The actions we are being refreshed on are ways of physically restraining angry and upset young people, and involve a ...
Physical restraint PD a waste of time and money
Once a year, myself and a group of my colleagues gather in a cold gymnasium to take part in a refresher professional development course, reminding ourselves of a set of moves none of us ever want to use.
Rather than teachers being taught how to restrain students, shouldn’t they be receiving better input to help them deal with their anger issues?
Rather than teachers being taught how to restrain students, shouldn’t they be receiving better input to help them deal with their anger issues?
This story appeared in the April 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
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