Invited to bring negotiator training to the Indiana SWAT conference!

For details see: https://www.indianaswat.com/pssoconference

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/19-advanced-hostage-crisis-negotiator-training-andy-young/1074

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.

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/204

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 info. and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/276-negotiating-team-leadership/1126

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

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/181-hostage-negotiations-and-crisis-intervention-phase-i-and-ii-young/1044

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 glad to be invited back again to lead training for this great group of professionals!

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/276-negotiating-team-leadership/1093

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

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/276-negotiating-team-leadership/1095

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

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1101

This three-day 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 past experience will serve as an example.

Day 3 will examine risk assessment and prediction, and other advanced topics like kidnap negotiations and negotiating via text. Examples from the instructor’s experience will serve as examples.

Love teaching this course and going back to Columbus to do so!

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/988

This three-day 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 past experience will serve as an example.

Day 3 will examine risk assessment and prediction, and other advanced topics like kidnap negotiations and negotiating via text. Examples from the instructor’s experience will serve as examples.

Excited to be invited back to speak! Details forthcoming . . .

For details see: https://iahcn.com/

For information and registration see: https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/483-hostage-negotiations-phase-iii-young/1122

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

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.

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: 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

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/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

Honored to be invited back again to speak! Details forthcoming.

See: https://cahn.us/default.aspx/MenuItemID/30/MenuGroup/_Home.htm

So honored to be going back again this year!

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 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/

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/

Excited to be a speaker this year! See their website for upcoming details: https://www.tncna.org/

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.

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.

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

Got my first request for 2026! Details forthcoming . . .