Workshops

Amy Ali, Global Professional Instructor

This session will focus on expanding confidence and considerations around the setup, execution, and debriefing of Critical Thinking Scenarios and Realistic Applications. From organization-specific role plays to medical emergencies, participants will use the workbook and Instructor Guide to maximize safety, learning, and staff preparedness in Safety Interventions.

Brad Jones, Global Professional Instructor

Discuss how trust, rapport, and understanding can create a supportive and safe environment for the individuals you serve. Explore what safety looks like for different individuals, including those with mental health disorders. This session provides practical, everyday strategies to help create a feeling of safety for those you serve.

Bryana Ruger, Training and Development Consultant

Explore evidence-based strategies for supporting Autistic individuals and discuss various considerations and how to tailor strategies for adults. This session is intended for Certified Instructors working in environments where they may have limited knowledge of the individuals they support.

Colleen Miner, Training and Development Consultant

Effective crisis prevention training is crucial for providing continuity of care in educational settings. This session focuses on the importance of training consistency and fidelity across all school roles, from bus drivers to administrators. Learn how to adapt CPI trainings to various roles to ensure all employees are equipped to prevent and manage crises.

Jodie Fairbank, Global Professional Instructor

This session will focus on how to establish a behavioral baseline for individuals unfamiliar to the staff. Learn how to incorporate CPI communication principles within a trauma-informed, person-centered care framework. Use case studies from health care, human services, and education to reinforce these principles and enhance understanding.

Angela Broadwell, Global Professional Instructor

Discover the value of simulations in increasing organizational success. Improve staff responses during complex situations by designing simulations that match daily challenges. In this session, you will create a simulation to implement in your training and gain pro tips to maximize their value.

Lili Botbyl, Global Professional Instructor

Rational Detachment is a key skill for managing behavior and attitudes during a crisis. This session explores how rational detachment shifts with staff experiencing burnout. Understand burnout, establish the importance of therapeutic rapport, and use rational detachment as a preventative and debriefing tool.

Dana Pelke, Global Professional Instructor

Make a long-lasting impact with your training by facilitating culture change and buy-in within your organization. This session provides tools and tips to continue promoting culture change and engagement after formal training is complete.

Shari Carlson, Global Professional Instructor

Learn how to use relationship-building strategies to facilitate impactful training. Based on Dale Carnegie’s principles from "How to Win Friends and Influence People," this session highlights how to apply these practices within your training without detracting from critical content. In this session, you will build skills to use engagement strategies, develop trust, and enhance your training effectiveness.

Sydney Gahnz, Training and Development Consultant

This session will explore key neuroscience principles that shape human behavior. Learn about the upstairs and downstairs brain, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, mirror neurons, and neuroplasticity and understand how these principles influence behavior, decision-making, and emotional responses in both the workplace and everyday interactions.