***This course has been postponed due to Coronavirus. Future date TBC***

Part of our Schools Support Staff course offer, this half day session looks at de-escalating violent situations and how to recognise signs and signals that pre-empt a violent outburst from pupils with a focus specifically on PRIMARY school age children. Great for any TAs or schools support staff. In the course you will learn:

• To examine the reasons why young people display challenging behaviour
• To explore ways in which we can influence a positive learning environment
• To identify different types of challenging behaviour
• To share, discuss and reflect on strategies for preventing and managing challenging behaviour and pupil violence

This half day session is held in Blackpool.

The tutor for this session is Jez Brigham, he has been Deputy Head of a special school and has had a broad career working at a primary school and with children with SEN. He has developed strategies for dealing with extremely challenging behaviour and has delivered training to education teams and teachers.

To book a space on this course, please click on Express Your Interest and complete your name and email details. Please make sure you can commit to attending the course on Monday 6th April before you book your space on the course. Cancellations mean empty places other members have missed out on. Courses can be cancelled at a cost to UNISON if we get a lot of cancellations for a course.