BeAware + De-escalation Training

Join CJP at Temple Israel for a security training from 5:30pm - 7:30pm on September 15th. Please register here.

BeAware Situational Awareness Training improves situational awareness and provides the foundation for security training — benefiting personal and organizational security. Participants learn to recognize suspicious or potentially dangerous behavior and learn what actions to take — whether in synagogue, at school, or in everyday situations.

Topics covered:

• Enhancing situational awareness
• Identifying safety and security threats
• Recognizing and reporting suspicious activity
• Learning how to be an active participant in the safety of your community

De-escalation Training equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and techniques to defuse or reduce tension, hostility, or conflict and increase personal safety. This training is beneficial to volunteer greeters, synagogue staff, school staff, and anyone in a public-facing role. 

Topics covered:

• Identifying the initial indicators of escalating behaviors, both verbal and non-verbal
• Demonstrating de-escalation best practices to include active listening, empathizing, verbal diffusion, de-escalation phrases, non-confrontational body language, and facial expressions
• Developing techniques to manage personal emotions in challenging situations to maintain composure and clear thinking
• Understanding how cultural and mental health sensitivity can help de-escalation efforts