TIJCC Ms. Cha Center Director and Ms. Morgan Recreation Manager

Managing Aggressive Behavior also know as MAB!

MAB was all that was being talked about here at Treasure Island for the past week. Nearly 90 staff members were trained in Managing Aggressive Behavior thanks to four wonderful MAB trainers; which included our very own Recreation Manager Geneva Morgan and Dorm Shift Manager Theo Foreman, as well as our fellow Job Corps center— Red Rock’s Social Development Director John Hightower and Career Transition Readiness Instructor Tom Morvanski.
Staff learned how to manage and prevent crisis, how to blend, the therapeutic approach vs. the exploitive approach, understanding student’s needs, partake in team exercises, shared their experiences and challenged with each other to think how each staff member implements rules and expectations. The time spent training in MAB was enjoyable, our instructors were knowledgeable, the training was interactive and staff were exposed to different tactics to be used with students. You could hear a staff member walk by another and ask what are the 5 behavior focus questions? Or see staff talking about what they learned over lunch.
After the training we asked staff to complete a survey on their training experience. 80% had said that they already used something that they learned and over 90% believes the training better equips them to do their job more effectively.
A special thanks to our instructors here at TI and to Mr. Hightower and Mr. Morvanski, who traveled all the way from Pennsylvania to provide us a service that will help us to better serve the students that we have now and the students that we will have in the future. Our near future goals is to have every staff member at TIJCC certified in Managing Aggressive Behavior. Additionally, we are looking into offering CPP students a chance to be trained in MAB, which would be specialized to a student’s perspective, similar to how the Leadership training is provided.