ABOUT BRUCE CHAPMAN

Bruce Chapman is an inventor and author.  He is the President of Handle With Care® Behavior Management System, Inc. (HWC) and SoftCircle™ Client Protection Products.

Handle With Care:  Bruce created Handle With Care technology from 1973 to 1984 on the locked psychiatric unit of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was regarded as the hospital’s authority on the prevention and management of aggression and suicide.  He discovered HWC’s proprietary holding method, the Primary Restraint Technique (PRT)®, in 1974 at the age of 21.  The PRT has the distinction of being the only physical technique of any kind in patent history.  In 2001, he was granted a groundbreaking U.S. and International Patent for the PRT’s integrated safeguards to prevent positional asphyxiation during a prone restraint.  He created The Tension/Tension Reduction Cycle (T/TRC)™ and The Solid Object Relationship (SORM)™ Models in 1980.  They were first introduced to psychiatric residents at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and continue to provide the theoretical foundation for HWC Training.

HWC is currently taught in 44 States and Puerto Rico, with national headquarters located in Gardiner, NY.  HWC has approximately 22 licensed “Master Instructors” and “Regional Training Centers” currently under license throughout the U.S.  A Regional Training Center will be operational in Great Britain by spring, 2005.  Since 1984, Bruce has produced many thousands of HWC Certified Instructors working across the broad spectrum of human services including:

Mental Health and Social Service Agencies: psychiatric centers serving children and adults, general hospitals, residential treatment centers, developmental centers, substance abuse and detoxification centers, ambulance services, head injury and rehabilitation centers, group homes and foster parents.  He has been a featured guest speaker and presenter to numerous professional organizations and conferences including the American Hospital Association, The Mid Atlantic Health Congress, the Delaware Valley Emergency Room Nurses Association and the Princeton Center for Health Affairs Healthcare Information [television] Network (HIN).

Schools and Special Education:  nursery, grammar, middle and high schools, alternative schools and police resource officers.

Juvenile Justice: juvenile detention centers, juvenile correctional facilities, residential centers, family courts and probation officers.

Event and Concert Security: stadiums, arenas and convention centers.

Law Enforcement and Adult Corrections:  In 1995, Mr. Chapman created “Plus”, a standalone defensive tactics training program developed in response to the unique use-of force challenges of the law enforcement and correctional environment.  Plus addresses higher use-of-force levels than HWC.  HWC and Plus are taught to officers staffing jails and prisons, Emergency Response Teams operating in juvenile and adult facilities, police officers, parole officers, probation officers and hostage negotiators.  He is a certified instructor for the New Jersey Police Training Commission and provides expert testimony on issues related to the use-of-force.

SoftCircle:  In 1999, Bruce began a multiyear project to design and manufacture an innovative line of “modular” protection products for use with acutely homicidal and suicidal clients.  The SoftCircle project has earned him 11 additional U.S. Patents (9 remain pending; more are expected).  SoftCircle restraint products are assembled at our production facility in Gardiner.  SoftCircle “dipped foam process” products are manufactured in Mexico by Red Central Foams.

Professional Affiliations (Past and Present):  Associate Member of the New Jersey Hospital Safety and Security Directors Association, The American Correctional Association (ACA), the American Jail Association (AJA), the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP), the National Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA), the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association (JJTA) and the Association of Juvenile Detention Centers of New York State.  He has been an exhibitor, presenter and topic panelist at most of the above associations’ regional and national conferences and has been featured on the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN). He is a 6^th Dan and “Forms Technical Advisor” for the American Moo Duk Kwan Federation.