Advanced Training Program:

Important: To become an advanced instructor, you must already be a currently certified Relational/Conceptual/ Technical instructor.

The purpose of the Advanced Technical instructor Course is to provide trainers the opportunity to deepen skill levels in the application of techniques for dealing with people with serious (violent) chronic problems, and to broaden your perspective on how to provide better, safer care by approaching the task systematically. By doing this, you will be able to provide more support to each other as staff and the people whom you serve. The primary purpose of this course is to teach advanced skills by helping you “connect the dots” between all the principles taught in the Relational, Conceptual, and Technical chapters of The Mandt System®. In the Advanced Technical Training we will teach physical skills that are consistent with the values taught in the Relational, Conceptual, and Technical chapters.

The Advanced Technical Training is taught as a single chapter, with the following topic headings:

Physical Interaction Policy – Mandt System Standard of Care

Proactive Approach – Using the RADAR Model

Advanced De-escalation and Team Skills

  • Physical SODAS
  • Team Approach with Aggression and Violence
  • Threat Stimuli
  • S.A.F.E. (Staff Are Fear Educated)
  • Threat stimuli and trauma

Advanced Stance and Balance Skills

  • Standing Positions – Walking, Turning, Stepping, Sliding, and Pivoting
  • Lying Positions – Moving, Sliding, and Rolling
  • Transitions – Lying to Seated to Standing: Standing to Seated to Lying
  • Seated Positions – Moving, Sliding, and Pivoting

Advanced Distancing Skills

  • Moving in
  • Moving away
  • Preventing and Providing Exits

Advanced Separating Skills

  • Hand Choke
  • Arm Choke
  • Choking w/ Objects
  • Separating Two People

Advanced Re-Directing Skills

  • Escape from Corners (Moving Around/Duck Under drill)
  • Punching
  • Kicking
  • Throwing Objects
  • Jabbing Objects
  • Swinging Objects

Advanced Restraint Skills

  • Escorting/Accompanying (Children’s Health Act)
  • Lifting from Floor (Standing)
  • Lifting to a Carry (Carrying)
  • Moving Restraint (Standing)
  • IM Procedure
  • Mechanical Restraint Applications

It is important to note that physical restraint on the floor is not taught as the risk of death due to restraint, positional, or compression asphyxiation is very high when using a floor restraint technique. The General Accounting Office estimates that 150 people per year in the United States die as a result of inappropriate application of restraint on the floor.