Restraint with children: prevention, dignity, and the duty to get it right
This post is about restraint with children. Any use of restraint with a child is serious. Even when it is lawful. Even when it prevents harm. Even when staff act with care and good intentions. The child is in distress. The adult is in a position of trust. The intervention may last seconds, but the […]
Report – Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools
For many educators, exposure to verbal and physical aggression, supporting children in acute distress, and responding to crisis situations has become a recurring — and often under-acknowledged — part of the job. That is the picture drawn by Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools, a new thematic review from Team Dynamis […]
Report – Responding to Behaviours of Concern in Irish Schools
Behaviours of concern are no longer isolated incidents in Irish schools. For many educators, exposure to verbal and physical aggression, supporting children in acute distress, and responding to crisis situations has become a recurring — and often under-acknowledged — part of the job. That is the picture drawn by Responding to Behaviours of Concern and […]
Positive handling for schools: safety, dignity and confidence when children are in distress
This post is about positive handling for schools. Positive handling is one of the most sensitive areas of school practice. When a child is distressed, unsafe, or at risk of harming themselves or others, staff may need to intervene physically. Sometimes that contact is light guidance. Sometimes it is supportive holding. In rare situations, it […]
Managing aggressive patients in the UAE
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Dynamis Director of Training Gerard O’Dea recently undertook our first post-lockdowns trip to the UAE in order to facilitate workshops and training for our hospital and school clients there. It was so good to be back with our colleagues and customer Here he […]
Classroom Management for SEND Restraint Reduction
Katie Dill, a special education teacher from Winnebago School District in Northern Illinois, knows the gap well: teachers are expected to manage challenging behaviour, but rarely shown how. Here she explains how a step-by-step conflict management approach transformed her classroom — reducing restraint and building a safer, calmer learning environment for SEND students. The Gap: […]
Visit to Schools in Ireland to help with Positive Handling Issues
Our team has just returned from delivering positive handling training for schools in Ireland, where we worked with staff facing specific challenges around special-needs pupils in mainstream settings. Schools across Ireland are navigating difficult territory. Pupils are becoming distressed, behaviour is escalating, and in some cases children are endangering themselves or those around them. Yet […]
Positive Handling for Special Needs School and Children with Learning Disabilities – feedback
Training designed for the school environment Dynamis recently delivered a series of trainings for a special needs school in London which looks after children in primary and secondary education who are living with significant learning disabilities. After a pre-training site visit to discuss the training needs and the teaching environment with both the Assistant Head […]
More than 15 Schools in UAE introduced to Dynamis Positive Handling
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Gerard just returned from an extended trip to the UAE where Dynamis trained approximately 150 staff in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai institutions in our approach to Positive Handling — tailored specifically to the UAE environment, drawing on our almost 10-year training history […]
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 […]