Positive Handling Feedback: “of a high standard and delivered brilliantly”
This training was of a high standard and delivered brilliantly – just the right mix of getting to know everyone, theory and practice. Gerard was particularly good at putting things into perspective – in regards to the law and our duty of care – when sometimes we are too emotionally involved to make the correct […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #5: Five Steps to Persuasion
Positive Handling Verbal Deescalation You may remember in my last post about Positive Handling Number 5, we looked at a stuation whereby a disruptive child was resolutely refusing to leave a classroom? “You cant’ make me! I know my rights! You’re not allowed to touch me!” How did we get here? In my previous […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #5: Five Values for Effective Interactions in the Classroom
Positive Handling Values Base 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 than others) into situations where physical intervention becomes necessary, […]
Positive Handling by the Numbers #4: Forewarned about (some) Four-year-olds is Forearmed
Positive Handling Plans 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 about giving them a life-changing injury to their […]