Course Feedback: “a more detailed support plan was given for working with younger children”
Younger Children and Positive Handling – Course Feedback “The course was excellent in his contents and it’s delivery. I found the techniques very useful. I had previously received training from an alternative provider, this time I was pleased that a more detailed support plan was given for working with younger children. I enjoyed getting involved […]
Course Feedback: “knowledge of the trainer was vast”
positive handling: Brilliant training – something I’ve never covered before and I found it very interesting. Knowledge of the trainer was vast and could answer every question we had. Thank you! This post is about positive handling. — Teaching Assistant, Woodlands Primary School, March 2017 This guide on positive handling is part of our ongoing […]
Duty of Care and stopping fights in Positive Handling
This post is about duty of care and. 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 […]
Positive Handling: What’s the worst that can happen?
This post is about positive handling. 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 […]
You need a team for safe Positive Handling and here is why
You need a team: :: Safe Positive Handling requires team tactics :: This post is about you need a team. In this rough-cut video-clip from a recent training course, our Director of Training expert witness Gerard O’Dea explains why we don’t recommend that staff carry out safe positive handling restraint interventions (defined as immobilising a […]
Course Feedback: “far more useful and engaging”
“I have previously done a positive handling course with a different company. I found your session far more useful and engaging, plus the hold/restraints were much easier to achieve. Previously I have found It tricky to keep hold of a child during a necessary restraint, however the knowledge I now have enables me to carry […]
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 […]
Positive Handling Strategies – feel confident
Positive Handling Strategies –: Positive Handling Strategies This post is about positive handling strategies –. Positive handling strategies should increase confidence, improve teamwork and give you the opportunity to enhance your level of practice with your colleagues. Here is what one class teacher said after a recent course with our team: “The course was very […]
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. This post is about inquiry mentions foster carer. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the 13-year-old at her home in Hamilton in 2011. He […]
Positive Handling Feedback: “more confident and empowered – fantastic”
This post is about positive handling feedback. “The staff who attended the course went away feeling more confident and empowered. They felt happy that should any positive handling be required, they could do it in a safe way. Pauline was fantastic and made the training personal to our setting and the situations we meet.” – […]