Positive Handling Feedback: “more confident and empowered – fantastic”
“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.” – Inclusion Leader, Holy Cross Primary
Can Online Training help you to allocate the right resources to Positive Handling?
Positive Handling Online Training A component of our programme which saves your school time and resources. 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 from our learners about the Positive Handling Online Training from Dynamis” “It was good […]
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
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.
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 […]
4 in 10 Teachers attacked by Pupils
Attacked by pupils: 43% of the workforce being exposed to violence… Four out of 10 teachers have experienced violence from pupils in the past year, a survey for the ATL teachers union suggests (26 Jan 2016). Of those who had experienced violence, 77% said they had been pushed, and around half were kicked or had an […]
Is Whole-School Positive Handling the right answer?
WHOLE SCHOOL POSITIVE HANDLING – For and Against. Many schools have for years taken the Whole School approach to positive handling training. Recently I have been asking schools if this is really the approach that they need to take, they want to take and is having EVERY member of staff trained in restraint a proportionate, […]
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” 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 use of force with children Mark Dawes adds […]