What UAE schools told us after a week of Positive Handling training
Staff at six UAE schools rated the training highly and asked for locally grounded guidance, since the law on physically stopping a child there is not straightforward.
Staff wellbeing after restrictive interventions: the missing safety control
After a restrictive intervention, leaders focus on the pupil, but staff need support too. The post calls this a safety control and sets out five steps, from immediate checks to recording, debrief and follow-up.
Who should be trained to use reasonable force in schools?
Rather than training everyone identically or too few people, schools should map where incidents happen and give staff training matched to their role, starting with awareness for all.
Restrictive intervention policy is now a behaviour-culture issue
The April 2026 guidance puts restrictive intervention inside behaviour culture, not a policy folder. It allows force where safety is at stake but expects schools to minimise it through prevention and early de-escalation.
What are Trauma Informed Schools?
Trauma-informed schools recognise how trauma affects pupils and respond with safety, trust and respect. The post covers the impact of trauma, six principles including choice, collaboration and cultural humility, benefits and implementation.
The Culture of Communication in Schools
In this short video, Gerard O’Dea explains some insights into conflict communications and the ethos of a school. It is a brief clip rather than a written post.
Brain and Behaviour – Flipping your Lid with Dan Siegel
A short pointer to Dan Siegel’s explanation of the brain areas, including the amygdala, that come into play in different emotional states, and what that means for trauma, conflict and behaviour.
Positive Behaviour Management from Dynamis to Reduce Restraints
Support for behaviour we find challenging starts with understanding the person and the environment they live in, then pairs reactive responses with proactive strategies aimed at reducing restraint over time.
A Tour of our Online Training in Positive Handling for Schools
The tour covers the online course built on Moodle, taking in crisis behaviour, duty of care, guidance and legislation, and reasonable force, plus a module of frequently asked questions.
Protecting relationships when reopening schools
A Vistelar webinar on welcoming children back under new rules is the starting point here. Suggestions include good first impressions, agreed non-verbal signals, consistent team responses and memory prompters around the building.