Crisis Intervention Training.
Below is a list of available courses that we can bring to your own organization for a fixed, all-inclusive fee, no matter where you are. All of the training automatically carries APT accreditation with it, backed by the weight of over 150,000 professionals have attended APT's mental health training since foundation in 1981.
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Crisis Intervention: Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Effective Intervention.
A 3-day course for Mental Health Professionals working Remotely or In-Person.
When we work in crisis, assessment, risk assessment / management, and intervention are inextricably bound up with each other. You cannot intervene effectively unless you have assessed the situation. But equally, you cannot just assess a crisis situation and ‘walk away’ – that will likely inflame it and make it worse. And we must operate by whatever channel is available - in crisis we cannot insist on ‘face to face only’ or phone only or anything else; people in crisis cannot tolerate that. So this course aims to provide the complete package: how to intervene successfully in crises, by whatever channel you work from.
The Assessment and Risk Assessment of Children & Adolescents in Crisis.™
A 3-day course. (2-day version also available.)
Using existing clinical skills and Davies's structured interview.
Assessing adolescents and children in crisis settings often causes professionals a lot of concern. They wonder whether they have the necessary skills, they are concerned about the potential volatility of the situation, they are unfamiliar with having another adult (the parent) present and concerned, they are not sure about consent and confidentiality issues, and they are not completely sure what their role is: assessment, risk-assessment, management, or what?
SFT Essentials (Solution-Focused Therapy).
A 3-day course.
An approach to problems that is fundamentally positive and comes as a breath of fresh air to professionals and clients alike.
Another of APT's top courses, this aims to introduce you to the principles of SFT / SFBT in a way that gives you a firm grasp of them and enables you to use them in a safe and helpful way. You should become at home with the approach which is often seen as a 'breath of fresh air' both to client and professional, looking for and finding effective solutions for problems, rather than being sucked further and further into the problem itself.
Aggressive-Behavior Control: The ABC Course.™
A 2-day course. (1-day version also available.)
Powerful non-physical techniques for handling aggression and violence in the least restrictive way.
Whether you simply want to be effective in controlling aggression or whether your focus is on least restrictive approaches, this course is for you. The 'original' of courses on the least restrictive management of aggression it has been attended by thousands of professionals. Providing the foundation knowledge on how and why anger and aggression develop, it shows: how to prevent aggressive and violent incidents (both to oneself and others), key techniques for responding to an actively aggressive or violent person, and what to do after an incident has been resolved. Everything you need to know about least restrictive responses to anger, aggression and violence.
Least restrictive practice: Training courses for working with disturbed and challenging behaviour, including aggression and violence.
Including RAID®, PBS (Positive Behavior Support), de-escalation, anger management, and debriefing. For professionals working to achieve safe wards, safe homes, and safety for everyone.
