De-Escalation

[Fred Fuller]

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De-Escalation
By: Cody S. Alderson (01/27/2012)

We talk about ADEE as the 'school solution' here in ST&T, but few people ever discuss the whens, hows and whys of de-escalation. Here's an article that does...

More on the subject:

Found this from a link at http://www.yachtsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/02/de-escalation.html
De-Escalation

http://blog.hsoi.com/2009/02/11/self-defense-acronyms/

http://www.teddytactical.com/archive/MonthlyStudy/2006/02_StudyDay.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Violence-Comparison-Martial-Training/dp/1594391181 - learn about the 'monkey dance'

 

[Loosedhorse]

De-escalation involves both physical and verbal techniques. There is a book called Verbal Judo by George Thompson. It has apparently inspired at least two websites, as well.

http://verbaljudo.org/

http://www.verbaljudo.com/

few people ever discuss the whens, hows and whys of de-escalation

When is easy. Ideally, de-escalation should start before violence is even hinted at; de-escalation at its best merges with violence prevention.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Thanks - I had intended to include Verbal Judo in the links, but got distracted/overtaken by domestic events. (200 plus pounds of Fila demanding breakfast are hard to ignore)

 

[Walkalong]

De-escalation

There was certainly an opportunity for it, but none was used the way it sounded. Stopping completely was the first mistake.

I learned the hard way early in life that how one reacts can determine, to a point, how things escalate, or not. I flunked it early on, thus the lesson.

Some folks are quite good at it, while others just don't have the knack. I am in the middle somewhere.