Duty of Care and stopping fights in Positive Handling
We are often asked about stopping fights between children in the hope that safe, reliable and risk-free methods exists. In this story, we explore the issue. In this video Director of Training at Dynamis, Gerard O’Dea, tells a story about how one female teacher had to come up with some urgent ideas about stopping fights in […]
Positive Handling: What’s the worst that can happen?
A teacher’s leg was shattered and her kneecap broken in a classroom attack by a 10-year-old pupil. Diane Whitehead, 53, had to have surgery to pin her leg back together after she was karate kicked by the out-of-control boy. She could be off work for more than a year recovering from her injuries. Diane Whitehead, […]
Alerting other staff that you need help in Positive Handling
:: Here is a rough-cut video clip from a recent training session where our Director of Training, expert witness Gerard O’Dea, spoke to the team about setting up reliable and robust alerting systems. Because the presence of other staff drastically increases safety in several ways, calling for assistance is a major focus for establishing a […]
Legal Safe and Effective Positive Handling
Legal Safe and Effective Positive Handling Legal Safe and Effective Positive Handling is what we strive to design and deliver here at Dynamis, where we work with schools, teaching staff and other education services to deal with distressed or challenging behaviours with children by showing them respect at all times in a safe environment which we create […]
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 […]
Can Online Training help you to allocate the right resources to Positive Handling?
Positive Handling Online Training A component of our programme which saves your school time and resources. Gerard O’Dea, Director of Training at Dynamis, gives a brief tour of the very popular Positive Handling Online Training offered through the Dynamis training programme. Comments from our learners about the Positive Handling Online Training from Dynamis” “It was good […]
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 […]
The Six Positive Handling Scenarios in Schools
Director of Training Gerard O’Dea discusses the common scenarios which ocur in schools that may necessitate the use of force or positive handling with children.
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 […]