NHS Advanced De-escalation Masterclass (ADM) — what it is, and what staff said afterwards
A specialist mental health ward does not need reminding that de-escalation matters. This NHS De-escalation Masterclass (ADM) is built around the first minute of agitation — the requests that land badly, the boundaries that feel like slights, the small steps into personal space that tip a conversation into something else. It is not a refresher […]
Chaos, Control then Resolution: Lessons from Three Days of Functional Skills for PPST and PMVA Trainers
Training the Messy Middle: What Functional Training Reveals About Skills Under Pressure Functional Tactics Training is what most physical-skills training should be but rarely is. It is the question of how to train a learner for the messy middle of a confrontation, not the clean start or the polished end. Training physical skills is easy […]
What is Mental Health Secure Escort Training?
This post is about conflict management, personal safety, and Dynamis training. Our staff writer Vanessa recently talked with Senior Trainer Zeb Glover about our Mental Health Secure Escort Training — what it is, who it’s for, and how it’s run. What is secure escort or mental health transport work? Dynamis secure transport clients are often […]
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 […]
Keeping Lone Workers Safe: Information Sharing
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. In this rough-cut video clip from a recent Lone Worker Personal Safety Training programme, our Director of Training and Keeping Lone Workers Safe expert trainer Gerard O’Dea discusses one important case where a lone worker was seriously attacked by a person who had […]
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. The image accompanying this post was apparently taken in 1907 of the City of London Police learning or demonstrating restraint techniques. They are clearly wearing jackets which suggest that there may have been input from some Japanese martial arts into the restraint techniques […]
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 […]
We do Fire Drills, not Fire Talks, for performance outside the classroom
Emotionally safe performance driven instruction is a key component of Vistelar’s training methodology. What does that mean? First, we want our training to be emotionally safe, where students can feel safe in making mistakes and learning. Then, it has to be performance driven so that students know how to perform something, rather than just understanding […]
Restraint Training: Focussed on Tasks, not People ?
A Question of Focus Are our care staff giving more focus to the list of tasks and jobs to be done while on shift in their often overworked and under-resourced facilities, or are they focussed entirely on the people they are caring for? In terms of restraint, we see both subtle and grotesque versions […]
Case Study: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
The Training Challenge A brain-injury rehabilitation hospital, with a specific focus on short- to medium-term care and support for people with brain injuries, operated a unit specifically for cases with challenging behaviour. The hospital service manager — responsible for care quality and health and safety — engaged Dynamis to provide a comprehensive training programme that […]