Inquiry mentions Foster Carer Training in Conflict and Physical Interventions
TRAINING FOR FOSTER CARERS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE – SHERIFF The death of a foster carer who was killed by a boy she was looking after was avoidable, an inquiry has found. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the 13-year-old at her home in Hamilton in 2011. He was later detained for seven years after admitting […]
Positive Handling Course delivery was “precise clear well paced”
“Support and advice given to practices used in Early years settings brilliant. Safety highlighted to protect ourselves and our subjects in various scenarios. Online course material supported and knowledge recapped in class with visual notes and explained. Course delivery was precise clear well paced, with support explaining handling techniques, which were observed throughout the practical […]
Managing Behaviour may include Positive Handling
The physical side of managing behaviour Managing behaviour in schools ideally means using professional and persuasive verbalisation skills but must also include the physical alternatives where words alone fail. We treat every child with dignity and show them respect but sometimes words alone are not enough and in order to create a safe and […]
“Completely appropriate…safe techniques and tactics” for Positive Handling
“Very informative and the content was completely appropriate to the type of scenarios that could occur in our school. The chance to learn and practice safe techniques and tactics that can be used in a school environment was brilliant – really opened my eyes and enhanced my awareness of what to do and the kind […]
Classroom Conflict 7: Influencing the Resistant Child in your Classroom
Classroom Conflict: Persuasion Sequence They won’t do what you have reasonably requested them to do. You are having a standoff in your classroom, in front of all the other children and your teaching colleague…what to do? Dig in and fortify your position? Begin issuing threats? Of course not. You are far more […]
Classroom Conflict 6: Staying on Track with the Distressed Child
Classroom Conflict: Dealing with verbal abuse, insulting or hurtful language. When facing Classroom Conflict there is a way to stay on track in the face of very distressed behaviour. If you have faced a distressed, upset, angry or frustrated child, then you will have had moments where your mettle has been truly tested. They have […]
Classroom Conflict 5: Truly Listening to the Distressed Child
Classroom Conflict: Listening Skills for the De-Escalation of a Distressed Child There is a process to proper listening during Classroom Conflict . When dealing with a distressed, upset or frustrated child, listening has a purpose and a goal which goes beyond simply hearing the words. In our methodology, we use listening as a way […]
Classroom Conflict 4: Initiating successful contact with the child
Classroom Conflict: Starting off with Good Beginnings Teachers know that one of the most influential things an educator can do to control behaviour in a classroom is to work with proximity in order to influence attention, cooperation and engagement. Teachers move around the room and interact in different ways to keep their lessons moving […]
Classroom Conflict 3: Showtime Mindset for managing children
Classroom Conflict: Being in your Showtime Mindset Children present with challenging behaviour in classrooms and schools for two main reasons: Task (sometimes Situation) Avoidance or Attention Seeking. The dedicated staff who support those children during Classroom Conflict have seemingly limitless reserves of patience, compassion and empathy for them. When we at Dynamis see a professional in contact with […]
Classroom Conflict 2: The Five Maxims for Effective Classroom Communications
Classroom Conflict: “this is how we do business around here” Treating each other with dignity by showing each other respect Classroom Conflict demands that we approach it with a set of appropriate values. Any system of behaviour management, physical intervention training with children, or restraint training at a school, should come with a value system. […]