Course Description
The Advanced Technical level of The Mandt System is designed to provide your staff with the knowledge and skills for managing high-risk behaviors that pose a significant risk of danger to individuals receiving services and the staff providing services. This curriculum builds on the Relational + Conceptual + Technical (RCT) concepts and uses those skills to create a strong foundation for using advanced physical techniques to ensure workplace safety during instances of intentional aggression and violence. This course is highly beneficial for environments where individuals served have a history of, or are likely to become, physically aggressive toward themselves or others. Through this training, your staff will be better equipped to handle challenging situations with greater confidence and effectiveness.
Chapter 5: Advanced Technical I
This chapter focuses on essential skills for managing high-risk situations. Staff are trained to handle strikes and protect themselves through techniques such as avoidance, redirection, and shielding. They also learn methods to effectively address choking and strangulation while keeping themselves and others safe. Additionally, Chapter 5 addresses managing threats from weapons of opportunity, which are everyday objects that can be thrown, jabbed, swung, or used to strangle. Using the skills learned in the Technical course, staff will learn specialized restrictive techniques, including two-person seated holds and methods for holding and positioning individuals for IM injections. Finally, this chapter will train your staff in techniques to safely lift and carry individuals to remove them from danger and prepare them for mechanical restraints.
Chapter 6: Advanced Technical II
This chapter equips staff with critical skills needed for protecting themselves during ground-based attacks. With the techniques learned in Chapter 5, this chapter teaches protective movement, positioning, and redirection techniques for situations when staff are attacked while on the ground. If avoidance is not possible, staff learn how to escape from attacks with a heightened risk of physical harm, such as strikes and chokes. Lastly, this chapter covers techniques for safely lifting a person from the ground to a standing position, ensuring the safety of your staff members and those involved in the altercation.
The Conceptual Library
To deepen understanding of key topics – such as Trauma-Informed Services, which helps staff support individuals who have experienced trauma, and Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), which focuses on supporting people, not just their behaviors – we have developed the Conceptual Library. This is an additional resource for all levels of training, offered at no extra cost.
How Professionals Can Feel Confident from this Level
Our Advanced level concepts are designed to enhance safety across various fields, including healthcare, education, and human services. Healthcare professionals, especially those in high-risk areas like emergency care and inpatient psychiatry, can apply the critical skills learned in this course to ensure safety through all procedures and help their patients feel more comfortable. Additionally, those working in human services can gain essential de-escalation and behavior management skills to safely handle intense situations and protect themselves and those they serve.
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Certification Details and Requirements
Advanced Technical instructor candidates must hold a current instructor certification in our Relational-Conceptual-Technical (RCT) program.
The instructor certification fee is $4,025 USD or $5,525 CAD per instructor.
We offer special RCT+Advanced Technical pricing for new instructors who require both certifications. Contact us for more information.
All instructors participating in the Advanced course must attend three days of in-person instruction.
Instructors must recertify in the advanced curriculum every two years. Students must recertify every year.
All chapters that do not teach physical skills will have a 1 to 20 instructor-to-student ratio, and chapters without the physical skill curriculum will have a 1 to 10 instructor-to-student ratio.
No. We recommend that only organizations dealing with elevated levels of aggression and violence consider having advanced instructors. If you have questions or concerns about determining if your organization needs this level of training, we are more than happy to help. Contact a member of our team to discuss your organization’s needs.
Instructors are required to complete Relational + Conceptual + Technical (RCT) certification prior to completing the Advanced level. However, this course will cover the RCT recertification for instructors. If an instructor has completed their RCT certification, they will only need to attend Advanced events.
Enrollment and Contact Information
Registration for the Advanced level course is not available on the website due to the certification prerequisites.
Current RCT instructors can register for the course through the Mandt Resource Center.
New instructors who need to certify in both RCT and Advanced can take advantage of special bundle pricing. These instructors can contact our registration team to complete their registration.
We offer the option to conduct the Advanced course onsite for organizations that need to train a group of instructors. Contact us to learn more.
For organizations already utilizing The Mandt System, registration for this course can be completed through the Mandt Resource Center. If you’re new to our programs and need further guidance on getting started or finding courses right for your company, please contact us at sales@mandtsystem.com or call 800-810-0755. We’re here to assist you every step of the way.
