Team Teach Positive Handling (6 hours)

Audience: Teachers/TAs/any staff supporting children and young people in Medway and Kent schools.
Course Date: 15th Oct 26, 27th Jan 27, 2nd Mar 27, 13th May 27, 15th June 27 Or get in touch to discuss a date suitable for group bookings. We also run re-accreditation courses, please contact us to arrange these.
Course Location: Rivermead Inclusive Trust, Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Kent ME8 9TX (or for group bookings, we can come to you)
Fees: From £120pp, including certificate (discounts for groups)
Facilitators: Mandie Lucas, David Newell

This course will provide:

Positive Behaviour Management Level One – 6 hour course provides individuals with practical, interactive training, designed to transform participants’ practice in the workplace, allowing those working in low-risk primary and secondary schools or low-risk adult or child service settings to understand and implement holistic behaviour management strategies. The course will also cover documentation and legal guidance, as well as best practice when reporting and reviewing incidents.

Learning Aims:

Participants will;

  • Increase understanding and awareness of behaviour as communication and develop a framework to better respond to reduce risk.
  • Develop a greater team dynamic in supporting individuals who are distressed with approaches that have impact and strengthen relationships.
  • Utilise a toolkit of holistic strategies on de-escalation and crisis intervention, both verbal and non-verbal for supporting with disruptive and distressed behaviours.
  • Execute simple and safe positive handling techniques including personal safety, appropriate for a low-risk environment (If required by your setting). Our techniques are situated within a respectful, supportive approach to behaviour support strategies which maintains positive relationships.
Programme/Module Outline:

This course is organised into eight modules:

  • Module 1 - Background to Team Teach
  • Module 2 - The Legal Framework
  • Module 3 - Understanding Aggression
  • Module 4 - How Feelings Drive Behaviours
  • Module 5 - De-escalation and De-fusion
  • Module 6 - Personal Safety
  • Module 7 - Positive Handling – mainly guiding and escorting safely*
  • Module 8 - Repair, Reflection and Review

* If a greater degree of holding is required, please refer to the Level Two – 12 hour course

To book onto this course or to make an enquiry, please contact us: rmsolutions@r-i-t.org

 

Please note that enrolment on any Team Teach course, requires membership to their platform; Team Teach Connect. The platform forms part of how training is delivered and membership to it is also a condition of certification. The annual membership fee is £170 + VAT (1-24 staff) and £220 + VAT (25+ staff) per school and will be payable by you to Team Teach following completion of the course on receipt of the invoice.