Whether you're looking to renew or enhance your certification or embarking on the path to becoming a Certified Instructor, Conference is the perfect opportunity to do so! This premier event is designed to nurture your professional development and honor your commitment to fostering safe and supportive work environments for all.
While attending the training sessions is optional, remember that the chance to renew your certification post-Conference occurs just once every two years! According to feedback from previous participants, the on-site Conference training provides the best opportunity to network with peers.
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Brush up on your de-escalation skills in Nashville. We will offer our three foundational training programs—Verbal Intervention™, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention®, and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® With Advanced Physical Skills—as in-person, instructor-led certifications/recertifications or renewals at Conference. Through our train-the-trainer framework, we will prepare you with the knowledge and confidence to train your team back home.
Give your staff the essential skills to identify, respond to, and prevent low-risk crisis behavior with non-restrictive (hands-off) intervention techniques.
Certification: Wednesday, July 9 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Renewal: Wednesday, July 9 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Prepare your staff to effectively prevent and de-escalate medium- to high-risk behavior using both restrictive and non-restrictive methods.
Certification: Wednesday, July 9 – Friday, July 11 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
Renewal: Wednesday, July 9 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Train your staff in Verbal Intervention™ and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® alongside Advanced Physical Skills. Equip your staff with vital problem-solving and decision-making skills to recognize the level of risk and apply the most appropriate verbal and/or physical intervention methods.
Certification: Wednesday, July 9 – Friday, July 11 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
Renewal: Wednesday, July 9 – Thursday, July 10 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
Upgrade: Wednesday, July 9 – Thursday, July 10 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
“This was by far one of the best conferences I have ever attended! I met so many interesting people who shared my passion.”
Suzanna Leone
Special Education Coordinator, Washington Local Schools
Based on your staff’s roles and the individuals they serve, our specialty topics—Trauma, Mental Health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—are available as customizable supplements to our foundational programs.
Specialty topic programs and renewals will be offered as online, on-demand courses after Conference.
Equip your staff with the skills to recognize trauma’s effects on behavior while embracing a trauma-informed approach to support those in their care.
Provide your staff with a framework for preventing, de escalating, and safely responding to crisis behavior through a mental health lens.
Give your team an understanding of ASD characteristics and how to safely apply proactive intervention strategies.
“Speaking with other Certified Instructors and CPI staff members in a personal setting was wonderful. I learned so much.”
Angela Martindale, PhD
Continuous Quality Improvement Officer, Green County Behavioral Health Services
Attending an add-on training program at Conference gives you the opportunity to earn continuing education units (CEUs).
CPI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.
