Pivot Editorial Team 
De-escalation is often treated as a communication skill. In reality, it is a safety skill. When it works, situations stabilize quickly, relationships remain intact, and the need for restrictive or intrusive interventions is reduced. When it breaks down, escalation accelerates, options narrow, and risk increases for everyone involved. The difference between those outcomes rarely comes … Read more
Walk into most classrooms and you will hear adults say things like, “I told them not to do that,” or “They know the rule.” The assumption is simple: if expectations have been stated once, students should follow them. When they do not, adults react. Corrections are delivered. Consequences follow. Voices rise. Instruction stops. From a … Read more
Every day, teachers, paraprofessionals, and behavior specialists work tirelessly to create environments where learners can thrive. They teach replacement behaviors, reinforce effort, and manage challenges with calm precision. Yet when those same learners go home, the environment often looks—and feels—completely different. Parents love their children and want to help. But without access to the same … Read more
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Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
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Behavior analysts and educators frequently use token economies to increase engagement and appropriate behavior, yet many systems fail due to poor design, inconsistent implementation, or an overreliance on punishment. This course reframes token economies as intentional reinforcement systems, grounded in applied behavior analysis and designed to bridge delays to meaningful reinforcement. Participants will learn how to design, implement, and evaluate token systems by defining target behaviors, selecting effective reinforcers, and addressing common breakdowns such as staff response effort and system drift. The course concludes with practical strategies for fading, generalization, and building sustainable systems that work across clinical, school, and home settings.
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1 General CEU
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Webinar - Asynchronous, Online
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Description:
This training reviews the role of effective crisis management and accurate programming data collection in supporting individuals with developmental disabilities. Participants will examine evidence-based crisis prevention and de-escalation strategies, ethical and legal considerations, and methods for collecting and analyzing behavioral / program data to inform treatment decisions.
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2 General CEUs
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Webinar - Asynchronous, Online
Certification Programs
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Extend your impact. Build the expertise to train others. The EDBT Instructor Certification develops fluency across seven core Behavior Tools and equips professionals to deliver EDBT training with fidelity—reducing escalation early, strengthening relationships, and building prevention-first culture across teams and settings.
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EDBT Instructor Certification
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Online
Certification Programs
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Deepen your practice. Develop fluency across seven core Behavior Tools and apply prevention and de-escalation strategies immediately in your role and setting. This certification blends flexible online learning with live, scenario-based practice—ensuring participants can apply tools confidently and consistently in real-world situations.
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Standard EDBT Capabilities (All Levels):
Level-Specific Authorization
Practitioner: Authorized to apply the Everyday Behavior Tools™ confidently and consistently within the defined role and setting
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EDBT Practitioner Certification
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Online, Live Virtual
Certification Programs
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Develop the skills required to teach, evaluate, and certify others in crisis prevention, de-escalation, and proportionate response with consistency and precision. The PCM Instructor Certification prepares instructors to deliver Pivot curriculum with fidelity—ensuring training is safe, effective, and aligned with evidence-based, dignity-centered standards. This certification emphasizes instructional fluency, performance-based evaluation, and quality control, equipping instructors to uphold certification standards across diverse learners, environments, and risk levels.
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Standard Instructor Capabilities (All Levels):
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Core: Authorized to teach and certify Personal Safety, Transportation, and Vertical Immobilization skills within PCM
Advanced: All Core authorizations, plus authority to teach and certify Supine and Prone Immobilization techniques
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PCM Instructor Core or Advanced Certification
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Online asynchronous with in-person skill lab
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Description:
Educators and behavior analysts often experience exhaustion not from lack of skill, but from systems that rely on constant adult prompting, reflecting a breakdown in stimulus control rather than a lack of student ability. This session reframes self-management as a deliberately designed outcome, showing how control can be transferred from adult prompts to environmental cues and ultimately to the learner. Participants will learn five practical, classroom-ready procedures that build self-monitoring, rule-governed behavior, and contact with natural contingencies. The course also extends these principles to analyst self-management, emphasizing sustainable, values-aligned system design that promotes lasting independence for both learners and professionals.
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1 General CEU
Format:
Webinar - Asynchronous, Online
Special Topics Courses
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A trauma-informed care course designed to deepen understanding of how trauma affects behavior, communication, and regulation. Learners gain practical tools to create psychologically safe environments and respond to stress-related behaviors with compassion and structure.
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Completion Certificate
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Online, Asynchronous
Behavior Tools Series
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This version of Behavior Tools equips parents, guardians, and foster caregivers with the skills to support children through behavioral challenges at home. Using real-world family examples, the course emphasizes connection, consistency, and calm as the foundation for behavior change.
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Completion Certificate
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Online, Asynchronous
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