Therapeutic Options

Offers education, training, and consultation for hospitals, residential facilities, habilitation centers, crisis-intervention teams, community-based programs, and schools on reducing reliance on physical intervention.

Miami

CounselingStaff in hospitals, residential facilities, habilitation centers, crisis-intervention teams, community-based programs, and schools

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At a glance

In person: Newark, Delaware
Self pay: Four-day Train-the-Trainer program and instructor certification, per person $1,250 · Instructor recertification $750

About

Therapeutic Options is a comprehensive approach to reducing violence and the use of restraint and seclusion in behavioral health care, health care, habilitation, and education settings. The program provides staff with tools to keep people safe while maintaining positive approaches in supporting individuals whose behavior sometimes poses danger to themselves or others.

Neurorelational positive behavior support
Trauma-informed curriculum
Prevention-focused public health model

Concerns they commonly address

Violence and restraint

The program aims to reduce violence and the use of restraint and seclusion in behavioral health care, health care, habilitation, and education settings.

Services

Train-the-Trainer instructor certification

A four-day Train-the-Trainer workshop leads to instructor certification, which authorizes certified instructors to teach Therapeutic Options to staff of their sponsoring agency.

Standard staff training

The standard training is two full days for a group of 6 or more participants and includes preventive material and physical skills.

Instructor recertification

Initial instructor certification is good for one year, after which the instructor attends a one-day recertification workshop every two years.

Consultation for certified instructors

Certified instructors have access to ongoing consultation from a Master Instructor by phone and e-mail.

Founder

Michael Partie

Michael Partie is the Director. He developed the Therapeutic Options curriculum and has taught it throughout North America and the Pacific Rim. He teaches and provides on-site technical assistance and is an expert witness in issues of patient abuse and use of force in behavioral healthcare.

Insurance, self-pay and costs

Self-pay

Four-day Train-the-Trainer program and instructor certification, per person: $1,250. Instructor recertification: $750. On-site group certification, up to 14 people: $12,500.

Recertification window

First-year instructors have 6 months after their expiration date to recertify at a one-day workshop, after which a new four-day certification is required.

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Who it sees

Staff in hospitals, residential facilities, habilitation centers, crisis-intervention teams, community-based programs, and schools.

Care setting

In person in Newark, Delaware.

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What are the self-pay rates?

Four-day Train-the-Trainer program and instructor certification, per person: $1,250; Instructor recertification: $750; On-site group certification, up to 14 people: $12,500.

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