Legal Implications of Using Physical Intervention in Schools
Legal Implications of Using Physical Intervention in Schools Physical intervention refers to the use of physical force to restrain or control a student’s behavior. It is a measure that is generally considered a last resort and should be used only when all other options have been exhausted, and the situation requires it. In today’s educational […]
Inquiry mentions Foster Carer Training in Conflict and Physical Interventions
TRAINING FOR FOSTER CARERS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE – SHERIFF The death of a foster carer who was killed by a boy she was looking after was avoidable, an inquiry has found. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the 13-year-old at her home in Hamilton in 2011. He was later detained for seven years after admitting […]
Allegations and Teachers’ rights to Use Force
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 clearly in her piece in the Telegraph : […]
TCI Therapeutic Crisis Intervention used on 16-year old killed in care
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 Manager Lawrence Gill demonstrate their Therapeutic Crisis Intervention […]
Sacked School Worker Wins £70,000 Compensation From Tribunal
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 Hutton was fired from his job over the […]