De-Escalation Techniques

Frontline staff in many organizations deal with volatile situations. This training is ideal for staff looking to maintaining safety in unstable situations. Prepare your staff with the De-escalation Technique training that will assist in understanding how to prevent situations from escalating and becoming volatile. Our instructors will inform how to best work with individuals who are agitated or aggressive.

This workshop will be presented by Emily Mouyard, BA, CRADC-CODP I

Emily Mouyard started her career as a behavior modification counselor at Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center. After working in the correctional setting, Emily worked as a clinician at Chestnut Health Systems in the integrated outpatient department providing mental health and substance use counseling, in addition to conducting DUI evaluations for the state of Illinois. Emily went on to coordinate a behavioral health outreach project on public transit through a partnership between Chestnut Health Systems and SCCTD/Bi-State/Metro. Emily is also a member of the St Clair County Continuum of Care-Homeless Action Council (CoC-HAC). Emily is currently chairman of the Project Homeless Connect- Point in Time Count committee and sits on the Planning Committee of the CoC-HAC. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree (BA) in Psychology from McKendree University and is a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor (CRADC) with a Co-Occurring Disorder Professional (CODP-I) board registration through the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association. Emily is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and Certified in the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA).

•All attendees must attend the full time of the event.

•All attendees are required to be registered before the event.

•All attendees must complete the event CEU questions during the registration process and sign-in sheet at the start of the training.

•Please, arrive to the training 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure that any potential difficulties are worked out prior to the event start.

•Attendees must attend the full event time in order to receive continuing education. If an attendee is not present at the start of the training, leaves for a significant time during the training or leaves the training early, CEUs may not be awarded.

•If an attendee experiences any issue that would keep them from being in the training from start time to end time, continuing education cannot be awarded. Illume retains the attendance list for auditing purposes.

•Please allow at least 30 days to receive your CEU certificate or certificate of attendance. If a training has multiple dates, certificates will be sent at least 45 days from the date of the last training or workshop.

CEUs will only be disbursed via email to individuals that have followed the guidelines.

Host or Publisher Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence