Safety-Care® Basics

Many organizations want to orient groups of staff to Safety-Care® concepts, but don’t need those staff to participate in an in-depth certification class. While the regular Safety-Care® course requires the investment of significant training time for small groups of specialized staff, Safety-Care® Basics can be presented to larger groups in presentation format.

• Safety-Care® Basics is designed as a one hour presentation.
• It does not confer any certification in Safety-Care®, but it does orient staff to principles of prevention and de-escalation, as well as what staff who are not Safety-Care® certified can do to assist in the event of a behavioral crisis.
• Basics is presented in slide deck format (PowerPoint and PDF versions are available).
• Only certified Safety-Care® trainers may present Safety-Care® Basics.
• Basics can be provided to any size group of staff.
• No physical procedures or competencies are taught in Safety-Care® Basics.

About Safety-Care®

Orients the group to what Safety-Care® training is, what this presention is, and what will be covered.

Challenging Behavior

Brief discussion of what challenging behaviors are and contributing factors.

Prevention

Discusses creation of a safe environment, basic safety habits, staff behavior (communicat- ing respect, promoting dignity, avoiding power struggles, etc.), triggers, signals, calling for assistance.

De-Escalation

Basic principles of de-escalation, the Safety-Care® de-escalation model, Help, Prompt, and Wait strategies.

Incident Management

What untrained staff should do in response to significant escalation, what Safety-Care® trained staff are able to do, understanding when and how physical management is used.

Post-Incident Procedures

Recovery, debriefing with the individual, staff debriefing.

Pricing

The cost of licensing Safety-Care® Basics depends on the profit/nonprofit status of the training organization and the number of staff to be trained during the year. There is an initial cost and an annual renewal fee.