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...
by graemeb | Oct 2, 2024 | All
Is the trauma informed care (TIC) causing us to underestimate the resilience of our clients? Paul Meehl Paul Meehl, probably one of the most influential psychologists of the last century, would probably agree. He is famous, amongst many other things, for his belief...
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