This course offers the full 12-hour "TACT2 Online" course to gain initial certification in all TACT2 verbal skills, valid for one year.
The first half of TACT2 training teaches staff to distinguish between deliberate, purposeful aggression vs. true emotional crisis, delving into the psychological and neurological impact of childhood trauma and ACEs.
The second half provides instruction in practical crisis management skills, such as behavioral correction, de-escalation, and active listening skills, as well as exploring self-care strategies for staff to minimize the effects of their own ACEs.
After 12 months, a 3-hour annual recertification is required. For more information about TACT2, including workbook samples, please visit www.TACT2.com.
Hi, I’m Dr. Steve Parese
Welcome to this course. As an educator and specialist in crisis interventions for challenging populations, I have worked with at-risk youth, former offenders, and welfare to work individuals for more tan 30 years. Currently I am an author, teacher, and international speaker, though in the past I have worked as a wilderness counselor in the mountains of North Carolina, special education teacher in Maryland’s suburbs, and university professor in Washington, DC.
For these past 22 years, my wife Carolyn and I have lived in the small mountain town of Danbury, NC.
