One type of behavior modification courses are designed for educators to learn techniques for dealing with students who have behavioral issues. An example is a graduate-level online course offered by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro entitled Behavior Management. It seeks to present "concepts, skills and practices" for educators to use when encountering students with emotional and other needs.
Often a court will order a behavior management course as part of a probationary sentence or as a condition of avoiding incarceration. The type of course depends upon the offense involved and the court's sense of the adverse behavior that contributed to the individual being in court. The Florida Safety Council offers several courses that can satisfy a court order. Examples of the council's choices include anger management, domestic violence intervention and vital living skills.
Foster parents take in children who have been abused or neglected and removed from their home by court order. Many times these children exhibit behavioral issues that can be difficult for the foster parents to deal with. Many behavior modification courses provide instruction for the foster parents on how to handle these issues. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Child Welfare Information Gateway offers a variety of training courses for foster parents such as ADHD: A Guide for Families, providing insight into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Behavior Management Courses also include education about crisis management. This includes subjects like workplace violence, suicide prevention and self-harm. The main emphasis is on prevention, identification and early intervention, along with mediation. Techniques for lowering the tension and reducing the crisis to a manageable level are stressed.