Second Sight’s training portfolio reflects a continuum of professional observation, safety, and investigative skills. Our online training allows for self-paced and self-directed training that provides you with a structured, repeatable observation process that makes observation a consistent, teachable skill.
We translate research into applied training that strengthens observation, communication, and decision-making across diverse professional environments—from security and law enforcement to healthcare, social services, education, and other public-facing settings.
Online Training
Our Available Online Courses
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Situational Awareness for Safety
$50 Per Participant | 1-Hour Course
This course equips learners with a structured, teachable observation process that enables them to systematically observe their environments and recognize early behavioral deviations that signal emerging safety concerns.
Audience: Everyone
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Threat Observation
$199 Per Participant | 4-Hour Course
This course equips learners with a research-validated, structured, repeatable observation process that strengthens systematic observation skills to identify behavioral threats. Participants will be able to distinguish benign behavior from deviations that may signal emerging concerns.
Audience: Security, Military, and Law Enforcement Professionals
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Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement
$299 Per Participant | 8-Hour Program + Refresher
This program equips learners with a research-validated system for recognizing early indicators of threat, interpreting behavioral deviations, and clearly articulating professional judgment in ways that withstand legal and supervisory scrutiny.
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Threat Awareness for Security Professionals
$299 Per Participant | 8-Hour Program + Refresher
This program equips learners with a comprehensive system for identifying early indicators of risk, assessing threat levels through visible behaviors, and articulating defensible decisions before situations escalate.
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Threat Awareness Refresher
$40 Per Participant | 45-Minute Course
This is an online refresher course designed to help learners review key concepts and practice their active threat assessment skills. Designed for graduates of either the 8-hour Threat Awareness program.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The following training is available in a self-paced online format: Situational Awareness for Safety, Threat Observation, Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement, Threat Awareness for Security Professionals, and the Threat Awareness Refresher. Best Practices in Fieldwork Safety, De-Escalation: Theory to Practice, and all Interview Planning and Credibility Assessment programs are currently available only in instructor-led format.
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We recommend against it. Pacing your progress leads to better retention and practical application of the structured observation process. We suggest completing one to two hours per session rather than working through the course in a single sitting.
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For our observation and visual threat detection training, learners receive downloadable and printable takeaway guides, reference documents, and practical field tools. We recommend downloading or printing these before you begin so they're available to reference during the course. A participant guide is not provided for Situational Awareness for Safety.
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Yes. Multi-license purchasing is available for organizations. We provide routine progress reports so administrators can track completion status across their team and recommend a phased rollout for larger groups.
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Online training is delivered through our learning management system. After enrollment, learners receive an invitation and onboarding information by email. Progress is saved by module, allowing learners to complete the course at their own pace across multiple sittings.
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Yes. Roughly 30–40% of each online course consists of practical exercises and applied exams that require learners to actively use the structured observation process in realistic scenarios — not just watch videos or read content.
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Yes. Learners who successfully complete any online training receive a certificate of completion.