Duration: 4-6 Hours
Course Description:
How to handle conflict and how to maneuver through the de-escalation process when faced with conflict. This course will be delivered via PowerPoint, student-based exercises designed to engage the students, and open a discussion on avoiding conflict, handling conflict and de-escalating a hostile or potential hostile situation. The students will perform some writing for discussion and articulate their views on potential resolution.
Course Objectives:
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: ward off a conflict situation and/or de-escalate the situation if they find themselves in the midst of conflict.
- Understand the nature of conflict in human relationships
- Identify ways that conflict can be positive or negative
- Examine a framework for analyzing conflict situations
- Help with de-escalation techniques
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Conflict
- Understanding the Nature of Conflict
- Analyzing Conflict Situations
- Conflict Styles
- De-Escalation Techniques
- Communication in Conflict
- Reducing Escalation Tactics
- Student Based Exercises Practical Application