What others have been saying about this course:

5 star rating

Fantastic Primer on Behavior Profiling and Situational Aw...

Brent Deckman

This course is short, sweet, and loaded with valuable information. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a primer on these topics.

This course is short, sweet, and loaded with valuable information. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a primer on these topics.

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5 star rating

Extremely valuable.

Shawn Ewashko

The information in the introduction alone is incredibly valuable. It is delivered in a clear and easily digestible manner and language. The information is ...

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The information in the introduction alone is incredibly valuable. It is delivered in a clear and easily digestible manner and language. The information is honest and straightforward about the powerful impact situational awareness can play in a situations where it is needed most.

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5 star rating

Limbic Overload

james michael patrella

Yousef delivers great content at unbelievable value. This information will be highly useful to anyone desiring to keep themselves and their loved-ones safe ...

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Yousef delivers great content at unbelievable value. This information will be highly useful to anyone desiring to keep themselves and their loved-ones safe from the bad guys. The segments on developing a baseline and creating good mental file folders by themselves were invaluable. If you have been through an Emergence seminar this course content will be very familiar and a great way to fill in any missing notes. If you haven't been through a seminar be prepared to intake a mountain of information. Thanks, SimiShooter@IG.

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5 star rating

Intro to Situational Awareness

Michael Cucchiara

Good information presented in an accessible way and not overly complex. A good start. Speaker is clear and concise with reasonable examples and enough backg...

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Good information presented in an accessible way and not overly complex. A good start. Speaker is clear and concise with reasonable examples and enough background information to present a solid case for the methods described.

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5 star rating

Fantastic

Darcy Bailey

Good insight into the mind and how situations can be managed and handled. looking forward to the other courses that follow.

Good insight into the mind and how situations can be managed and handled. looking forward to the other courses that follow.

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5 star rating

Great Class

Gerald Bailey

As the Suarez International sole affiliate here in Cape Town South Africa, this is a great class. Short to the point. I have also studied Lt Col Dave Grossma...

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As the Suarez International sole affiliate here in Cape Town South Africa, this is a great class. Short to the point. I have also studied Lt Col Dave Grossman's material and used it in my firearm classes. This is a great addition to the fine work Dave Grossman has done. Will be back for the other classes GR Bailey Suarez International Southern Africa

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5 star rating

Great Intro Course

Frazier Damon

I have studied profiling before in my role as law enforcement. This is a great intro and refresher to the material. I look forward to diving deeper into th...

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I have studied profiling before in my role as law enforcement. This is a great intro and refresher to the material. I look forward to diving deeper into the topics and hearing this information laid out in new and updated ways.

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5 star rating

very good introduction

Loic Jaurena

Well, I m pleased that I take that course based on recommendation of different people like Ed. Like I wrote on my IG, I am not an English native speaker but...

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Well, I m pleased that I take that course based on recommendation of different people like Ed. Like I wrote on my IG, I am not an English native speaker but the course is very accessible and full of useful information. Of course, it is only an introduction but it gives some basic concepts like anomalies, files and folders, etc that are very useful and can be applied to a lot of situations. I really enjoyed this short class and I m very curious and impatient for the following. Also I would suggest some static material like graphic chart and kind of "cards" to help visualize and remember it more easily (even if I like to take notes and make my own graphic). Yousef, thank you very much for sharing all of this. Looking forward to see more!

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5 star rating

Broad Solid Base of Knowledge

Dylan Cannon

Information presented in this introductory course is excellent. While I have heard probably 80% of it before across the last 5 years of training with differe...

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Information presented in this introductory course is excellent. While I have heard probably 80% of it before across the last 5 years of training with different people in different states, it was great to have a concise refresher with some new information added on top. The course content, especially for an intro into the field, is an excellent culmination of info from a broad set of sources, and it's explained by a man who is obviously passionate and highly studied in the subject he is instructing. If you are reading reviews for this first one, just buy the course. It's a low price for a good ratio of time spent to material learned.

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5 star rating

Great Information

Tim Hortberg

This is valuable information for everyone to understand. The presentation was concise and easy to understand. I look forward to future classes. Thank you for...

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This is valuable information for everyone to understand. The presentation was concise and easy to understand. I look forward to future classes. Thank you for putting these courses together.

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5 star rating

Great intro

Brendan McDonald

A great intro, looking forward to more

A great intro, looking forward to more

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Behaviors that comes from the brain’s survival center can give off observable pre-event indicators to fear or violence. Once observed, you can disrupt the chain of events that lead to violence and stop an attack before it begins. By understanding the behavioral and environmental domains, you will be able to establish baselines and pick out anomalies around you. This builds a pro-active mindset and hyper situational awareness that aids in disrupting violence before it happens, rather than responding after the fact.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome Aboard!

    • Welcome Aboard!

    • Focus Loop Guide

  • 2

    An Introduction to Behavior Profiling

    • Introduction to Behavior Profiling

  • 3

    File Folders and Denial

    • File folders and Denial

  • 4

    Fear and Brain Errors

    • Fear Is a Gift!

  • 5

    Final Thoughts

    • Conclusion

About the instructor

Founder, Emergence LLC

Yousef Badou

Yousef Badou is an educator and trainer with a diverse background.  Having grown up in the Middle East, Yousef was better prepared to handle the nuances of the region while deployed as a Marine. He served multiple deployments to Iraq, where he navigated through many tribal factions from the southern border to the northern areas of Iraq. Following his time in the military, Yousef was certified as an Instructor/Trainer and was requested by name to serve as the Behavior Profiling Lead to the Marine Corps Combat Hunter Program.  He served as the certifying authority for instructors in subjects pertaining to Enhanced Observation, Behavior Profiling and Tracking.  After more than 10 years teaching at Combat Hunter, Yousef founded Emergence LLC to innovate new products and bring Behavior Analysis to a wider variety of industries and communities.