De-Escalation &amp; Regulation

How calming our nervous system during crises enables us to effectively de-escalate situations.

Quick, User-Friendly Behaviour Plans

How to write a quick, user-friendly and effective behaviour plan.

Understanding Emotions Pack

Resources to explore emotions during 1:1 sessions.

Responsive Approaches

Principal Team Teach trainer, John Murray, discusses responsive approaches.

Emotion Name Cards

Cards for sorting activities in 1:1 or small group sessions.

Emotions Scale

Tool for identifying, describing, and understanding feelings in 1:1 sessions.

Problem with Removing Behaviour Triggers

Adult Care Lead, Simon Holding, discusses removing triggers as a de-escalation strategy.

Staff member praises behaviours we want to encourage to a student.

Focus on Behaviours We Want to Encourage

By shifting our focus onto what we want to see, we can foster calm, positive environments.

Man and woman sitting opposite each other. The woman is pointing to the man.

The Problem with Ultimatums

Practical, positive strategies to encourage co-operation and reduce the need for ultimatums.

Member of staff employs change of face when buttons are being pushed.

When Someone ‘Pushes Our Buttons’

How understanding our own triggers helps us to nurture positive, compassionate relationships.

Two members of staff talk together as they greet a student in a wheelchair.

The Expectancy Effect and Behaviour

Simple strategies to challenge preconceptions about individuals that may create expected behaviour patterns.

Responsive Approaches

Accompanying resource pack for Talking Behaviour episode.

Responsive Approaches

Principal Team Teach trainer, John Murray, discusses responsive approaches to behaviour support.

dementia care home resident trying to leave

Dementia Care Resident Wants to Go Home