Refresher: Predict, Assess and Respond to Aggressive/Challenging Behaviours (PART)

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

This is an accredited course designed to train staff to manage difficult and aggressive situations involving students while still maintaining duty of care. PART™ Training is designed to assist staff to identify and respond confidently, using a range of techniques, to client aggressive behaviour. The PART™ Training philosophy is to provide a range of responses to client aggression that are safe, ethical, meets legal and industry standards, and enables organisations and staff to meet their duty of care responsibilities towards clients.

PART™ Training focuses on the prevention of client challenging behaviour and aggression through: - assessing and understanding client needs and utilising positive behaviour supports - preparation of staff and the environment - identification of triggers - use of verbal de-escalation techniques - use of evasive techniques and exiting strategies where required - process debriefing to review staff decisions and actions, consider impact on the client and identify improvements for future service to clients and protection of staff. It is widely used by many educational and health systems throughout Australia, including the Western Australian Department of Education and Training, Independent and Catholic education systems.

Who should attend: 

This is a course to maintain PART accreditation if you have completed a 1, 2, or 3 day course in the past 2 years, designed to train staff to manage difficult and aggressive situations involving students while still maintaining duty of care. PART™ Training is designed to assist staff to identify and respond confidently, using a range of techniques, to student aggressive behaviour.

The PART™ Training philosophy is to provide a range of responses that are safe, ethical, meets legal and industry standards, and enables schools and staff to meet their duty of care responsibilities towards students.

This course is ideal for schools, disability service providers, teachers, education assistants and others working with students or adults who have behaviour that is aggressive or difficult to manage.

You must have completed PART previously and have evidence to verify your attendance (eg. a certificate or MTU certificate number).

Participants should wear loose casual clothing and comfortable enclosed shoes.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Strategies for the PART course is available at http://www.mtu.net.au/part/part-learn.html

Sign-in from 8.45am.

Michelle Bishop is an experienced Education Consultant, working with teachers and school leaders to support students in the areas of disabilities, learning difficulties, differentiation, social emotional learning, and behaviour. She specialises in staff wellbeing, providing specialist support to set practical and long term goals for individual and whole staff wellbeing, and has worked with students with a diverse range of needs in Primary and Secondary settings. Michelle is an experienced PART presenter who has provided professional learning to a wide range of audiences, at schools, seminars, conferences and to disability providers.

Please contact Kylie Bice at admin@growingupgreatness.com or 0432 179 629 if you have questions about this event or to negotiate a price for groups larger than 10.

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REFUND POLICY: A refund for the full amount minus the booking fee of $3.50 will be given if participants advise Growing Up Greatness at least 48 hours before the event. No individual or group refunds will be given after this time. All participants will receive a full refund if the event is cancelled by Growing Up Greatness.