De-escalating Difficult Situations


Equip your staff with the tools to de-escalate a situation with patients, guests or customers and ensure their safety.

“The most meaningful thing I learnt was to identify escalating situations and applying tactics based on different behavioural styles of people.”

— Kaleb-Lee

Content

Key Subject Areas

  • Conflict as Communication.
  • Trigger behaviours.
  • Benefits of confrontation.
  • Managing anger, and dealing with other peoples anger.
  • Identifying different behavioural styles in people and how to deal with them.
  • De-escalation techniques to use for specific situations.
  • Conflict resolution model.
  • De-stress options to use when things get ugly.
  • Practical application of de-escalation in real life settings.

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognise the signs of heightening anxiety and aggression.
  • Recognise how attitudes, body language and actions affect others.
  • Find new and effective techniques for dealing with heightened situations.
  • Learn techniques and strategies for safely managing and dealing with anger.
  • Develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult situations

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is in a position where they regularly find themselves presented with patients, patrons, guests or customers that create situations that require de-escalation in a safe manner.

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