by graemeb | Sep 16, 2025 | All
The recent court case concerning the use of restraint in a Northern Territory school reminded me of the need for criteria to determine the justification for a restraint.. The use of physical restraint in schools exposes both staff and students to significant risk. For...
by graemeb | Sep 10, 2025 | All
In my last post, I outlined the process for forming a parental alliance with a “Struggling Parent” to prevent their child being suspended from school. A more directive approach is required for the ‘anti-teacher’ parent ie the Softly, Softly Directive Approach. The key...
by graemeb | Sep 10, 2025 | All
As per my last post, the first step to preventing suspensions from school is to form a working alliance between the school and the parents. In this post, I outline the process for forming an alliance with a ‘struggling parent ‘. In my next post I will outline the...
by graemeb | Aug 30, 2025 | All
A recent Sunday Age article argues that ‘soft suspensions’ contributes to youth crime or at least inhibiting rehabilitation of young offenders. In this post I want to look at the reasons for soft suspensions are occurring and what we can do to reduce...
by graemeb | Aug 30, 2025 | All
I was recently conducting a trauma informed training program for teaching staff at a Special Assistance School. Clearly empathy is a key skill when working with traumatised young people. A participant asked: ‘can you fake empathy?’ What a great question! Like any a...
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