Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) 4 Day

This 4-day course in the Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) has been
certified by Bild ACT as fully aligned to the RRN Training Standards.

Day One

• Legislation, Legal Frameworks + Ethical Considerations
• Legal Responsibilities and Reasonable Force
• Mental Capacity + Mental Health
• Challenging Behaviour, Behaviours of Concern
• Root Causes of Distress
• Creating a Supportive Culture
• Health, Therapeutic Relationships + Person Centred Care
• Populations and Locations
• Dynamic Risk Assessments
• Stages of the Assault Cycle
• Situational Awareness

Day Two

• Identifying, Managing and Reflecting on Triggers
• Listening and Communication Skills (communication models)
• Indicators of Confrontational Behaviour
• Verbal and Non-Verbal De-escalation Techniques
• Risks Associated with Restraint
• Disengagement techniques:
  • Wrist Grabs
  • Body Grabs
  • Hair/Clothing Grabs + Strangulation
  • Avoiding Punches and Kicking

Day Three

Instruction + practice of: -
Friendly Come Along - Non-Contact and stage one, two and figure of four

• Higher level safe holds:
  • Forearm hold
  • Thumb on palm hold
  • Clenched fist hold
  • Finger and thumb (escape and rescue)

• Team approaches:
  • Upper arm wrap
  • Upper arm wrap to secure hold
  • Upper arm wrap to supine hold (ready to decent to floor)

Day Four

Instruction + practice of: -

• Supine Descent
• Descent to floor in upper arm wrap
• Upper arm wrap to elevated rest and return
  Trouble drills (sniper position)
• Securing legs in supine
• Elevated rest to standing

• Seated de-escalation
  • Decent to chair
  • Trouble drills

• Unexpected and/or unintentional controlled decent to the floor where the aggressor dictates or initialises the downward movement (prone)
  • Decent
  • Upper rest to lower rest and return
  • De-escalation on floor
  • Legs in Prone
  • Turning Prone to Supine
  • Standing from Prone

• Seclusion Options
  • Using Safety Pod