Free online Verbal De-escalation training 

 

The Purdue Police Department is offering free online Verbal De-escalation (aka Verbal Judo) training via WebEx.

 

Verbal De-escalation is a 2 hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to teach skills to help the attendee learn to remain calm and react more effectively when confronted with anger, to try to reduce the chance of escalation to physical aggression. It includes exercises involving body language/posturing and empathetic verbal language. Verbal De-escalation skills can be helpful both personally and professionally.

 

The sessions are:

 

Oct 31 (Mon): 2 pm - 4 pm

Nov  2 (Wed): 2 pm - 4 pm

Nov   8 (Tue): 10 am - 12 pm

Nov 10 (Thu): 10 am - 12 pm

Nov 16 (Wed):  2 pm - 4 pm

Nov 30 (Wed): 10 am - 12 pm

*These are duplicate sessions, so participants should only register for one. Session times are EST.*

 

To register for one of these sessions contact Lt. Sarah Clark at sclark32@purdue.edu. Please indicate your preferred session when registering.

 

The minimum age for participants is 18. Affiliation with Purdue is not required to register; however, priority will be given to Purdue faculty, staff, affiliates and students.