Welcome to Dynamis Positive Handling for UAE and GCC Schools
Dynamis has been providing highest-quality training for clients in the UAE since 2008 - when we first started delivering courses for schools and teaching staff in the areas of de-escalation, personal safety and physical interventions. In the UK, this type of training in schools is called “Positive Handling” and we are one of the most active training providers in the sector, known for our pragmatic, fresh and relevant approach.
Welcome to Dynamis Positive Handling for UAE and GCC Schools
Dynamis has been operating in the UK since 2006 - and for clients in the UAE since 2008 - when we first started delivering courses for schools and teaching staff in the areas of de-escalation, personal safety and physical interventions. In the UK, this type of training in schools is called “Positive Handling” and we are now one of the most active training providers in the sector, known for our pragmatic, fresh and relevant approach.
We have delivered multiple training courses in international settings, including for the Abu Dhabi Healthcare Authority (HAAD), Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), the Qatar Ministry of Education and the Dubai Healthcare Authority (DHA) in settings where staff are dealing with the sometimes harmful results of often vulnerable people who are presenting with difficult, distressed or dangerous behaviour. Our work has taken us around the USA, the GCC (Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman) and we are shortly to work in South-East Asia.
Our current speciality in the UK is Positive Handling and Behaviour Management training and our services are in demand from a wide range of schools:
- Mainstream Primary Schools and Secondary Schools
- Pupil Referral Units (Alternative Provision)
- Special Schools and Boarding Schools
- Independent Behavioural Support Services
In 2007, Dynamis was the first training provider to properly research and assess the cultural, ethical and legal issues surrounding restrictive practices in the UAE, Qatar and the GCC.
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Learning Outcomes
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Feedback
"Many benefits from this training..."
Those receiving our training include any staff working at a school with children who present behaviours which might be harmful, including those with:
- Autism or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Emotional or Behavioural Difficulties
- Learning Difficulties
- Mental Health Problems
- ...or simply those children who struggle to settle-in to school.
The kinds of staff who benefit from our sessions, which cover management-level planning, reporting and control information as well as frontline, pragmatic tactics for everyday use are:
- Parents, Governors and Head Teachers
- Deputy and Assistant Head Teachers
- Inclusion Managers and Learning Support
- Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCo)
- Classroom Teachers and Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Assistants
While working internationally extensively since 2007 our team gained a huge amount of experience in working within the mixed socio-cultural expectations and norms which are prevalent. Dynamis prides itself on cultural sensitivity, appropriateness and a collaborative, problem-solving approach to the management of potentially harmful behaviours with children.
In the next few sections, I will endeavour to set-out our proposed training for your teams and hope that you will provide feedback as to any elements which you find particularly important or ones which you would prefer to de-prioritise in our proposed training with your organisation.
Many thanks,
Gerard O'Dea,
Director of Training, Dynamis Insight
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Sensitive delivery of Best-Practice Approaches
When planning and designing our courses for delivery in new environments, Dynamis training consultants will explore the cultural, social and occupational differences which may affect the attitudes and behaviours of staff in their operational roles and during our training sessions with them.
For example, in the GCC/MENA countries, Dynamis takes careful consideration for the particular cultural requirements regarding gender, religion and the social rules which affect daily operational decisions in the multi-cultural environment.
Furthermore, because of differing legal, operational or clinical environments, the training is adapted to fit within the day-to-day context of your service and your organisation. Our function is to work alongside you in identifying your existing approaches, and to facilitate your improvement efforts where necessary.
In essence, we endeavour to train and advise sensitively and respectfully, for the benefit of management, staff and the vulnerable people you look after.
Dynamis international training programmes aim to:
- Provide training which is culturally and ethically consistent with your hosting environment
- Provide trainers who can share knowledge effectively in a multinational, multicultural setting.
- Empower staff to feel safer and more professionally confident in challenging situations.
- Promote the highest level of safety, security and human rights for vulnerable people.
- Enable policies and procedures to be upgraded to world-class standards.
"Gerard is a competent and confident instructor. He was mindful of our restrictions as Muslim women working with a male instructor. He treated us with dignity and showed us respect. Gerard used several different approaches to engage us which resulted in greater participation. He continuously emphasized the importance of safety rules and the negative consequences if they were not adhered to. I feel that Dynamis encourages individuals to use effective communication and active listening in the first instance. Positive handling is used as a last resort and should be implemented professionally and calmly. I plan to use the extensive online materials that Gerard shared with us to develop myself further. Thank you"
"The scale of instruction was excellent, I appreciated how the final skill set was built layer by layer enabling a novice to learn useful skills in a short time period. I also appreciated the sincerity with which the instruction was held."
