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 […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #4: Forewarned about (some) Four-year-olds is Forearmed

Positive Handling Plans This post is about positive handling by the. Positive Handling Plans should consider the wide range of risks involved in the types of situations where these interventions are potentially needed. Is it possible for a four year old child to lash out and send their teacher or teaching assistant to hospital? How […]