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Training Format

Pro-ACT ^® Certification for In-Service Instructors
Four-day instructor certification in teaching principles related to
assault crises, including crisis de-escalation and evasion.

What happens when the primary plan breaks down and a client becomes dangerous?
Distinguishing between obnoxious behavior and dangerous behavior

Purpose: What does our organization do to promote safe alternatives to assaultive behavior?
Focusing on understanding and meeting client needs rather than stopping behavior

Professionalism: What brought me to and what keeps me at my job?
Using the self as “tool” by choosing a positive and professional attitude

Preparation: Am I physically and mentally prepared to work with potentially dangerous people?
Reducing avoidable risks in your attire, mobility, knowledge of precautions,
observation,and self-control

Identifying Triggers and Alternatives: Can I influence client outcomes?
Using multiple models such as stress, development, communication, environment, and basic needs to promote safe alternatives

Response: Does our response match the level of injury threatened?
A framework for determining response
Crisis de-escalation and physical evasion

Documentation and Debriefing: Can we learn from our intervention failures?
Describing rather than interpreting client behavior
A framework for evaluating outcomes

Professional Assault Crisis Training In-Service Instructor Certification

Days 1 & 2: Participants are instructed in the Basic Course material that they will be certified to teach upon successful completion of the four-day Training of In-Service Instructors Course.

Day 3: Principles of Adult Learning and Preparation for Practice Teaching

Day 4: Participants Practice Teaching and Feedback

Pro-ACT^® Restraint Certification for In-Service Instructors

An additional one-day certification for teaching the principles of restraint
All of the above training plus: Principles and precautions related to manual restraint, seclusion, mechanical restraint, and psychopharmacologic intervention.

Professional Assault Crisis Training In-Service Instructor - Restraint Certification
is available for those individuals who have successfully completed the four-day Training of In-Service Instructors and who work in facilities where restraint is used. Participants must attend the full day to receive certification. No exceptions can be made. Dress code remains as above.

Certification as a Professional Assault Crisis Training In-Service Instructor-Restraint Certification is dependent upon successful completion of the additional one-day course. The certification both entitles and restricts the trainer to teach in the agency in which he or she is employed. The Restraint Certification is only available to those employees who have completed the Basic 16-hour course.

Days 1 through 4 will be as indicated above
Day 5: Morning: Principles, precautions, and practice in the use of manual restraints.
Afternoon: Practice Teaching

This class is always conducted on the fifth day immediately following the four-day Professional Assault Crisis Training for In-Service Instructors and must be taken consecutively.

Contracted Classes – Training in Your Location

Organizations interested in arranging either a Pro-ACT^® Basic Course or a Pro-ACT^® Training of In-Service Instructors for their organization are welcome to contact the Pro-ACT^® office at the address or phone number listed below or by sending an e-mail to proact@cox.net for specific information.

Pro-ACT, Inc.^®
P.O. Box 5979
San Clemente, CA 92674-5979

Phone: 949-489-5700
Fax: 949-489-5720

Who should be Pro-ACT^® certified?

The answer is determined by each individual agency or organization. Many choose to train and certify all of their personnel, while others limit certification to those persons with direct care responsibilities. In some situations, regulatory bodies clearly define requirements for training.

Since the development of the Pro-ACT^® principles more than 30 years ago, professionals who have been trained include, but are not limited to, child and youth care workers, recreation therapists, nurses, nurses' aides, psychiatric technicians, mental health workers, teachers, teachers aides, administrators, security personnel, corrections officers, social workers, psychologists, and physicians

Anyone working in a treatment setting where there is a potential for violent behavior is a qualified candidate for Pro-ACT^® certification.

CEU's – Continuing Education Credit

Professional Assault Crisis Training In-Service Instructor Certification
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #14521; by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, provider #3772; and by the California Community Care Licensing - Administrator Certification Section, for up to 28 contact hours (7 contact hours per day).

Professional Assault Crisis Training In-Service Instructor - Restraint Certification
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #14521; by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, provider #3772; and by the California Community Care Licensing - Administrator Certification Section, for up to 7 contact hours.