One Voice – Behaviour Management Tip for Schools
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Every school wants consistent behaviour management — but consistency starts with one voice. When every staff member responds to the same behaviour in the same way, with the same language and the same expectations, students stop testing boundaries and start meeting them. Conflict […]
The context and risks of Positive Handling in Schools
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Positive handling in schools sits at the intersection of duty of care, legal obligation, and day-to-day classroom reality. Staff are expected to manage challenging behaviour safely but without proper context and training, the risks multiply quickly. Conflict Management | Personal Safety | Dynamis […]
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 […]
Lone Working Conflict: Recognising Escalation
Spotting the signs of escalation during lone working conflict This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Inter-personal conflict induces a release of adrenaline in the body, causing a number of changes in a person’s physiology. Some of these changes have outward, observable results that can serve as early warning signals […]
Feedback on Personal Safety for staff working in Learning Disabilities
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Thought it was really interesting, with very simple, quick and easy techniques which can be used at work. They are easy to remember too! It was a very professional experience and I learned a lot from it. The theory side helped me understand […]
Screech Alarms and Lone Worker Protection
What Can a Screech Alarm Actually Do? This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
Lone Worker Safety Device – could you use yours?
The ‘Everything Works in Theory’ Problem This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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. […]
Lone Worker Personal Safety Responsibilities
Your Legal Duty as a Lone Worker This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Under Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employees are required to take reasonable care for themselves and the people around them who may be affected by the things they do, or […]
Breakaway Training: Judges Comments in Dementia Care Assault Case
Breakaway Training: A Judge’s Warning from a Dementia Care Case This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. A 75-year-old resident in a care home suffered from dementia. In just four months since arriving, he had committed 13 acts of aggression and at least 5 attempts at serious acts of aggression […]
Judge offers comments in Dementia Care Home Assault case
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. This guide on conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training is part of our ongoing work with schools and academies. Related reading Breakaway Training: Judges Comments in Dementia Care Assault Case Care Home Safe holding: Judge concerned with violent dementia patients Case […]