Verbal de-escalation training available online in April

The Purdue University Police Department is offering free, virtual verbal de-escalation training in April.

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. It includes exercises involving body language and posturing and empathetic verbal language. Verbal de-escalation skills can be helpful both personally and professionally.

The online sessions will be held:

• April 23 (Wednesday): 9:30-11:30 a.m. ET
• April 29 (Tuesday): 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET

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

To register, contact Lt. Sarah Clark at sclark32@purdue.edu and indicate your preferred session.

The minimum age for participants is 18. Affiliation with Purdue is not required to register.