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.