Can Online Training help you to allocate the right resources to Positive Handling?
Can Online Training help: Positive Handling Online Training A component of our programme which saves your school time and resources. This post is about can online training help. 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 […]
Positive Handling Feedback: “enabled all of us to learn and to do the techniques if necessary
This post is about positive handling feedback. “The trainer, Zeb, was obviously well qualified and had a thorough knowledge of the whole area. He delivered the training excellently and was very clear on our responsibilities. His demonstrating skills enabled all of us to learn and to deliver the techniques we were shown if necessary.” – […]
How many school staff to train in positive handling?
How many school staff to train in positive handling? The Gravy Train positive handling courses for the masses? Many schools have for years taken the Whole School approach to train positive handling for every member of staff at school. Recently I have been asking schools if this is really the approach that they need to […]
The Six Positive Handling Scenarios in Schools
This post is about the six positive handling. 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. This guide on the six positive handling is part of our ongoing work with schools and academies. Related reading The Context of […]
Positive Handling 2-minute Introduction video
This post is about positive handling 2-minute introduction. This guide on positive handling 2-minute introduction is part of our ongoing work with schools and academies. Related reading Feedback from Special School with Unique Needs (Video) Feedback from EYFS practitioners (video) Why Schools Need Positive Handling Training
Allegations and Teachers’ rights to Use Force
This post is about allegations and teachers’ rights. Dynamis provides a specific education-focussed one-day (or half-day where necessary) training course in the issues involved in use-of-force in a school setting. The case of Deputy Head Teacher Royden Cope has been much discussed in the news and we feel that Jenny McCartney put the issues at-hand very […]
TCI Therapeutic Crisis Intervention used on 16-year old killed in care
This post is about tci therapeutic crisis intervention. Corey Foster was 16 years old when one day while at school, teachers at his school held him on the floor in the hold pictured here. He subsequently died minutes later. (Read the full story here) Assistant Director of Human Resources Tracy Clayton, far left, and […]
4 in 10 Teachers attacked by Pupils
Attacked by pupils: 43% of the workforce being exposed to violence… This post is about 4 in 10 teachers. Four out of 10 teachers have experienced violence from pupils in the past year, a survey for the ATL teachers union suggests (26 Jan 2016). Of those who had experienced violence, 77% said they had been pushed, […]
Sacked School Worker Wins £70,000 Compensation From Tribunal
This post is about sacked school worker wins. The former Head of Care at a school for unruly kids has won more than £70,000 in compensation after a tribunal ruled that bosses were wrong to sack him for grabbing hold of a troublesome teenager (as reported in the Paisley Daily Express, Jun 21 2011) David […]
Is Whole-School Positive Handling the right answer?
WHOLE SCHOOL POSITIVE HANDLING – For and Against. This post is about is whole-school positive handling. Many schools have for years taken the Whole School approach to positive handling training. Recently I have been asking schools if this is really the approach that they need to take, they want to take and is having EVERY […]