People and situations can get out of control quickly when emotions are involved.  Many quickly-escalating encounters have elements of anger and fear, and those emotions can cause people to act in ways they normally would not.  This course will teach the techniques to help calm anger and fear, be a stable influence in chaos, and prevent injuries or long-term damage.

This course also includes our "Police Threats: Managing Fear & Panic Responses" course, all within this same online course classroom.  You'll watch the first 4 videos, on De-Escalation, and then you'll go directly into Police Threats (5 videos).

Goals and Objectives:

1. Participant will be able to identify the types of events that cause intense emotions and how those affect people differently.
2. Participant will be able to identify methods of calming anger and fear in others, so as to de-escalate emotionally intense situations.
3. Participant will gain an understanding of methods to remain a stable and calming influence in intense situations.
4. Participant will be able to identify the causes, signs, and effects of anxiety, including physiological responses.
5. Participant will be able to explain how continued anxiety results in stress, and what the physical, emotional and mental effects of stress can be on an individual.
6. Participant will be able to identify significant parts of the human brain and what they do, as well as how they react and function, during moments of anxiety and stress.
7. Participant will gain an understanding of anxiety & memory, and how PTSD can result from traumatic experiences.
8. Participant will be able to identify the differences between anticipatory anxiety and reactionary anxiety.
9. Participant will be able to name at least 3 ways anxiety presents itself, and at least 3 ways to calm anxiety quickly.
10. Participant will gain an understanding of their own fear, panic and anxiety responses as well as how it can affect others, which can help to de-escalate others who are experiencing those same responses.

This enrollment provides access to the class for thirty days.