Pro-ACT, Inc. President Kim Warma will present "Connecting Trauma and Behavior: Recognizing and Responding to the Trauma that Impacts Student Behavior and Creating Safer Classrooms in the Process" at IAASE's 2018 Fall Conference in Tinley Park, Illinois, on October [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]

Practicing Assertive Communication Roundtable

Assertive communication is key to reducing the risk of crisis behavior. Pro-ACT, Inc. is hosting two Remote Roundtables on communicating assertively by using empathic statements and clear choices, using a variety of situational examples. Join us on Aug. 27 or Sept. 9 to review and practice [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]

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]

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]

What People are Saying About Pro-ACT

“The most powerful and engaging training I’ve ever attended in my 15 years in education.” Ghirmay Alazar, Assistant Director of Special Services, Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township Indianapolis, IN "Pro-ACT training has equipped our Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Program staff with the skills necessary to [more]