Workshop for Parents: “tools to protect my child”

Gerard is just back from a trip to Liverpool where he was commissioned by a local authority social work team to give assistance to a group of parents who look after their children with complex needs at home. The workshop gives parents a chance to ask a use-of-force, de-escalation and physical interventions specialist about the

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Conflict Management Training

Lone Working Conflict: Recognising Escalation

Call to Talk about Training Or get info by email now Spotting the signs of Escalation during Lone Working Conflict Inter-personal conflict will induce a release of adrenaline in the person’s body and cause a number of changes in their physiology.   Some of these physiological changes will have outward, observable results, for example: Facial colour

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Screech Alarms and Lone Worker Protection

Lone Worker Protection and the Screech Alarm – Beware Bystander Apathy! Using a personal safety “screech”-type alarm might be useful as part of an overall escape strategy in Lone Worker Protection, but it shouldn’t be a psychological crutch.  What is the real utility of the siren on a screech alarm? to tell people that you

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Lone Worker Safety Device – could you use yours?

Lone Worker Safety Device: An Analysis We met a training participant some years ago who described how she expected to use her Lone Worker Safety Device: “Well first, I would hopefully have it ready if I thought anything bad was going to happen.  I mean, I am supposed to have it in my hand already

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