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CPI training programs provide strategies and techniques for all levels of health care professionals from doctors and nurses to intake coordinators.
These strategies and techniques focus on the Care, Welfare, Safety, and SecuritySM of staff and the patients in their care with evidence-based de-escalation and crisis prevention approaches.
Learn more about our variety of training options and how they can equip your staff to ensure effective delivery of health care.
Verbal Intervention™ Training is for health care roles interested in a non-physical approach to intervention. This training focuses on de-escalation strategies resulting in safe, non-restrictive interventions. Trauma, Mental Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder course options available.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training provides staff with the skills needed to safely de-escalate crisis situations through either restrictive or non-restrictive interventions. Trauma, Mental Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder course options available.
Staff learn safe and advanced disengagement and physical intervention techniques for situations involving dangerous behaviors and gain the ability to intervene in situations that don’t require these advanced skills. Trauma, Mental Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder course options available.
Prevention First™ Online Training is designed to provide health care staff with a general awareness of verbal interventions, while gaining a better understanding of the five stages of a crisis.
Dr. Sally Gillam Saint David’s South Medical Center in Austin, TX
We provide a variety of certification renewal options for Certified Instructors, including specialized programs for staff working with individuals on the autism spectrum, dealing with mental health issues, or impacted by trauma.
Improved de-escalation skills and overall safety
94% of health care organizations saw CPI training improve staff de-escalation and overall safety.
Reported a reduction in restraint
54% of facilities reported a reduction in restraint by 50-100% since implementing CPI training.
Reduced challenging behaviors
60% of facilities have reduced challenging behaviors by 30% to greater than 50% since implementing CPI training.