Behaviours of Concern and Positive Handling Training - Face to Face

Introduction:

The course is suitable for Primary & Post Primary teachers and SNAs and has been designed in line with the Department of Education recent (Nov 2024) guidance on Behaviours of Concern, and looks at best practice in assisting children in crisis. The focus for staff is always the least restrictive option in gaining control and assisting children in a positive way with least intervention.  We need to look holistically at the root cause of the behaviour and identify ways to distract and deflects the behaviour. The course looks at the legal implications and gives staff confidence to act appropriately. This course is ideally suited for staff such as teaching staff and SNA`s that are involved with children. The course references your local policies and procedures.

1. Introduction & Course Objectives
2. Defining Behaviours of Concern
3. Legislation, HSE & HIQA Requirements, local policies and procedures
4. Department of Education November 2024 Guidance
5. NCSE Guidance Document
6. Good communications and language we use in school including Unmet needs.
7. Coping with anger, fear and stress
8. Behaviours of Concern – Danger Signs & Triggers
9. Escalation, Crisis and Recovery
10. How to handle conflict situations?
11. Non-Physical Intervention
12. Preventing incidents from escalation
13. Reporting & de-briefing difficult incidents
14. Developing the strategy or action plan to avoid & reduce conflict situations and aggressive behaviour
15. Knowing the child
16. Scenarios of responding behaviours within schools
17. Therapeutic Intervention
18. The whole school approaches reducing incidences.

Who is the course intended for:
All staff who engage in the positive handing or assisting children

About WTAC
WTAC Ltd is a Training and Consultancy partner to business large and small, with over 20 years of experience as a specialist in safety training, compliance and consultancy. We work with small to medium companies in all sectors and support some of Ireland’s largest organisations operating in healthcare, schools, manufacturing, construction, pharmaceutical, engineering, chemical/oil/gas and government sectors.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability form the cornerstone of our core values. You can trust us to be your safety partner.

We are committed to ensuring compliance and best practice to all our partners, enabling them to achieve their health and safety goals.

Our commitment to detail, quality and conformance to standards, allows our clients to focus on their core activities.

Through our experience and expertise, we can respond to the most challenging of client demands. This is achieved by focusing our team of diverse industrial professionals on both training needs and compliance not just to local standards and best practice, but also to regulatory requirements. This is always achieved in an efficient and cost-effective manner.