How to not escalate things in your first contact with the child
Hello. My name is Katie Dill, and I’m a trainer with Vistelar. I have also had many careers during my lifetime. One, college athletics. Another one, I’ve worked in treatment facilities, and I’ve worked with adolescents from the ages of 14 to 22 with mental health issues. Finally, I am currently a special education teacher […]
Managing High-Risk Behaviours in Secondary Schools
Course Feedback: “excellent practical guidance”
“Excellent practical guidance backed up with clear theoretical principles. We are now incorporating key ideas into our practice and policy. Staff were delighted with the sessions and are keen to own it in their practice.” –> Headteacher, Alternative Provision, North-West London in March 2017 We recently provided training to all to an Alternative Provision school […]
Classroom Conflict 7: Influencing the Resistant Child in your Classroom
Classroom Conflict: Persuasion Sequence They won’t do what you have reasonably requested them to do. You are having a standoff in your classroom, in front of all the other children and your teaching colleague…what to do? Dig in and fortify your position? Begin issuing threats? Of course not. You are far more […]
Classroom Conflict 6: Staying on Track with the Distressed Child
Classroom Conflict: Dealing with verbal abuse, insulting or hurtful language. When facing Classroom Conflict there is a way to stay on track in the face of very distressed behaviour. If you have faced a distressed, upset, angry or frustrated child, then you will have had moments where your mettle has been truly tested. They have […]
Classroom Conflict 5: Truly Listening to the Distressed Child
Classroom Conflict: Listening Skills for the De-Escalation of a Distressed Child There is a process to proper listening during Classroom Conflict . When dealing with a distressed, upset or frustrated child, listening has a purpose and a goal which goes beyond simply hearing the words. In our methodology, we use listening as a way […]
Classroom Conflict 4: Initiating successful contact with the child
Classroom Conflict: Starting off with Good Beginnings Teachers know that one of the most influential things an educator can do to control behaviour in a classroom is to work with proximity in order to influence attention, cooperation and engagement. Teachers move around the room and interact in different ways to keep their lessons moving […]
Classroom Conflict 3: Showtime Mindset for managing children
Classroom Conflict: Being in your Showtime Mindset Children present with challenging behaviour in classrooms and schools for two main reasons: Task (sometimes Situation) Avoidance or Attention Seeking. The dedicated staff who support those children during Classroom Conflict have seemingly limitless reserves of patience, compassion and empathy for them. When we at Dynamis see a professional in contact with […]
Classroom Conflict 2: The Five Maxims for Effective Classroom Communications
Classroom Conflict: “this is how we do business around here” Treating each other with dignity by showing each other respect Classroom Conflict demands that we approach it with a set of appropriate values. Any system of behaviour management, physical intervention training with children, or restraint training at a school, should come with a value system. […]
Classroom Conflict 1: Being Alert and Decisive
Classroom Conflict: Having a pre-planned practiced response in mind to deal with forseeable incidents Classroom Conflict demands that we are prepared and have some mental models for what we may have to face. At Dynamis we infuse our training in school settings with our Verbal Defense and Influence methodology, which brings with it an understanding […]