Mandt News

Positive Behavior Support Takes a Village

Over the years I have written about my son Tyler and being a parent of a child with unique needs.  Many of the things

Difficult Questions…

I am often confronted by participants in Mandt System workshops with difficult questions and situations regarding a person

Using 2 Languages…

De-escalation training and Positive Behavior Support in everyday life The philosophy of The Mandt System since 1975 has been

Relational Rebar

Over the summer and Autumn this past year, my colleague Tim and I have both had new driveways poured and have shared and

Four Cigars…

Much of my adult life I had smoked cigarettes.  I truly enjoyed smoking but knew I needed to stop due to the health

What we do…

Occasionally It’s useful to revisit the core purpose of our program. First and foremost, the Mandt System is a course in

9 Chapters… 1 Mission

For those of you who have been long-time Instructors of The Mandt System program, you are well aware of all the topics that are

On Being Thankful…

My wife recently taught her first Mandt System De-escalation Training workshop at the school where she works and asked me to

Mandt is Universal

We just got a new puppy in our house, an eight week old cocker spaniel we have named Hattie.  Since it has been 15 years

Relationally Craving…

I was recently talking to a friend of mine in education and in the conversation, she made the following comment: “It’s like