Conflict Resolution Mindset for Success
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Risks of Lone Working
Risks of Lone Working in The Community In discussing this topic, I want to first turn our attention to a Royal College of Nursing study dealing with the issues of lone working and personal safety. The survey is very comprehensive and asked about 1500 nurses who work in the community about their experience of such. I […]
Understanding Reaction Time in Restraint Training and Personal Safety
In sports science, there is a vast and growing body of knowledge on the subject of Reaction Time, as it is one of the key components of the performance of skill. Reaction Time is defined as the interval of time that elapses from the sudden presentation of a stimulus to the beginning of […]
Conflict Resolution Five Maxims
Conflict Resolution Five Maxims The Five Essential Truths for Effective Communication The Conflict Resolution Five Maxims are truly useful waypoints which you can use to more effectively direct your communication with people even when under pressure during conflict or crisis Gerard O’Dea is a conflict management, personal safety and physical interventions training consultant. He is the training […]
The Science of Defensive Postures for Training in Restraint and Personal Safety
Stimulus and Response: Instinctive Movement Stimulus-Response (S-R) Compatibility is a scientific finding defined as the ‘naturalness of the connection between the stimulus and the associated response’. It refers to how the Reaction Time for skill performance is faster the more compatible the Stimulus-Response pairs. For example, the S-R Compatibility for turning a car steering wheel to […]
Care Home Safe Holding: Alzheimer’s man (90) punched to death by fellow resident
Dennis Bryant died in November 2013 at the age of 90 after fellow Alzheimers patient, Michael Hall, went into his room in Westcott House Nursing Home in Dorking and punched him several times in his bed. The attacker, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in June 2013, was admitted to East Surrey Hospital with a police escort that August after […]
Conflict Resolution: Be Alert and Decisive
Conflict Resolution Proxemics Be Alert and Decisive, Respond don’t React using conflict resolution proxemics. Conflict Resolution proxemics is the art and practice of carefully choosing the safest position, distance, body language and gestures which give us the best chance of resolving conflict safely and successfully. By presenting appropriate non-verbal communication we influence the mood and tone […]
Using Desirable Difficulties in Restraint Training
As physical skills trainers, is there something we can learn from Robert Bjork? Much training in physical intervention skills focusses on a linear learning process which starts with ‘the basics’ and progresses along through ‘intermediate’ skill performance until full competency is reached. For example in a Breakaway training package studied by one researcher, […]
Retail Security Risks and Training in Personal Safety
I read with interest this appalling (but familiar) story about a female security guard being stabbed with a syringe in a Sainsbury’s in Kent. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/security-guard-stabbed-in-sainsburys-59658/ It seems that the security guard confronted the drug-taking subject as he attempted to steal a bottle of whiskey from the supermarket shelves and make off with it outside the […]
Care Home Restraint Training: a £44,000 price for restraint training failure
Training Failure A social care organisation was fined for failure to control the exposure of workers to the risk of violence and aggression. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation at Dimensions (UK) Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation that provides support services for people with learning disabilities, after a support worker was kicked in the […]