Our Remote Positive Handling Training Options for International Schools
Our Remote Positive Handling Training Options for International Schools Introduction As schools continue to see behaviours of concern increasing in some of the children in their schools, many are exploring new ways to provide essential behaviour management training to their staff and this is no less an important issue for schools around the world. Positive […]
Positive Handling in Cumbria
Positive Handling in Cumbria and the North West: additions to our team! Did you know that we provide training in Positive Handling in Cumbria and the North West? Probably not! The truth is that our Managing Director (and one of our principal trainers), with exceptional experience of working with school staff on some of the […]
Can I get Positive Handling training specifically for Irish schools?
Dynamis trainers recently delivered positive handling training for a number of Irish schools. What did our team notice? And what recommendations might we make to other Irish schools following our experiences so far?
The Triune Brain on One Hand
Really useful model for understanding why people flip-out, lose control, go primal get shouty and otherwise behave like an upset ape, rather than a calm and considerate human. So important fundamental understanding for starting to think about trauma, ACEs, attachment and the causes of behaviours we sometimes see in our classrooms and schools.
How to choose Positive Handling Training for your School
How to choose positive handling training for your school. Positive handling is such a broad term and covers many different elements of how to positively manage behavior in a school and keep staff safe and deal with the unfortunate distress and frustration, sometimes even physical violence of some of our most vulnerable children. It is […]
Restraint Reduction Training Now Added to our Training Offering
A system which has helped reduce restraints from 76 in a 12 month period to just 7, increased attendance to 86.5% in a school for Looked After Children where previous attendance of individual students was often less than 10% and totally eliminated the need for exclusion.* RESTRAINT REDUCTION TRAINING with ZEB GLOVER All school settings should aim […]
Feedback: absolutely applicable to the demands of a primary school
Dersingham primary school Nursery NurseOur instructor very knowledgeable and was happy to answer all questions and discuss any scenario that we brought up. Plus he had a good sense of humour and was very patient. Westlands community primary schoolSenco and assistant HeadteacherThe trainer was really good at assessing the needs of the group. All questions, […]
The Context of Positive Handling and the Seven Scenarios for Schools
Interview with Vistelar about Dynamis Positive Handling Al Oelshlaeger (CEO of Vistelar) took some time recently to interview our Director of Training, Gerard O’Dea, about our Positive Handling work with schools in the UK. We have becomes quite specialist in helping education staff to deal with high-risk behaviours in schools. Here is how we look […]
Can you send a trainer to do an hour with the staff?
THE PROBLEM OF SHORT-DURATION COURSES AND THE ISSUE OF CREATING “MORE QUESTIONS” Can you send us a trainer, to do an hour of training? I recently spent a full day at one of the biggest Sixth-Form colleges in the UK, who have 3,700 students on their rolls! The assembled team – few in number – […]
De-Escalation and Physical Intervention in a Secondary or Sixth-Form College
De-Escalation and Physical Intervention in a Secondary Environment When a member of education staff makes a decision about physically intervening in a ‘physical behaviour’ situation, it is possibly the most critical moment in their career. The forseeable results of a poorly managed physical intervention at your secondary school or college could be: – a child […]