Delivered at your venue, this course includes: recognising behaviours of distress, why some people exhibit it, how to avoid it and some easy strategies to deal with it.
The course covers the following areas:
- Understanding anger, aggression and violence
- Recognising fear and how it affects actions
- Identifying ‘What are behaviours of distress?’
- Avoiding behaviours of distress
- Understanding how fear affects the body when faced with the need to use defensive skills
- Recognising signs of escalation
- Using communication skills to de-escalate a situation
- Understanding what is meant by the term ‘reasonable force’
- Practice effective disengagement and breakaway techniques
Course information
- One day course
- All delegates successfully completing the course will receive a certificate.
- Refresher training should be completed annually.
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