The context and risks of Positive Handling in Schools
A short video post on positive handling in schools, covering the legal threshold for reasonable force, restrictive and non-restrictive holds, and the documentation that should follow an incident.
Restraint Training For Schools in Ireland
Dynamis delivers Positive Handling training for schools in Ireland, online or in person. It quotes 2012 NCSE guidance on restraint and points to a page with learning outcomes, formats and resources.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #5
The post examines a restraint technique promoted for controlling violent patients in hospital, warning that staff lying on a prone person put body weight through the torso and cannot monitor what they cannot see.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4
The fourth technique to avoid is a floor hold where staff lie bodyweight across a person’s folded arms. The post sets out the compression risks and why such holds should not be taught.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3
A 1907 photograph of City of London Police restraint shows two officers working together, which the post welcomes, alongside a technique that compresses the airway and raises the risk of positional asphyxia.
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #1
A published image of a floor restraint used on children in US schools, examined for what would fail in practice. It covers working alone, twisted posture and weight on the torso.
Restraint Training: Control Phase and Restraint Phase Differences
Evidence given at the Sean Rigg inquiry separated the control phase of an incident, unstructured, frenetic and dangerous, from the restraint phase. The post explains why chasing the hold too early raises risk.
Restraint Training: Unsafe Handling caused death of resident and £57,000 fine
Elizabeth Stevenson, 88, died after a fall at Highgate Care Home and her provider was fined £57,000. The post traces the missed risk assessment review and supervision failures behind it.
Case Study: Care Home for Children and Young People
An educational psychologist brought Dynamis in to train staff in children’s homes where foetal alcohol syndrome and traumatic histories led to aggression. The three-day course covers the assault cycle, SCARF and scenario work.
Case Study: Foster Carers Training
Foster carers asked for clarity on restraint, tantrums, self-harm and children running away. The case study describes how Dynamis reviewed Children Act 1989 guidance and built training for people without social care qualifications.