Workplace Violence Prevention Seminar/Workshop

In this very interactive WPV Prevention trainer seminar/workshop, participants will learn how to effectively create, develop, and enhance their personal safety and ability to stay safe with skills, habits and actions.

This course involves scenario based exercises, group interaction and discussion. Participants will increase awareness of all their environments and understand how time, distance, escape planning, code responses and fundamentals of personal safety can keep them safe in the their environments.

 This seminar/workshop will provide the new trainer with proven instructional techniques to enhance learning and retention of the material taught. Certified trainers will be authorized to train and certify and recertify others in a 2hr, 4hr or 8hr course.  

All participants will receive a trainer’s manual, PowerPoint CD’s, Self-Defense DVD, sample student workbooks, trainer’s certificate and a signed copy of the book “Be Safe Not Sorry”.  

Call us today to schedule or enroll in the AVADE® WPV Prevention Trainers Course Seminar – for YOU or your organization.

AVADE® WPV Prevention training meets the requirements and compliance mandates for: 
OSHA’s General Duty Clause, to provide employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
State of California Assembly Bill No. 508 Sections 1257.7 and 1257.8 Health and Safety Code compliance.
State of Washington RCW 49.19.030 Violence Prevention Training for Healthcare Employees.

 Toll Free: 1.866.773.7763 (On-Site Training is available. Please call for pricing and availability)

 AVADE® Corporate WPV Prevention Outline

  Introduction

• What is AVADE®Training?
• What is Workplace Violence?
• Workplace Violence Defined
• The Myth of Workplace Violence
• Crime and Violence in Corporations
• The AVADE® Philosophy
• The Three Categories of WPV Prevention
• AVADE® Modules and Objectives 
• General Personal Safety Measures
  Personal Safety Habits
• Developing Habits
• Benefits of AVADE® Training

Module One- Awareness

• Levels of Awareness
• Self Awareness
• The Amazing Mind
• Situational Awareness
• Environmental Awareness
• Unconscious Awareness
• Mental Movies and Impressing the Unconscious Mind
• Higher Awareness
• Developing & Increasing Awareness

 Module Two- Vigilance  

• Hypervigilance
• The Five Senses
• Trust Your Intuition
• Using Your Intuition
• Messages of Intuition
• Developing Intuition
• Stop-Look-Listen

Module Three- Avoidance  

• The Best Defense
• Characteristics of Individuals who Commit Violence
• Stranger Violence
• Guest/Client Violence
• Lateral Violence
• Domestic Violence
• What is a Predator
• Predator Characteristics
• Victim Paradigms
• Prey Characteristics
• Intentions
• Hard Target vs. Easy Target
• Confident-Assertive-Defensive Presence
• Developing Your Avoidance Ability

Module Four- Interpersonal Communication Skills

• Interpersonal Communication Skills (IPC)
• IPC Involves
• Developing IPC
• Body Language
• The “Right” Angle
• Components of the Assault Cycle
• Signs and Symptoms of Stress
• Stress De-Escalation
• Signs and Symptoms of Anger
• Anger De-Escalation 
• Signs and Symptoms of Intoxication
• Intoxication De-Escalation 
• Signs and Symptoms of Combat
• Strategies to Avoid Physical Harm
• Developing IPC

 Module Five- Defense of Self and Others  

• What is Self-Defense
• Assault
• Types of Assault
• Lawful Use of Defense
• Reasonable Force
• Deadly Force
• Excessive Force
• Civilian Levels of Defense
• Post Incident Response
• Post Incident Documentation

Module Six- Stress Management  

• What is Stress
• Types of Stress
• Fear
• Fight-Flight-Freeze
• Managing Your Stress
• Strategies for Managing Your Stress
• Post Incident Stress Debriefing
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

 Module Seven- Time and Distance  

• Time and Distance
• OODA Loop
• Weapons and Time/Distance
• Dangerous Weapons in YOUR Workplace
• The Art-of-Distraction

Module Eight- Escape Planning  

• Escape Planning
• Developing Escape Plans
• Own the Door
• Dominant Hand / Proper Positioning
• Spatial Empathy
• Proper Escorts
• Relationship Escape Plans
• Developing Escape Plans

Module Nine- Environmental Factors  

• Environments
• Environmental Safety Factors
• Safety Mirrors
• Lighting
• Cameras – CCTV
• Panic Alarms
• Private Places
• Access Control
• Staff Identification
• Parking Lot Safety
• Obstacles Around You
• Telephone Safety

Module Ten- Emergency Codes & Procedures  

• Emergency Codes
• Fire Code
• Medical Code
• Lost Person Code
• Robbery Code
• Bomb Threat Code
• Combative Person Code
• Combative Person Team Positioning
• Active Shooter Code
• Active Shooter
• Hazmat Code
• Personal Codes for Alerting Others

 Review  

• Course written test
• Evaluation  

• • Adult Learners
  • PowerPoint and Manuals
  • Presenting to Staff
  • Teaching Aids
  • Instructor Presentation
  • Teaching Practice
  • Presentation Evaluation
  • Reference Guide and Bibliography
  • Procedures for Training
  • Training Requirements
  • Forms and Written Tests
  • Skills Tests
  • Course Feedback

Trainers Development Tools and Techniques
The effective Instructor knows that through his/her interaction with their class that motivation and inspiration are needed to effect any long lasting change. This section provides proven instruction techniques to enhance learning and retention of the material taught.