PUPD offering verbal de-escalation training via Microsoft Teams

The Purdue University Police Department is offering free online verbal de-escalation training via Microsoft Teams. 

“Verbal De-escalation” is a two-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. The presentation includes exercises involving body language/posturing and empathetic verbal language. Verbal de-escalation skills can be helpful both personally and professionally.

The sessions are:

• Jan 23 (T): 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET.
• Jan 26 (F): 9:30-11:30 a.m. ET.
• Jan 31 (W): 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET.

These are duplicate sessions, so participants should register for only one.

To register for a session, 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.