Team-Teach has been established in Australia and New Zealand for a
number of years and has successfully trained staff from a wide range of
education, health and care settings. It is currently the only
established behaviour support training which is based in Australia as a
company in its own rights.
Team-Teach maintains strong links with the UK
where it originated from and where it is the largest provider of
training for mainstream, special, child and increasingly adult services
in the UK. There are over 2,000 Tutors nationally having taught between
them over 500, 000 people, principally across a wide range of care,
education and health service settings, promoting a multi-disciplinary
approach between education, social services and health.
The training has evolved from a
residential care, education and health background working with service
users with a variety of emotional, social, behavioural, learning,
communication and medical needs.
Team-Teach provides: a 6 hour
Foundation Course (low risk), a 12 hour Basic course (medium risk) and
where supported through evidenced health and safety needs Advanced
Modules (high risk). The preferred training model is for all staff
within medium risk education, care and health service settings to
undertake a minimum of a 2-day basic course (12 hours).
Team-Teach employs a whole staff
holistic approach with a follow up post repair, reflect & de-brief
response for both staff and service users concerned. · Emphasis being
on "calm" communication and defusing skills that work best for the
specific individual concerned, acknowledged within the care, behaviour
or education plans.
Physical responses are underpinned
by values and principles that fit within a culture and ethos of
positive educative care. There is an emphasis on individual human
rights, responsibilities, choices and consequences.
The key message being that 95% OR
MORE of all incidents should be managed without recourse to physical
interventions. Following training there should be a decrease in the
amount of incidents involving the use of physical interventions. The
emphasis is on protecting and promoting positive relationships between
service providers and users.
STEAMING PUBLISHING AND TRAINING is run by Bernard Allen. Bernard has written, illustrated and produced a range of training
materials, videos, books and articles on positive behaviour management.
He has advised the Department for Education and Skills and lectured in
schools and universities throughout the UK. He is a trustee of the
National Control & Restraint (General Services) Association, and a
co-opted member of the executive of NAES (the national association for
schools catering for children and young people with social, emotional
and behavioural difficulties). Bernard has managed three successful
schools for children and young people with emotional and behavioural
difficulties over a period of twelve years. Having received favourable
Ofsted and Social Service Inspection reports he decided to quit while
he was ahead.
