As one of Community Outreach Wisconsin’s mainstay training seminars, Managing Threatening Confrontations (MTC) is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.”
This seminar is designed to put order to the chaos. Stages of escalation are described and each stage is paired with a positive action plan for caregivers as well as teams. The content places strong emphasis on proactive supports. The principles are taught in a straightforward manner so as to provide a framework for conceptualizing behavior escalation that can readily translate into positive plans of action.
The learning is brought to life using a video of a dramatic, real-life enactment of threatening confrontations by professional actors from Encore Studio.
Participate in a Training Seminar
Throughout the year, Community Outreach Wisconsin, offers in person MTC training seminars in Madison. Trainings can be found on the training calendar. MTC can also be brought on site to your organization. To discuss the possibilities, reach out to Michael Truman, Community Outreach Wisconsin’s training director.
2025 AUCD Conference
Josh Lapin, Community TIES Director, and Michael Truman, Training Director, attended the 2025 AUCD Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference brings together more than 1,100 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, community leaders, and students. This annual event is designed to promote innovative thinking that will launch disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level. Lapin and Truman shared about the fifteen Managing Threatening Confrontations virtual training sessions provided to Wisconsin residents supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Managing Threatening Confrontations Virtual Training Sessions
Between January 2023 and June 2024 fifteen free-of-charge positive behavior support virtual trainings were provided to Wisconsin residents supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities. Trainings were offered with either a child-centered or an adult-centered focus. An initial evaluation survey and a three-month follow-up assessed to what degree the trainings were successful in reaching a diverse group of caregivers and how it impacted participants’ practice of responding to behavior health support needs in a positive manner.
Project funding provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) grant.
