De-Escalation Training & Crisis Prevention

Safety-Care® & Handle With Care: A Clear, Factual Comparison

Prevention-first, behavior-analytic training that strengthens staff decision-making and fluency, reducing restraints and injuries through skills grounded in behavioral science and built for real-world environments.

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Proven Results That Set Safety-Care Apart

Safety-Care is designed to reduce incidents, injuries, and restraint use with documented outcomes across real-world settings, while comparable programs offer limited publicly available results.

275,000+
Staff Certified Annually
3,700+
Active Customer
Organizations
12,500+
Active Safety-Care® Trainers
70%

Reduction in hours spent in seclusion

58%

Reduction in hours spent in restraint

57%

Reduction in staff-related injuries

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Results from participating organizations. Methodology available on request. Results vary by setting and implementation.

Comparing Safety-Care & Handle With Care

 
Safety-Care
Handle With Care
Trainers
✅ Master Trainers are BCBAs
Not behavior analyst led
Outcomes
✅ Documented reductions, data-driven outcomes
Limited published outcome data
Training Cost
$2,599 for Trainer training
✅ $1,825 for Trainer training
Recertification Cost
$899
✅ $625
Trainer-to-Participant Ratio
✅ 1:10 Maximum in Trainer training
Up to 1:20 — less individualized skill development
Foundation
✅ Behavioral science (ABA/PBIS), trauma-informed care
General crisis management; limited behavior-analytic foundation
Philosophy
✅ Prevention-first, dignity-centered, least-restrictive
Crisis response emphasis; reactive orientation
Membership Fee
No membership fee
No membership fee
Instruction
✅ Scenario-based, errorless, fluency mastery
Skills-based; physical and verbal instruction
Initial Training
3 days
3 days
Training Materials
Included
Included
School-Age Curriculum
✅ Dedicated curriculum available
No dedicated school-age curriculum
Family Curriculum
✅ Dedicated curriculum available
No dedicated family curriculum
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Make Your Comparison On What Matters

If you're evaluating Handle With Care, the key question is whether your program is designed primarily for crisis response — or for reducing the need for crisis response through prevention, behavioral science, and least-restrictive practice. Safety-Care teaches staff why behavior occurs and how to address it proactively, producing consistent, measurable results that hold up across diverse teams and settings.

Trusted By Over 3,400 Organizations
Across The U.S. And Canada

“I don't know that I could effectively run these programs without Safety-Care. As long as I am working here, I will be supporting its use.”

Katy Rabenold

Special Education Supervisor/Enhanced Autism Program, Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21

Safety-Care is broadly generalizable in a way that other training programs are not.

Alex Kishbaugh

BeaverBrook Step

I'm so thankful we can equip our clinicians to be safe. I think that is a monumental thing. And you deserve to feel safe.

Kate Lundgren

Owner & OT, Cutting Edge Pediatric & Adult Therapy

At Highland Pines, we’re all invested. Our teachers take ownership of the behaviors. Safety-Care works because we’re all invested. We’re invested in the students, we’re invested in the staff.

Tracy Henry

Principal, Highland Pines School

The biggest difference is in the approach – Safety-Care provides a well-rounded insight into how to assess a situation. CPI is very much ‘react and get in there.'

Tanner Van Meter

Associate Director, WellSpace Health

Why Organizations Switch

Why Organizations Switch

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Practical, real-world skills grounded in behavioral science

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Proven outcomes across diverse settings

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Clinical consistency: developed by BCBAs; trainer classes are BCBA-led

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Prevention-first strategies aligned with PBIS and ABA — not just crisis response

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Switching from Handle With Care: A Simple Migration Path

1

Certify

QBS certifies your trainers

2

Train

Your trainers certify staff (in-person or blended learning “right fit” approach)

3

Sustain

Sustain results with refreshers and targeted modules

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What Makes Safety-Care Different?

Finally, Training That Works the Way You Need It To

Prevention Focused

Reinforcement‑based supports that reduce the frequency and severity of behavioral crises, grounded in evidence‑based behavioral science.

Practical

Scenario‑based, skills‑driven learning staff can apply immediately in their work environment.

Clinical

Developed by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) using errorless teaching (structured practice that minimizes mistakes while learning) and fluency‑based mastery.

Proven

Consistent reductions in restraint, seclusion, and injury across diverse settings. Trusted by thousands of organizations nationwide.