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.” – […]
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
Positive Handling Feedback: “of a high standard and delivered brilliantly”
This post is about positive handling feedback. This training was of a high standard and delivered brilliantly – just the right mix of getting to know everyone, theory and practice. Gerard was particularly good at putting things into perspective – in regards to the law and our duty of care – when sometimes we are […]
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 […]
Course Photo: Instinctive Protection
This post is about positive handling. During fast-moving encounters things happen fast! All the trainers our attendees meet on our courses have expert knowledge of the body’s in-built survival systems and how this expresses itself as very rapid and instinctive protection movements for self-protection. Here, Gerard O’Dea is doing a live demonstration for his training group to show how […]