Pro-ACT, Inc. is offering 2 upcoming training classes: Pasadena, CA, August 12-16, and Cal Poly Pomona, November 11-15. Register to join us and become a Pro-ACT-certified In-service [more]

Nihart Receives Health Care Award

Congratulations to Mary Ann Nihart, recipient of the 2018 Veterans Health Administration John D. Chase Award for Executive Excellence in Health Care, an award for Executive Leadership by a VHA individual from any health care discipline. Mary Ann is also an [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]