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 […]
How to NOT end up on Panorama; decision making as culture.
This post is about conflict management, personal safety, and Dynamis training. It asks a hard question: how do organisations avoid the kind of culture that ends up featured on Panorama or Dispatches? Over time, decision-making becomes culture If more team-members spoke up, more effectively and more often, how many disasters, scandals and failures could be […]
Positive Behaviour Trainer Course for Services caring for People with Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs
This post is about conflict management, personal safety and Dynamis training. Vulnerable clients and behaviours of concern The trainer programme for this learning disabilities service builds a process within which we can create a change of heart in your staff teams, so that they can keep everyone safe even as they encounter difficult, distressed or […]
Conflict Management Trainer Course – December 2019
We are delighted to announce that the Vistelar Conflict Management Train-the-Trainer programme is coming to the UK this December. This five-day course certifies individuals as instructors for Vistelar’s Conflict Management for Contact Professionals programme — authorising them to teach the full curriculum within their own organisation. What the Course Covers The training focuses on three […]
Challenging Behaviour in Elderly Dementia Care: Bathing without the Bruises
Care assistants and caregivers consistently find that bathing is one of the flashpoints for conflict and combative behaviour with elderly residents in care — particularly those who may be confused or distressed because of the effects of dementia. As a company that teaches physical intervention, we often get called in to talk about how staff […]
Lone Worker Course “benefitted my ability to face certain situations”
Feedback on our Lone Worker Personal Safety Training This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. “Thank you again for such an informative and practical couple of days learning about working alone in safety, which I feel has really benefited my learning and ability to face certain situations. I really feel […]
Making Decisions about Restraint in Dementia and Elderly Care
Conflict Management | Personal Safety | Dynamis Training: Making Decisions about Restraint with Older People in Care This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. This is a video produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence about restraint with older people in care services. We use it regularly on our […]
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 […]