Preventing Physical Interventions with Children who have experienced Trauma
The Power of Deescalation in Schools: Preventing Physical Interventions with Children who have experienced Trauma Introduction Working with children who have experienced trauma can be extremely challenging, and when these students become agitated or aggressive, it can be tempting to use physical interventions to control the situation. However, research shows that deescalation is a much […]
Positive Handling in Cumbria
Positive Handling in Cumbria and the North West: additions to our team! Did you know that we provide training in Positive Handling in Cumbria and the North West? Probably not! The truth is that our Managing Director (and one of our principal trainers), with exceptional experience of working with school staff on some of the […]
Early Years Staff Struggling – Anna Freud Report
It is often overlooked that nursery practitioners are working with vulnerable children on a daily basis, the report ‘Their challenges are our challenges’ by the Anna Freud Centre states. The centre, which specialises in child mental health research, training and treatment, surveyed more than 900 nursery practitioners during the last three months of 2020. They […]
The Culture of Communication in Schools
Can I get Positive Handling training specifically for Irish schools?
Dynamis trainers recently delivered positive handling training for a number of Irish schools. What did our team notice? And what recommendations might we make to other Irish schools following our experiences so far?
The Triune Brain on One Hand
Really useful model for understanding why people flip-out, lose control, go primal get shouty and otherwise behave like an upset ape, rather than a calm and considerate human. So important fundamental understanding for starting to think about trauma, ACEs, attachment and the causes of behaviours we sometimes see in our classrooms and schools.
Brain and Behaviour – Flipping your Lid with Dan Siegel
A really interesting and sometime fun explanation of the different parts of the brain (including the amygdala)which are engaged when we are feeling different states, relative to childhood trauma and behaviour, conflict management and positive behaviour.
How to choose Positive Handling Training for your School
How to choose positive handling training for your school. Positive handling is such a broad term and covers many different elements of how to positively manage behavior in a school and keep staff safe and deal with the unfortunate distress and frustration, sometimes even physical violence of some of our most vulnerable children. It is […]
Positive Behaviour Management and Handling Training for Schools in Abu Dhabi UAE
Here is a video we produced introducing our training to ADEK in 2019.
Positive Behaviour Management from Dynamis to Reduce Restraints
For people whose behaviour we find challenging, effective support must be based on a good understanding of the relevance of the behaviour for the individual in the situations and environment in which it occurs. The behaviour needs to be understood within the broader context of the entire person (past history, physical state, emotional state, health, […]