NHS Trust project: what changed when the team trained for the ‘first minute’
This post is about conflict management, personal safety, and Dynamis training. The referral to a London trust wasn’t about “delivering training” in the abstract. It was about a real ward with real risk, and a team carrying the weight of that risk every shift. A specialist rehabilitation unit sits in that difficult middle ground: frailty, […]
Restraint Reduction Trainer Development
This post is about conflict management, personal safety and Dynamis training. It is an excerpt from our 18-page case study about how we achieved significant restraint reduction outcomes with a Restraint Reduction Trainer Development programme. To read the full case study, please visit our Restraint Reduction page. The results of our recent Restraint Reduction Trainer […]
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 across the UK since 2017. Our course Managing Violent Behaviour in the Home Context can be tailored to the needs of a specific child or family. We cover […]
Managing Violent Behaviour in Fostering – Feedback 2018
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Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care
Conflict Management | Personal Safety | Dynamis Training: Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
Workshop for Parents: “tools to protect my child”
Bringing professional de-escalation skills into the family home This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
Safe Holding Training – Manage Distress – Scotland
The Challenge of Distressed Behaviour in Care This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
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
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 Dynamis The directors of the […]
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 […]