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

Thursday, 8 February & Friday 16 February 2024

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 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. A team of at least 2 staff are encouraged to attend (at least 1 with a leadership role recommended), who will become the primary support group.

YOU WILL LEARN

• The importance of workplace systems and procedures in the identification and management of client aggression.
  
• How student needs drive behaviour which may sometimes result in aggression.
• Prevention of aggression through preparation of self and the environment.
• Legal factors to consider when responding to client aggression.
• How to predict student aggression using the Assault Cycle.
• A range of effective verbal de-escalation and physical evasion techniques that keep staff and students safe.
• Restraint definition, legal, ethical, technical and impact considerations. 
• Restraint techniques that value and protect you and the student/client.
• Post incident procedures – documentation, process debriefing and skills evaluation.

Participants should wear loose casual clothing and comfortable enclosed shoes.

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

Sign-in from 8.15am.  Morning tea will be provided.

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.