Crisis Prevention & De-Escalation Training

Safety-Care® & Ukeru: A Clear, Factual Comparison

Prevention-first, behavior-analytic training that strengthens staff decision-making and fluency, reducing restraints and injuries while preparing staff for the full range of real-world situations.

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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.

Safety-Care & Ukeru Comparison At A Glance

 
Safety-Care
Ukeru
Trainers
✅ Master Trainers are BCBAs
Not behavior analyst led
Outcomes
✅ Data-driven outcomes
published
Training Cost
✅ $2,599 for Trainer training
Travel expenses add unpredictable cost per participant
Recertification Cost
✅ $899 for recertification
$495 plus travel expenses
Initial Training
3 days
✅ 2 days
Training Materials
✅ Included
Additional cost, plus supplementary equipment
Membership Fee
No membership fee
No membership fee
Instruction
✅ Scenario-based, errorless, fluency mastery
Verbal de-escalation plus Safe Blocking® equipment
Physical Management
✅ Full three-tier system: de-escalation, physical safety, and physical management
No physical management procedures
Self-Injury/Peer Aggression
✅ Procedures address self-injury and peer-to-peer aggression
No functional procedures for most self-injury or peer-to-peer aggression
Foundation
✅ Behavioral science (ABA/PBIS), Trauma-informed care
Trauma-informed care; response mindset
Philosophy
✅ Prevention-first, dignity-centered, least-restrictive
Restraint-free; comfort vs. control emphasis
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Make Your Comparison On What Matters

If you're evaluating Ukeru, the key question is whether your program prepares staff for the full range of situations they encounter and not just the ones where de-escalation and blocking are enough. Safety-Care is also deeply trauma-informed and dignity-centered, and it goes further by grounding every strategy in behavioral science and providing least-restrictive safety procedures when they're needed.

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

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

“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

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 that cover the full range of situations, including when de-escalation alone isn't enough

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Switching From Ukeru: 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.