MOAB® Part Two Basic Course
 

In this hands-on session, you will learn strategies to avoid physical harm and learn how to control aggressive behavior through state-of-the-art principals and techniques, as well as learning escort options.

Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • What is Management of Aggressive Behavior - MOAB®?
  • MOAB® Objectives
  • Statistics
    - Violence in Society, Healthcare Facilities, Law Enforcement, and Security
     
  • Strategies for Preventing and Diffusing Aggressive Behavior
    - Behavior and Intervention
    - Plan Identify and Act
  • Mental Conditioning
    - Purpose
    - Rehearsal
    - Exercise
  • Methods of Communication
    - Nonverbal Communications
    - Three Categories of Nonverbal Communications
    - Personal Space Chart
    - Personal Space Factors
    - Reactionary Distance
    - Eye Communications
    - Observing Eye Communications
    - Proper Use of Eye Communications
    - Interpreting Eye Communications
    - Gestures, Postures and Facial Expressions
    - Signals To Look For and Understand

    Stages of Conflict and Management
  • Stage I - Anxiety
    - Recognizing Anxiety
    - Anxiety Triggers
    - Managing the Aggressor's Anxiety
    - Listening
    - Five Levels of Listening
    - Empathic Listening
    - Eliminating External and Internal Distractions
    - Supportive Verbal Communication Skills
    - Understanding Your Fear and Panic
    - Fear and Panic Create Dysfunction
    - Mind and Body Stress Feedback Loop
    - How to Break the Stress Feedback Loop
  • Stage II - Verbal Aggression
    - Recognizing Verbal Aggression
    - Managing Verbal Aggression
  • Stage III - Physical Aggression
    - Recognizing Physical Aggression
    - Managing Physical Aggression
  • Diversions
    - Diversions That Can Be Used
    - Submission
    - Redirect Activity
    - Approaching
  • Cornering
    - Three Options
    - Five Common Mistakes
  • Multiple Aggressors
    - Positioning
  • Review

    Strategies for Controlling and Restraining Aggressive Individuals
  • Introduction to Physical Control Skills
    - What You Will Gain From This Course
  • Safety Rules
    - Wearing of Jewelry, Pat Out, Practice, etc.
  • Principles of Balance
    - Proper Positioning of Your Body
  • Principle of Movement
    - Forward Shuffle
    - Rear Shuffle
    - Lateral Shuffle
  • Principle of Center
    - Strength of Your Center Line
  • The Blanket Hold
    - Applying the Blanket Hold
  • Entering the Personal Zone
    - Passive Individuals
  • The Basic Escort
    - From the Blanket Hold
  • Resistive Escort
    - Defense from Escort Position or Blanket Hold
    - Escape from Escort Position or Blanket Hold
    - Resistive Individuals
  • Direct to Prone Skills
    - Straight Arm Technique
    - Bent Elbow Technique
    - Lateral Thigh Technique
  • Prone Position Control Skills
    - Horizontal Straight Arm Control
    - Vertical Straight Arm Control
  • Disengaging from Prone Control Skills
    - How to Disengage
  • Approaching and Separating Two Aggressors
    - Verbal Aggression
    - Physical or Violent Aggression
  • Special Situations
    - From Escort Position
    - From the Chair Position
    - From Prone Position

    Strategies for Managing Physical Confrontations
  • Introduction to Personal Defense and Safety Skills
    - Two Basic Types of Assaults on People
    - Two Methods of Assaults
  • Use of Force in Self Defense
    - Two Categories of Physical Force
  • Types of Assaults
    - Most Common Types
    - Other Common Types
  • Personal Defense Weapons
    - Head, Thumbs, Palms, Heal of Hand, etc.
    - Vulnerable Areas of the Body
  • Defense from Holds
    - Front Choke Response Options
    - Rear Choke Response Options
    - Bear Hold Response Options
    - Wrist Grab Release Options
    - Arm Twist Response Options
    - Bite Response Options
    - Hair Pull Response Options
  • Defense from Stationary (Static) Strikes
    - Punch (Head) Response Options
    - Kick (Groin) Response Options
    - Armed Threat Response Options
    - Rear Weapon Hostage Response Options
    - Edged Weapon Response Options
    - Thrown Objects Response Options
  • Defense from Moving (Dynamic) Attacks
    - Response Options
  • Levels of Force
    - Personnel/Aggressor Factors
  • Acceleration Through the Levels of Force
    - Clinical Predictions of Dangers
    - Important Considerations
  • Levels of Force Diagram
 

MOAB®
Course Outlines

Instructor Level
Two Day
Four Day

Basic Level
Three Hour
Part One
Part Two
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