Engaging successfully with Concerned Parents
Gerard O’Dea, Director of Training at Dynamis discusses issues around positive handling and separation in the morning, where communication with parents is key and pre-planning some of the trickier aspects of any intervention that a member of staff would make is important. He also introduces a new course from Dynamis, based on the communication methodology […]
The Five Maxims for Effective Communication in the Classroom
How to use The Five Maxims in the classroom Listen with All Your Senses Ask, don’t Tell Give Context (Tell them Why) Offer Options Allow them a Second Chance Katie Dill, a Teacher, talks about how she uses the Five Maxims from VDI with the Special Needs Children in her class day in and day out. […]
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 […]
I feel very confident now I can protect myself and the children I am responsible for – Course Feedback
“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 children I am responsible for. I found the […]