QBS, Inc.

For more than a decade, the Safety-Care curriculum has been used successfully to enhance safety and improve outcomes in a range of professional settings—from schools to hospitals. We’ve often had requests from family members and professionals to provide a training for families who support individuals who may exhibit dangerous behavior.

Helping Your Family Be Safe

Now, Quality Behavioral Solutions has developed Safety-Care for Families, a training program for family members and other stakeholders working with behaviorally challenging individuals in a home or home-like setting. This innovative course provides parents and others aged 18 and up with the skills and interventions needed to improve behavior and to prevent, minimize, and manage potentially dangerous incidents.

The Safety-Care for Families curriculum consists of four sessions. Essential skills are presented in a lecture format while advanced skills are trained in a small group for individualized instruction.  To participate in any session, you must have attended each of the earlier ones.

Essential Skills Part 1— Up to 30 participants, 2½ hours

Collaboration with Professionals • Legal Issues • Challenging Behavior • Reinforcement • Safety Habits • Elbow Check • Safety Stance • Managing Your Own Behavior • Differential Reinforcement

Essential Skills Part 2—Up to 30 participants, 2½ hours

Antecedents to Challenging Behavior • Triggers • Signals • Basic Principles of De-Escalation • Development of a Comprehensive Family Safety Plan

Advanced Skills Part 1—Up to 10 participants, 2½ hours

Use of Behavioral Momentum to Improve Cooperation • Advanced De-Escalation Strategies • Management of Weapons • Basic Physical Safety Skills • Releasing from Holds

Advanced Skills Part 2—Up to 10 participants, 2½ hours

Emergency Physical Intervention • 1-Person Stability Hold • 2-Person Stability Hold (Optional) • Releasing from Stability Hold • Recovery & Debriefing • Role-Play