Doing an 8-hour training for the Iowa Association of Hostage Negotiators in Des Moines March 30th.
For details see: https://www.iacna.org/
What an honor to be brought on board to deliver training for the Texas DPS Special Operations Group negotiators. We’ll be doing a 2-day for their entire team from all 6 regions!
Team Leader class in Vegas!
For more info. and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/662-negotiating-team-leadership-conference/1484
From the PATC Website: This course is designed for more than just current or aspiring team leaders. All negotiators, regardless of rank or assignment, will benefit from understanding leadership dynamics, team decision-making, and how negotiating strategies are shaped at the leadership level. This team leadership course will cover:
Elements of a Crisis Negotiating Team, including evaluating proficiency
Responsibilities of a team leader and decision-making
Characteristics of good team leaders
Team operation and coordination
Working with incident command
Working with and training with SWAT
New member selection and training, including personality characteristics
Group dynamics and organization
Kidnap negotiations
Equipment, supplies, and SOP’s
Decision-making scenarios/callout debriefings as examples
Already have 50 people registered for my hostage (crisis) negotiations course during the TTPOA conference in Round Rock!
For details on the conference and on my class see: https://ttpoa.org/conferences/2026-ttpoa-conference
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/418-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1527
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/418-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1355
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
Honored to be a speaker at the first conference for the Virginia Crisis Negotiators conference!
See their website for details: https://www.vacna.org/about-us
Honored to be invited back to speak at the NECNA conference again!
For details see: https://www.necna.com/
Heading back to NY to speak at the NYAHN conference in Buffalo!
https://www.nyahn.net/content/annual_conference
Honored to be invited to speak at the International Co-Responder Conference in 2026!
For information see: https://www.coresponderalliance.org/CoRCon
Got the invite! Details to follow: https://fahn.wildapricot.org/conference
Looks like I’ll be co-presenting with the FBI about our 27-hour callout from last year.
Heading to Wichita Falls to teach a 40-hour basic negotiator certification course. If interested email me at: DocAndrewTYoung@gmail.com for details and registration.
For details and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/492
This advanced negotiation class is for police crisis (hostage)negotiators who have already passed a 40-hour basic certification course.
Day one will review basic (active listening) and advanced (influence and persuasion) negotiator skills and will use callout debriefings from the instructor’s past experience as examples.
Day two will cover the advanced topics of negotiating with different psychiatric conditions and will focus on negotiating with those who are personality disordered and/or empathy impaired. A 15-hour hostage standoff debriefing from the instructor’s experience will serve as an example.
Day three of this course will cover how Incident Command, SWAT, and negotiators can work better together, negotiating via text, kidnap negotiations and other advanced topics as time allows.
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1545
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
This 2-day course is intended for patrol officers and their supervisors. It will be an introduction to responding to critical incidents that are then managed by SWAT Teams and Hostage (Crisis) Negotiators. The focus of the course will be on the skills and techniques used by negotiators when responding to suicidal subjects, criminal and non-criminal barricades, and hostage situations. Other situations that often deploy negotiators, such as kidnappings, active shooters/terroristic acts, and protest movements will also be considered. Finally, the tactical and incident command components of a critical incident response will be considered.
For info. and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/527-introduction-to-hostage-crisis-negotiations-for-patrol-officers-and-supervisors/1440
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training
From the Website: This course is designed for more than just current or aspiring team leaders. All negotiators, regardless of rank or assignment, will benefit from understanding leadership dynamics, team decision-making, and how negotiating strategies are shaped at the leadership level. This team leadership course will cover:
Elements of a Crisis Negotiating Team, including evaluating proficiency
Responsibilities of a team leader and decision-making
Characteristics of good team leaders
Team operation and coordination
Working with incident command
Working with and training with SWAT
New member selection and training, including personality characteristics
Group dynamics and organization
Kidnap negotiations
Equipment, supplies, and SOP’s
Decision-making scenarios/callout debriefings as examples
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/301
From the Website: This course is designed for more than just current or aspiring team leaders. All negotiators, regardless of rank or assignment, will benefit from understanding leadership dynamics, team decision-making, and how negotiating strategies are shaped at the leadership level. This team leadership course will cover:
Elements of a Crisis Negotiating Team, including evaluating proficiency
Responsibilities of a team leader and decision-making
Characteristics of good team leaders
Team operation and coordination
Working with incident command
Working with and training with SWAT
New member selection and training, including personality characteristics
Group dynamics and organization
Kidnap negotiations
Equipment, supplies, and SOP’s
Decision-making scenarios/callout debriefings as examples
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/418-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1613
Course Description: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
I have the distinct pleasure of getting to put on another negotiator-based training for both negotiators and co-responders/mental health professionals! The Blacksburg, VA police department and area law enforcement agencies will be getting together. For details send me a message!
Crisis Negotiators of Oklahoma and I are putting on a class for dispatchers in Oklahoma City!
This course for emergency service telecommunicators will review basic crisis intervention skills,
and also examine response to various critical incidents and crimes in action, such as active
shootings, hostage incidents, kidnappings, and barricaded mentally ill or suicidal subjects.
Skills for intervention with the mentally ill or suicidal will be examined, along with general
guidelines for response to critical incidents. Case examples from the instructor’s experience as a
police hostage (crisis) negotiator will serve as illustration of the topics covered in this course.
This course will also devote time to practice and refinement of these skills.
For info. and registration see: https://www.crisisnegotiatorsok.com/training
Very excited to be invited back again, and to present with my friends at FBI CNU in Quantico!
For more see: https://www.hostagenegotiators.com/
My first class in Mississippi!
For details and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1683
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
Been invited back to speak again in 2026!
Getting to teach a class in my hometown! Excited to do a 3-day advanced class with some scenarios included for team practice!
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1657
So cool that I’ve been asked back to speak! For details see: https://miahn.com/
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/418-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1662
Course Description: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/463
Here’s the course description from the TTPOA website: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
Heading back to where I was born! So glad to get to speak at their 2nd conference.
So excited to offer my first advanced certification course through TTPOA!
For details and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/482
This is a Tested Training Class. A 50-question certification test based on the 40-hour basic and the current course will be given. A Passing Score of 70% or greater is required to receive your Certification Certificate. Each student will be critiqued and given feedback on their ability to fulfill the duties of a “primary” negotiator through this course. Other advanced topics covered will be:
Negotiator Competencies and Influence and Persuasion
Supervision and Management of a Hostage Negotiation Team and Hostage Scene
Hostage / Barricade Situations Considerations, Threat Assessment, and Indicators of Progress
Suicidal Risk Assessment and Intervention.
Communication and Negotiation Skills with Different Psychiatric Conditions.
Kidnap Negotiations.
Negotiating with Terrorists and Active Shooters
Negotiating with Different Psychiatric Conditions
Officer Wellness, Stress & Anxiety Management
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/473
Course Description: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/276-negotiating-team-leadership/1357
From the PATC Website: This course is designed for more than just current or aspiring team leaders. All negotiators, regardless of rank or assignment, will benefit from understanding leadership dynamics, team decision-making, and how negotiating strategies are shaped at the leadership level. This team leadership course will cover:
Elements of a Crisis Negotiating Team, including evaluating proficiency
Responsibilities of a team leader and decision-making
Characteristics of good team leaders
Team operation and coordination
Working with incident command
Working with and training with SWAT
New member selection and training, including personality characteristics
Group dynamics and organization
Kidnap negotiations
Equipment, supplies, and SOP’s
Decision-making scenarios/callout debriefings as examples
This 2-day course is intended for patrol officers and their supervisors. It will be an introduction to responding to critical incidents that are then managed by SWAT Teams and Hostage (Crisis) Negotiators. The focus of the course will be on the skills and techniques used by negotiators when responding to suicidal subjects, criminal and non-criminal barricades, and hostage situations. Other situations that often deploy negotiators, such as kidnappings, active shooters/terroristic acts, and protest movements will also be considered. Finally, the tactical and incident command components of a critical incident response will be considered.
For info. and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/upcoming/page-8/
So happy to be returning to Leesburg, VA and the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy to teach a 2-day class for officers and negotiators!
The Texas Tactical Police Officers Association and I are putting on a class for dispatchers in El Paso!
This course for emergency service telecommunicators will review basic crisis intervention skills,
and also examine response to various critical incidents and crimes in action, such as active
shootings, hostage incidents, kidnappings, and barricaded mentally ill or suicidal subjects.
Skills for intervention with the mentally ill or suicidal will be examined, along with general
guidelines for response to critical incidents. Case examples from the instructor’s experience as a
police hostage (crisis) negotiator will serve as illustration of the topics covered in this course.
This course will also devote time to practice and refinement of these skills.
For info. and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/372
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1327
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For info. and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1334
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/181-hostage-negotiations-and-crisis-intervention-phase-i-and-ii-young/1329
Topics covered include: Team Structure, Basics of Negotiating, Intelligence, Communication Skills:, Psychology in Negotiations, Terrorism and extremist groups, Case Studies and Scenarios, and Suicide Intervention.
Additional topics attendees will have gained knowledge in:
Recognize circumstances conducive to successful crisis negotiation.
Recognize and apply strategies that contribute to successful crisis negotiation.
Recognize a non-negotiable situation.
Recognize and understand risk/benefit regarding the use of third party intermediaries.
Honored to be speaking at the WTCA meeting on Jan. 30th!
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1294
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/274
Here’s the course description from the TTPOA website: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
36th Annual Crisis Negotiation Team Competition!
Once again I get to attend as a judge for teams competing from all over the world. Highly recommend this event as a training opportunity. For more info. and registration see: https://www.cj.txst.edu/events/hostage.html
This course will meet the requirements for becoming a Police Hostage (Crisis) Negotiator.
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/specialty/courses/262
Course Objectives include:
Introduction/Orientation, Required/Suggested Equipment, Fundamentals of Hostage Negotiation, Active Listening, Mental Health for Negotiators, Suicide, Situation boards, NOC Protocol, Third Party Intermediaries, Tactical Role of the Negotiator, Managing Demands
For information and registration see: https://ttpoa.org/advanced-training/tactics/courses/250
Here’s the course description from the TTPOA website: In this three-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/483-hostage-negotiations-phase-iii-young
From the PATC website: This training module is a continuation of the Phase I and Phase II Hostage Negotiations course. To qualify to take the Phase III Hostage Negotiations Certification you must have completed Phase I and II through Public Agency Training Council. No other hostage training courses will qualify an individual / team to receive a certification through Phase III.
This is a Tested Training Class. A 50 Question Test Based on Phase I, II & III will be given. A Passing Score of 70% or greater is required to receive your Certification Certificate. Each student will be critiqued and given feedback on their ability to fulfill the duties of a “primary” negotiator through this course. Other advanced topics covered in Phase III will be:
Negotiator Competencies and Influence and Persuasion
Supervision and Management of a Hostage Negotiation Team and Hostage Scene
Hostage / Barricade Situations Considerations, Threat Assessment, and Indicators of Progress
Suicidal Risk Assessment and Intervention.
Communication and Negotiation Skills with Different Psychiatric Conditions.
Kidnap Negotiations.
Negotiating with Terrorists and Active Shooters
Communication and Negotiation Skills Applicable to Jail and Correction Facilities.
P.T.S.D. and Traumatic Brain Injury
Stress & Anxiety Management
The purpose of this 3-day training is to train mental health professionals for the unique work and challenges associated with being on a hostage (crisis) negotiation and/or SWAT team. This is a dangerous, delicate, and complicated profession that requires specialized training and experience to accomplish the goals of threat mitigation, peaceful resolution of critical incidents, and working effectively within a law enforcement agency. Mental health professionals generally lack the training necessary for this work and this course seeks to fill those gaps in training and experience.
This course also seeks to meet the new requirements set out by the NJ Attorney General regarding having a mental health professional attached to police SWAT and Negotiator teams.
For information and registration see the PATC website.
Excited to be a speaker this year! See their website for upcoming details: https://www.tncna.org/
Doing a Negotiating Team Leader course for CNOK! For details see: https://www.crisisnegotiatorsok.com/training
Invited back to speat at NTOA’s negotiator conference in 2025!
Check their website for details and come join us! They had 611 attendees in 2024 with many different break-out sessions.
See: https://www.ntoa.org/conferences/
Love teaching this course!
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1267
In this training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
Excited to be invited back to speak!
For details see: https://www.scnegotiators.com/events-1
So excited to be going to Montana to speak to violent crime detectives about officer wellness and stress management!
For information and registration see: https://www.mvcia.org/2024-conference/
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/181-hostage-negotiations-and-crisis-intervention-phase-i-and-ii-young/1164
Topics covered include: Team Structure, Basics of Negotiating, Intelligence, Communication Skills:, Psychology in Negotiations, Terrorism and extremist groups, Case Studies and Scenarios, and Suicide Intervention.
Additional topics attendees will have gained knowledge in:
Recognize circumstances conducive to successful crisis negotiation.
Recognize and apply strategies that contribute to successful crisis negotiation.
Recognize a non-negotiable situation.
Recognize and understand risk/benefit regarding the use of third party intermediaries.
So honored to be going back again this year!
Honored to be invited back again to speak! Details forthcoming.
See: https://cahn.us/default.aspx/MenuItemID/30/MenuGroup/_Home.htm
Contact me for details if you’ll be in the Amarillo area!
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/483-hostage-negotiations-phase-iii-young/1103
This is a Tested Training Class. A 50 Question Test Based on Phase I, II & III will be given. A Passing Score of 70% or greater is required to receive your Certification Certificate. Each student will be critiqued and given feedback on their ability to fulfill the duties of a “primary” negotiator through this course. Other advanced topics covered in Phase III will be:
Negotiator Competencies and Influence and Persuasion
Supervision and Management of a Hostage Negotiation Team and Hostage Scene
Hostage / Barricade Situations Considerations, Threat Assessment, and Indicators of Progress
Suicidal Risk Assessment and Intervention.
Communication and Negotiation Skills with Different Psychiatric Conditions.
Kidnap Negotiations.
Negotiating with Terrorists and Active Shooters
Communication and Negotiation Skills Applicable to Jail and Correction Facilities.
P.T.S.D. and Traumatic Brain Injury
Stress & Anxiety Management
Very excited to be invited back again, and to present with my friends at FBI CNU in Quantico!
For information and registration see: https://www.hostagenegotiators.com/
For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/276-negotiating-team-leadership/1102
From the PATC Website: This is designed for prospective, new and experienced team leaders of hostage (crisis) negotiating teams. This team leadership course will cover:
Elements of a Crisis Negotiating Team, including evaluating proficiency
Responsibilities of a team leader and decision-making
Characteristics of good team leaders
Team operation and coordination
Working with incident command
Working with and training with SWAT
New member selection and training, including personality characteristics
Group dynamics and organization
Kidnap negotiations
Equipment, supplies, and SOP’s
Decision-making scenarios/callout debriefings as examples
The purpose of this 3-day training is to train mental health professionals for the unique work and challenges associated with being on a hostage (crisis) negotiation and/or SWAT team. This is a dangerous, delicate, and complicated profession that requires specialized training and experience to accomplish the goals of threat mitigation, peaceful resolution of critical incidents, and working effectively within a law enforcement agency. Mental health professionals generally lack the training necessary for this work and this course seeks to fill those gaps in training and experience.
This course also seeks to meet the new requirements set out by the NJ Attorney General regarding having a mental health professional attached to police SWAT and Negotiator teams.
For more information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/592-the-use-of-psychological-consultants-on-hostage-crisis-negotiation-and-swat-teams/1007
For information and registration see: For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/19-advanced-hostage-crisis-negotiator-training-andy-young/1178
Course Description: In this two-day training seminar, attendees will review advanced intervention strategies used during potential high risk incidents that may aid in stabilizing life threatening situations. This training course is designed to assist hostage/crisis negotiators, mental health officers and mobile crisis intervention team members and frontline responders, who will respond to incidents involving barricade or hostage situations, individuals experiencing mental illness, are in a state of crisis or who may be actively suicidal. This course will also assist first responders communicate with individuals who are agitated or in crisis with a goal towards decreasing the intensity of the situation by behavioral change. Verbal de-escalation techniques will be studied that may reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation. Attendees will review advanced techniques used by mental health professionals to de-escalate persons in crisis, build rapport, and bring the person of concern towards behavioral change that will impact the safety of everyone involved. This course will review the concepts and techniques of crisis de-escalation and negotiation, suicide intervention and communicating with subjects suffering from mental illness, trauma reactions and/or in crisis. Training will also review the neurobiology and impact of trauma and how it affects behavior.
Training will include the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses and the techniques, strategies and challenges of communicating with those experiencing various mental health issues. Attendees will also review active listening skills, communication barriers and overcoming them in a way that better contextualizes their experiences to aid in creating communication strategies. Attendees will learn to better communicate with empathy while employing crisis de-escalation methods.
“Dr. Young portrays perfectly what it’s like to negotiate with folks bent on doing evil, those suffering from a mental illness, or years of abuse.”