Target Audience: To provide ongoing support to certificates required by CPI, this course is limited to Prairie Lakes AEA school districts and staff ONLY, including school staff and AEA staff who work with individuals 3-21 years who engage in problem behaviors that have the potential to result in injury to self or others. AEA staff are required to have supervisor approval to register for this training.

Course Description: CPI training in schools is a program designed to equip educators and staff with strategies to prevent and de-escalate disruptive or potentially harmful behaviors. The training emphasizes proactive techniques to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment. CPI focuses on recognizing early warning signs, effective communication, and non-violent crisis intervention methods. It also includes strategies for safely managing physical aggression, when necessary, with an emphasis on reducing the need for physical intervention.  

NOTE: These strategies taught in this training are not intended to replace Behavior Intervention Plans for individual students, but rather to provide strategies for school staff to use to maintain safety during unusual situations or circumstances not addressed in a BIP.

Full attendance, as well as 100% accuracy on the end of course test and 100% proficiency in physical techniques,  are required to receive certification. Individuals who are physically unable to engage in required physical techniques will not be eligible for certification. To maintain certification, individuals are required to participate in the CPI''''s "Nonviolent Crisis Intervention" recertification training at least bi-annually.