caregiving can be physically and emotionally depleting, but there are ways to maintain your health and rejuvenate your spirit.
Health Care
13 November, 2013 Patient Safety and Staff Safety: Why they are intertwined
When we talk about finding real solutions to workplace violence, we tend to lose sight of the violence that hospital employees deal with daily.
General
29 May, 2013 6 Effective Verbal Intervention Strategies
How can you intervene with challenging student behavior? Get tips for safe, respectful, and effective verbal intervention.
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