The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex in WI has undergone changes including adding special, separate units for vulnerable and/or violent residents in an effort to de-escalate these individuals from stages of agitation, according to a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Seventeen representatives from North Carolina community colleges recently completed CPI’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Certified Instructor training at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC), according to an article on the CCCC website.
The new Instructors include college deans, directors, admissions coordinators, course instructors, and a campus police chief.
A new report from Equip for Equality, “National Review of Restraint Related Deaths of Children and Adults with Disabilities: The Lethal Consequences of Restraint,” examines over 60 restraint-related deaths in the US from 1999-2005.
The Hazelwood School District in Florissant, MO, was awarded $1.4 million in grant funding by the US Department of Education for a Safe Schools-Healthy Students Initiative.
The funds will go toward district programs focusing on positive behavioral supports and interventions (PBIS), bullying prevention, crisis prevention and intervention training, and more.
Watch a video about how CPI was approved as a training provider in Oklahoma, and how CPI training can help your school use positive approaches for special education students.
Members of Congress staff recently received mental illness training during a workshop at Capitol Hill.
The training taught crisis de-escalation techniques as well as how to identify signs of mental illness and how to obtain medical care for individuals with mental health issues.
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