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De-escalating a potentially dangerous person is a skill needed by anyone in the criminal
justice or mental health field. Whether learning to deal with difficult people in public or utilizing advanced verbal skils to de-escalate a violent person FSS has the most up to date trainings. Training includes assessing threats, recognizing mental illness, communication techniques, active listening, rapport building, and influencing behaviors. FSS also trains Law Enforcement Personnel in Emotional Intelligence including recognizing your own emotions, controlling your emotions, recognizing others’ emotions and influencing others’ behaviors as well as situational awareness.
Dealing with Difficult People
A primer on dealing with those difficult personalities. Aimed at intermediate level personnel who deal with difficult people in public settings and not necessarily people in crisis. (1 to 2 hours)
Crisis Communication Skills (MPOETC Certified)
This course teaches the verbal and emotional skills necessary to recognize and deescalate an emotional crisis. It reviews the basics of communications including barriers and fixes, teaches the differences between typical and crisis communication styles, stabilizing the fight or flight response, and rerouting triggered emotional scripts. The course will use role plays to learn active listening and introduces the FBI Behavioral Stairway Model of De-escalation. (3 hours)
Introduction to Crisis De-escalation (MPOETC Certified)
This course will use concepts from Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Communications, and Active Listening to assist officers in controlling their own crisis reactions, recognize others’ reactions, and use techniques to have influence over their behaviors. The class explains the FBI Behavioral Change Staircase Model in de-escalating crisis situations. (3 hours)
Advanced Verbal Skills of De-escalation
This course addresses the skills needed to recognize and de-escalate more intense crises when dealing with issues related to impairments including Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, Developmental Delays and those on the Autism Spectrum. It will discuss more complex verbal techniques including Assertive Interventions, Dealing with Resistance, Collaboration and Problem solving. Role Plays are used throughout. (3 hours)
Developing Emotional Intelligence for Law Enforcement
This course teaches Police the skills needed to achieve the 5 Incident Related Competencies of Emotional Intelligence. This includes 1. An awareness of your emotions; 2. Control of your emotions; 3. Recognizing others’ emotional responses; 4. Using that knowledge to influence their behaviors and; 5. Having Situational Awareness. (2 to 4 hours)