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.” – […]
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 […]
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 […]
Restraint in school – what the law says
“You hope you will never have to use restraint, but if your duty of care leaves you with little choice: know your school procedure and record everything” This post is about restraint in school –. An excellent article about the use of force for restraint in schools by solicitor Jade Kent. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/restraint-in-school-what-the-law-says/ Author on the […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #5: Five Values for Effective Interactions in the Classroom
Positive Handling Values Base This post is about positive handling by the. One of the most frequent scenarios we come across in working with teaching staff is the issue of the seriously disruptive student who refuses to follow a reasonable request. Often this type of serious resistance to a request can escalate (in some settings more […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #4 – Be Cautious around 4-year Olds!
Positive Handling Early Years Concerns This post is about positive handling by the. Positive Handling Early Years can pose specific risks that you should be aware of. In our last post, we discussed how a 4-year old put two teachers in hospital in a single incident and how it is possible they can have the […]
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 […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #2: The Number is Always Two!
Positive Handling Teamwork This post is about positive handling by the. How many people need to be in the room when a child in a school threatens injury to themselves or others, or is causing a serious disruption? This is a question I like to explore with my groups in our Positive Handling training […]
I feel very confident now I can protect myself and the children I am responsible for – Course Feedback
This post is about i feel very confident. “I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I had previously attended the Team Teach course a number of years ago and found it really intense and did not feel confident in using it. I feel very confident now that as a last resort I can protect myself and the […]