Class Enrollment

Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)/AB-508 Violence Prevention
Date/Time:	Fri 1/16/2026 at 6:00 PM
Location:	PALM DESERT RESUSCITATION EDUCATION LLC – RIVERSIDE OFFICE - 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
Class Price:	See Options
Notes:	***We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule a class due to the lack of participation or personnel/workplace emergency situations. Please be advised that notification of canceled or rescheduled course(s) will be given by phone or email as soon as possible.

Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)/AB-508 Violence Prevention

Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB) or AB-508 Violence Prevention is a Palm Desert Resuscitation Education LLC (PDRE) course that is required for healthcare providers who require a certification in managing aggressive behavior in the outpatient clinic, inpatient hospital, emergency department, and other healthcare settings. It is also intended for those non-healthcare providers and/or individuals desiring to learn how to manage assaultive and aggressive behaviors by de-escalating situations to prevent any potential assaults on patients, staff, personnel, or laypersons.

Audience:

Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)/AB-508 Violence Prevention

• The Law requires this for all healthcare personnel assigned to the Emergency Departments or working in psychiatric facilities, where management of assaultive behavior and violence prevention is needed.
• This class is also intended for those who desire to know how to handle confidently difficult situations to act appropriately and steadfast, feel safer with a preventative and defensive approach, and be more confidant in handling yourself in instances where you need to use your sound training and logic over brute physical strength regardless of your size and stature.
• Specific healthcare and non-healthcare/layperson providers who need MAB/AB-508: Emergency department and psychiatric employees, staff, and personnel such ED and psychiatric physicians, nurses (CNAs, LVNs, LPNs, RNs, MSNs, etc.); respiratory therapists, paramedics; EMTs; technicians; social workers; LMFTs; physical therapists; security guards; law enforcement; and lay persons.

In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios may be presented.

Features:

• This is an approved 100% classroom-based.
• This course may also be renewed by the expiration of the course completion certificate/card to remain a valid.
• CALIFORNIA BILL NUMBER: AB 508; CHAPTERED 10/08/93
  • This bill would require all hospital employees regularly assigned to the emergency department to receive training and education relating to various security topics, including, but not limited to, general safety measures, aggression and violence predicting factors, and verbal and physical maneuvers to diffuse or avoid violent behavior, by January 1, 1995, and on a continuing basis thereafter as provided for in the security plan of the hospital. The bill would require prescribed medical and other staff to receive the same security training or training determined sufficient pursuant to the security plan of the hospital.
  • This bill would require by July 1, 1995, all general acute care, acute psychiatric, and special hospitals to conduct a security and safety assessment and to develop a security plan.
  • This bill would require reporting of any act of assault or battery, as defined, against any on-duty hospital personnel to the local enforcement agency within 72 hours, and would make any individual knowingly interfering with or obstructing the reporting process guilty of a misdemeanor, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. Since violation of health facility licensing standards and willful violation of the regulations adopted for these facilities is a misdemeanor, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by changing the definition of a crime. 

Course Content:

• MAB/AB-508 Course Introduction
• Settings Where MAB/AB-508 Course May Be Required
• Major Topics Discussed
  • Scene safety, always having a back-up, and knowing whereabouts
  • Handling of aggressive behavior
    • Resident behavior
    • Environmental factors
    • Caregiver factors
  • STAGES OF ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR
    • Stage 1 – CALM
    • Stage 2 – INCREASED ANXIETY
    • Stage 3 – ATTENTION SEEKING
    • Stage 4 – DEFENSIVENESS
    • Stage 5 – CHALLENGING
    • Stage 6 – PHYSICALLY ACTING OUT
    • Stage 7 – LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
  • Behaviors your clients are exhibiting
  • Best action for these Problems
  • Reporting to your supervisors and superiors about assaultive behaviors and especially injuries
  • Documentation of assaultive behaviors
  • Universal Precautions such as washing hands and using personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • GOLDEN RULES OF SAFETY
  • SAFE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES
    • SPACE
    • PRESENCE
    • HIT
    • KICK
    • WRIST GRAB
    • CHOKE HOLD
    • SIDE ARM CHOCK
    • HAIR PULL
    • CLOTHES PULL
    • BITES
• Violence Prevention
• Preventing Assaults
• De-escalation Measures
• Approaching difficult situations in a calm, rational manner to defuse any crises leading to assaultive behavior, violence prevention, and assaults
• Prevention of unmanageable and dangerous assault and physical confrontation
• Defending and protecting people in potentially difficult crises
• Recognize the features related to destructive and forceful behavior in patients and victims 

Other Course Focuses:

• Dependable methods of crisis mediation and crisis avoidance
• Goals for MAB/AB-508 course are to learn proven and trusted non-physical psychomotor skills that will give a person confidence in de-escalating difficult situations and violent behavior
• Responding to crises utilizing the most minimal deterring interventions
• Know, prevent, and avert the red flags and warning signs
• Triggers for assaultive behaviors and violence
• Using personal safety techniques during difficult situations
• Debriefing methods in order to understand, prevent, and improve upon constructive interventions for managing assaultive behaviors and violence

Course Format/Time:

• Classroom-based
• Instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout
• Initial/Renewal Provider Course
• Approximately 4 - 8 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing, and dependent on organizational requirements, students and instructor ratios, and other factors
• Course time based on
  • 1 instructor to 6 students

Course Fee:

• Initial (first-time) Certifications: $200
• Renewing Certifications: $150

Certification:

• Upon successful course completion, including demonstration of psychomotor skills competency in all learning stations, students receive a course completion certificate/card good for 2 year for Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB)/AB-508 Violence Prevention through Palm Desert Resuscitation Education LLC

Scheduling & Discounts:

• Register early because classroom-based courses fill-up quickly
• Enrollment is limited
• Course scheduling is subject to change without notice
• Please call us if you have any questions or for discounted group rates and seasonal promotions!
• Feel free to view our website for more information: http://www.yourcprmd.com

Useful Information:

• Legalinfo.ca.gov website: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/93-94/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_508_bill_931008_chaptered