What are Trauma Informed Schools?
What are Trauma-Informed Schools? Trauma-informed schools are educational institutions that recognize the impact of trauma on students and take steps to address it. These schools provide a safe and supportive environment that promotes healing and recovery for students who have experienced trauma. Trauma-informed schools prioritize the well-being of students by creating a culture of safety, […]
The Culture of Communication in Schools
Brain and Behaviour – Flipping your Lid with Dan Siegel
A really interesting and sometime fun explanation of the different parts of the brain (including the amygdala)which are engaged when we are feeling different states, relative to childhood trauma and behaviour, conflict management and positive behaviour.
Positive Behaviour Management from Dynamis to Reduce Restraints
For people whose behaviour we find challenging, effective support must be based on a good understanding of the relevance of the behaviour for the individual in the situations and environment in which it occurs. The behaviour needs to be understood within the broader context of the entire person (past history, physical state, emotional state, health, […]
A Tour of our Online Training in Positive Handling for Schools
Take a Tour of Our Online Positive Handling Training Course We have provided hundreds of schools across the country with the option to train their staff using online technology and learning systems, since 2014. Having built up a lot of experience with how to deliver training using our own unique implementation of the powerful Moodle […]
Protecting relationships when reopening schools
Hi its Gerard here from Dynamis with some great information I came across this week. I listened to an excellent webinar from our partners at Vistelar. Two of their most experienced trainers got together to talk about how we will welcome the children back to school. What caught my attention about the discussion was that […]
Can you send a trainer to do an hour with the staff?
THE PROBLEM OF SHORT-DURATION COURSES AND THE ISSUE OF CREATING “MORE QUESTIONS” Can you send us a trainer, to do an hour of training? I recently spent a full day at one of the biggest Sixth-Form colleges in the UK, who have 3,700 students on their rolls! The assembled team – few in number – […]
How Incivility, rudeness and disrespect are damaging our workplaces and maybe our schools
The effects of incivility in our workplace “I studied the effects of incivility on people. What is incivility? It’s disrespect or rudeness. It includes a lot of different behaviors, from mocking or belittling someone to teasing people in ways that sting, to telling offensive jokes to texting in meetings.” Here is Christine Poarth’s TED talk […]
How to not escalate things in your first contact with the child
Hello. My name is Katie Dill, and I’m a trainer with Vistelar. I have also had many careers during my lifetime. One, college athletics. Another one, I’ve worked in treatment facilities, and I’ve worked with adolescents from the ages of 14 to 22 with mental health issues. Finally, I am currently a special education teacher […]
Non-Escalation and De-escalation Training at Trainer-level for Schools
We are delighted to announce that Vistelar Conflict Management Train-the-Trainer will be coming to the UK in December this year! This five-day conflict management trainer course certifies individuals as instructors for Vistelar’s Conflict Management for Contact Professionals training programme, so they are authorised to teach this program within their organization. This conflict management trainer course covers important aspects […]