Professional Assault Crisis Training

Update & Access to 2022 Materials!

August 15, 2022

Update & Access classes are available to anyone interested in using Pro-ACT 2022. Revised and updated content is more user-friendly and valuable in a variety of training environments. Cost is minimal, and if your most recent certification date is May 1, 2022 or later, you’re eligible for a 25% discount on registration. Check the schedule and register for your Update & Access class now!

Pro-ACT Training Meets Requirements for California AB 1172

Pro-ACT training meets and exceeds the requirements of California AB 1172 which states that special education programs must provide training that improves staffs' assessment skills and their ability to understand and address challenging behaviors, including strategies for de-escalation. California Assembly Bill [more]

In-person Instructor Training Classes Available

Pro-ACT In-service Instructor training is again available in person in select areas. Upcoming locations include Pasadena, San Diego and Citrus Heights. Check the schedule for class dates and availability. Prefer to live stream? Classes are still available virtually, as [more]

Full-day Workshop on Behavior De-escalation

Designed to provide an understanding of the phases of assault, this workshop delivers practices for observing behavior change and identifying triggering conditions, plus multiple tools for early responses that interrupt the pattern of assault and dramatically reduce the potential for [more]

Pro-ACT Training Meets AB 508 Requirements

Pro-ACT Training meets California State requirements for AB 508, Management of Assaultive Behavior. Pro-ACT teaches professionals the skills they need to safely identify, prevent and de-escalate assaultive behavior in workplace settings. Click above for our schedule, email info@proacttraining.com, or call [more]

Arrange Private Training for Your Employees

With a minimum of 12 people, Pro-ACT, Inc. will schedule a special training or workshop for your agency’s employees. Whether it’s In-service Instructor or in-service training, an Update & Access class, or a special workshop, we’ll work with you to [more]

What Do You Get as a Pro-ACT Instructor?

Do you know about the benefits available to Pro-ACT In-service Instructors? Did we mention they're free? They include access to all employee training materials; telephone or email consultation any time; participation in any Pro-ACT Roundtable discussion...to name a few. It’s [more]

The Advantage of Distance

Is COVID-19 impacting your crisis intervention training? Pro-ACT Advantage e-Learning is remote training, allowing you to comply with social distancing without falling behind on training requirements. Advantage ensures your staff learn the fundamentals of early crisis management, minimizing the need [more]

Advantage Meets CDC Recommendations

As concerns about close contact have increased, Pro-ACT Advantage e-Learning's focus on enhancing staff skills and supporting clients through early response is the very best way to minimize the need for physical intervention. Advantage can train your employees from work, [more]

Advantage e-Learning Makes Training Easier

There's a new option for Pro-ACT training delivery! Pro-ACT Advantage e-Learning! This on-line learning module lets you decrease face-to-face training time while increasing consistency of delivery and giving your employees more time to do what they were hired to do! For more information, check [more]

What People are Saying About Pro-ACT

"I am so thankful I attended this training. I feel I can now better support, train and coach my staff on a consistent and regular basis. The principles of Pro-ACT are aligned with our school vision statement: "Justified, functional, kind." Krissy [more]

Pro-ACT Gets Results in the Classroom

Establishing a student-centered, non-restraint culture means teachers and para-educators need tools and skills that allow them to engage with students in positive ways and kids need to feel safe enough to learn. Pro-ACT principles have been getting results in classrooms [more]

Not All Programs Are The Same

A published study shows that Pro-ACT devotes more time than any other training program to crisis prevention, not crisis response. Pro-ACT's attention to reducing the potential for crisis is consistent with an objective of developing staff and increasing safety while [more]

Pro-ACT Influence on Escape & Avoid Behaviors

Research conducted by Erin Van Acker, M.Ed. in consort with Kim Warma, M.Ed. and Richard Van Acker, Ed.D., shows the influence of Pro-ACT training in the reduction of escape and avoidance behaviors in a classroom. E. Van Acker's work focused on [more]

US Department of Education's 15 Principles

The 2012, the U.S. Department of Education, in collaboration with SAMSHA, published 15 Principles for Reducing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion. Pro-ACT certification training is designed to support your work in implementing the Department's Fifteen Principles while keeping staff and students [more]

What Do You Get as a Pro-ACT Instructor?

You already know that Pro-ACT training meets Joint Commission and OSHA standards, but did you know that as a certificated Pro-ACT In-service Instructor you get: • FREE access to all employee training materials • FREE telephone or email consultation any time • FREE In-service [more]

ACE Study Continues to Inform

The long-term physical and behavioral impact of childhood abuse and neglect is something that has been a Pro-ACT discussion point for many years. Unfortunately, the issue is no less relevant now that it was in 1995 when the CDC and [more]

Pro-ACT Training and Consulting

Pro-ACT, Inc. offers educational, healthcare, legal, and social service agencies a variety of training and consulting services. Whether you work as a teacher, a case worker, an attorney, or a nurse, having the opportunity to develop new skills and build strategies [more]

Update & Access to 2022 Materials!

Pro-ACT Training – Live stream (Pacific Time)

Pro-ACT De-escalation – private workshop

Pro-ACT In-service Instructor training – Private class

Pro-ACT Training – Anaheim, CA

Update & Access – morning Pacific Time

Remote Roundtable – Fear. Frustration. Manipulation. Intimidation. What are the Motives for Assault?

Pro-ACT In-service – Private class

Pro-ACT Recertification – Live stream (Pacific Time)