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.

Number of Staff Trained/Year

1–20

21-100

101-500

501-1000

1001-2000

2001-5000

5000+

Profit

$50/$25

$100/$50

$1000/$500

$500/$250

$2000/$1000

$3000/$1500

$4000/$2000

Nonprofit

$0/$0

$50/$25

$250/$125