Oct 08, 2025

De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations

One of the recommendations of the Colorado Educator Safety Task Force is de-escalation training for school staff. The Office of School Safety partnered with the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI) to bring you verbal de-escalation strategies. The objectives of this training (4 hours) are to:

  • Explore the importance of using a trauma-informed approach in the de-escalation process
  • Identify common trauma responses and your role in escalation
  • Understand the importance of emotion regulation in successful de-escalation
  • Implement a practical de-escalation framework, and
  • Review and practice de-escalation strategies

The training is free, but CTRI charges $9 for each electronic participant booklet. 

When: On request
Where: Your site or virtual

Request training here.