Verbal de-escalation training available in June

The Purdue University Police Department is offering free verbal de-escalation training in June.

Verbal de-escalation is a two-hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to teach skills to help the attendee remain calm and react more effectively when confronted with anger while attempting 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 online sessions will be held:

  • Wednesday, June 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m. ET
  • Thursday, June 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET

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

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.

Contact: Lt. Sarah Clark at sclark32@purdue.edu

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