Restraint Reduction Trainer Development
This is an excerpt from our 18-page Case-Study about how we achieved significant Restraint Reduction outcomes with a Restraint Reduction Trainer Development. To read the case study and learn about the project, please visit our Restraint Reduction page. continued… The results of our recent Restraint Reduction Trainer Developmentproject with a small team of new trainers in […]
Feedback for Managing Child-to-Parent Violence 2019
Child-to-Parent Violence has been called ‘the last taboo’ – we have been working with the National Association of Therapeutic Parents to help Foster Carers and Adoptive Parents (and others) with this issue across the UK since 2017. Foster Carers and Parents Physical Interventions Workshop. Our course Managing Violent Behaviour in the Home Context, for Foster […]
Managing Violent Behaviour in Fostering – Feedback 2018
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Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care
Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care We often show this clip in our dementia-related challenging behaviour courses in care settings. Most recently Gerard worked with a team of escort staff who are sometimes tasked with transporting elderly people with dementia and perhaps challenging behaviour from one place to another. It can be really […]
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 […]
Safe Holding Training – Manage Distress – Scotland
Safe Holding Training to deal with Distressed Behaviour with Older People in Care Gerard O’Dea our Director of Training was recently asked to provide an opinion on how care homes in Scotland can deal with the issues of distressed, difficult or dangerous behaviours when caring for older people in their services, sometimes known as Safe […]
Restraint Training: Uncommon Sense in Safely Caring for Older People
Safely caring for older people who exhibit difficult-to-predict behaviours associated with the stresses of living in care can be quite an art! This week has all been about the uncommon sense involved in safely delivering personal care for unpredictable residents. A care home in the midlands commissioned our team to help them with issues around […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Respite Service
Learning Disability Service Learning Disability Service Case: A charity organisation serving children with disabilities and their families, providing day and overnight short-term respite services asked Dynamis to assist with training needs for their staff. A number of incidents had happened recently in this Learning Disability Service which prompted them to address staff and client safety. Who engaged […]
Case Study: Care Home for Children and Young People
Care Home for Children Care Home for Children Case: A group of care homes were looking for a modern, up-to-date approach to dealing with physical challenges with young people in their care. Their young clients can present particularly risky behaviours, often with roots in ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome or a tragic history of abuse and […]
Case Study: Care Homes for Older People
OLDER PEOPLE CARE HOME TRAINING IN UNDERSTANDING RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES Older people care home training: Care homes are often required by a care inspection to carry out appropriate training in managing challenging behaviour with their clients and in particular the issues of restraint with older people in care. This often follows an incident in which […]