Course Feedback: a very professional experience
A learning disabilities specialist in Huddersfield found the techniques simple, quick and easy to remember, and valued being able to work through the theory in their own time before the practical training.
Course Feedback: “far more useful and engaging”
A learning support assistant who had trained elsewhere found this session more useful and engaging, with holds that were easier to keep, and stories that helped her retain what was taught.
One of the most informative and interesting CPD sessions I’ve attended
Class teachers in Mirfield described a blended session as concise, coherent and open to their questions, and said learning that teachers are not powerless felt empowering.
Legal Safe and Effective Positive Handling
A special needs behaviour support specialist from Suffolk describes a course that gave practical, legal tools, then recounts using the necessary, last resort check and a taught technique to calm the person.
Positive Handling Strategies – feel confident
Feedback from a Suffolk class teacher who found the course useful, felt more confident about situations that may arise, and valued practising the modelled strategies alongside colleagues.
Positive Handling “this was the best so far”
A pastoral lead in Greater London calls this the best of several positive handling courses, with holds that proved easy to use and left staff confident they were not hurting children.
Keep children safe through Positive Handling “very useful”
A deputy head from Warwick said the course clarified the legislation on when teachers may use handling techniques, the fear of reprimand being what puts staff off, and practice built confidence in class.
Positive Handling Law
A one-to-one teaching assistant describes a course that was not all physical, with substantial teaching about the law and how staff can protect themselves. She had already applied some suggestions at her workplace.
Positive Handling Course delivery was “precise clear well paced”
An early years practitioner in north-west London praised the safety emphasis, the online material recapped in class, and delivery described as precise, clear and well paced, with techniques observed during the practical.
Managing Behaviour may include Positive Handling
Managing behaviour should begin with persuasive verbalisation, but this post argues physical alternatives are sometimes needed when words fail. A behaviour management consultant calls the tailored course the best of three providers.