Seminar Outline

The seminar includes a manual, powerpoint presentation, class exercises, personal development and role-play drills and an open floor Q & A to insure that participants leave with fresh ideas, strategies and relevant content they can apply immediately to their current environment.  The seminar is very hands on and is based in the philosophy that learning is experiential and most effect when its fun.

Who should attend: Health care and human service workers
Format: Half-day, Full-Day or Multi-Day (content can be tailored to client request)

What you will take away:

• How to develop the “Survivor’s Mindset”, the cornerstone of all our sessions
• How to set an establish guideline for expected behavior
• Empathetic hearing
• Understanding conflict tension pattern and how to respond accordingly
• How to control fear and stress through inoculation drills and techniques

• The effectiveness of breath and emotional control
• Lessening the effects of adrenaline
• Verbal diffusion methods
• The power of words and how certain “innocent” words can unknowingly inflame a situation
• Understanding of body sentences

• Intuition and perception development and entrainment drills
• The four elements needed for an attack to be successful and how stopping one element ends the assault altogether
• The Power-Stare
• When the two most likely times an assault will occur
• How our minds work

• The vital role of adaptation
• The source of all conflict and practical resolution skills
• The Anger model
• How problems solve themselves
• Aggression cues and how to recognize them

• Mirroring, congruent movement and proxemics
• How to use the body and speech at the same time
• Remaining calm under stress
• The concept and ability to accept and return energy
• An understanding of the Force Continuum and legal aspects

• The value of self defense principles not canned techniques
• How to effectively use controls and restraints that can be applied in a dynamic situation that will not cause physical harm
• Personal skills inventory
• Developing a self-protection framework suited for each individual
• AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH- The single most effective tool to use in self defense situation