December 7, 2009

Workplace violence workshop to be offered twice

Two sessions of the Workplace Violence Awareness Workshop will be offered in the next month. This training session covers a variety of factors under the theme "Awareness, Prevention, Survival."

The workshop uses audience participation, computer-generated graphics, sound effects, and video. Content includes:

* Observable behaviors of concern, defining threat, classifying the risk, our response vs. our responsibility.

*Developing awareness for the potential of violence in the workplace.

* Recognizing the early warning signs of a potentially violent person or situation.

* Identifying behaviors of increased risk and why aren’t they reported.

* Handling confrontational individuals.

* Advanced shelter in place: survival.

* Identifying nonverbal communication skills.

The Workplace Violence Awareness Workshop is a cooperative training effort by Physical Facilities Training, the Purdue Police Department, and the Campus Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office.

Dec. 21 is the first workshop date, and that will be a special session for Housing and Food Services and Physical Facilities Buildings Services. It is scheduled for 8 p.m.-midnight in Hillenbrand Residence Hall.

To register for the Dec. 21 HFS and PF Building Services session, employees should contact their supervisor for approval, then e-mail their request to register to Heidi Johnston-Murillo, facilities manager at Hillenbrand, at hmurillo@purdue.edu.

Jan. 7 is the date for a session open to all faculty, staff, and students. It is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon in Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building.

 To register for the Jan. 7 session, go to www.itap.purdue.edu/training/registration/?offeringid=3697 and log in.

Alternative ways to register for Jan. 7 are by contacting Dan Larson at 49-61064 (leave message with full name) or dalarson@purdue.edu. Phone and e-mail registrations are subject to seating availability.