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Schools being too strict?

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Schools being too strict?

What UAE schools told us after a week of Positive Handling training

Disproportionality in restrictive interventions: what schools should look for in the data

Searching for prohibited items: where reasonable force fits and where it does not

Staff wellbeing after restrictive interventions: the missing safety control

MAT-wide consistency: why trusts need one standard for restrictive interventions

Behaviour support plans after restraint: the review schools cannot skip

Serious disorder, property damage and injury: understanding the thresholds for force

Post-incident debrief: where safer practice is built

Restraint and seclusion reporting: what the 2026 regulations mean in daily school life

Why schools need a training needs assessment before positive handling training

The 2026 DfE Guidance on Restrictive Interventions: What School Leaders Should Be Reviewing Now

Who should be trained to use reasonable force in schools?

Ground restraint and unsafe techniques: what schools must remove from training

Reporting to parents: why same-day communication protects trust

From behaviour policy to practice: making the guidance work in corridors and classrooms

Why “no-contact” policies can put schools at risk

Governors and intervention data: the questions boards should be asking

Seclusion is not a sanction: what the 2026 guidance means for safe spaces

Restrictive intervention policy is now a behaviour-culture issue

SEND, reasonable adjustments and positive handling: prevention before crisis

Recording reasonable force: what good incident notes need to prove

Necessary, proportionate, shortest time: the decision test school staff need to practise

Report – Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools

Report – Responding to Behaviours of Concern in Irish Schools

School Leaders Give High Marks to Dynamis’ Inaugural Education Webinar Series

When young people carry knives: 3 things school staff need to know

5 ways to a sensory-friendly classroom

Exceeding expectations: A deep dive into training excellence

Rethinking ADHD

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