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Teachers talking positively to a student

Positive Approaches to Reducing School Exclusions

April 6, 2024

Article

Strategies for supporting children and young people to engage positively with school life.

Professional talking openly and honestly to individual and family member when something has gone wrong.

What is Duty of Candour and Why Does it Matter?

March 16, 2024

Article

How being transparent and taking responsibility when things go wrong can create honest environments.

Webinar Recording: The Problem with Removing Behaviour Triggers

March 4, 2024

Video

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

Webinar Recording: Trauma-Informed Practices

February 26, 2024

Video

What do we mean by being ‘trauma-informed’ and how can we create trauma-aware support?

Member of staff makes assumption about individual in a wheelchair

The Dangers of Making Assumptions About Individuals

February 7, 2024

Article

Assumptions about an individual's behaviour can inadvertently act as a barrier to effective behaviour support.

Supporting Individuals on Trips | Dave Smallwood

February 6, 2024

Podcast

Clare and Dave discuss practical ways to reduce risk and best support individuals outside of their usual environment.

Conducting an Effective Risk Assessment of a Physical Space

February 1, 2024

Article

Ways to help identify foreseeable risks and hazards and consider ways to reduce the risk for everyone.

Supporting Individuals With Complex Needs | Aaron Newcombe

January 26, 2024

Podcast

Team Teach trainer Aaron Newcombe discusses how we can support individuals with multiple and complex needs through a crisis.

Walking Into a Crisis: Calming Situations and Supporting Colleagues

January 12, 2024

Article

How to make incisive decisions to de-escalate situations and offer timely, appropriate support.

Individual support plan being read by a member of staff

6 Ways to Write an Effective Individual Support Plan

December 22, 2023

Article

How to ensure Individual Support Plans/ Behaviour Plans are useful working documents.

eBook Practical Ways to Reduce Restraint on a chair

Practical Ways to Reduce Restraint: Part 1

December 20, 2023

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Part 1 of a three-part series exploring how we can reduce the use of restraint in our settings.

Moving From ‘React and Respond’ to ‘Predict and Prevent’

December 13, 2023

Article

4 key strategies to take pre-emptive steps helping to anticipate and avoid certain situations in the first place.

Individual looks at a room to assess risk and make safe

Making Our Environments Safe

December 8, 2023

Article

Ways to create environments that are healthy, positive and safe where individuals feel supported.

two colleagues discuss an individual in their care, who is sitting away from them.

Supporting Individuals Who Self-Harm

December 4, 2023

Article

Understanding why an individual may self-harm and how we can best support them.

Incident Report Template

November 23, 2023

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This editable incident report template is a simple and practical record to collect essential information after an incident.