Hi All ... I'm new and doing CACHE Level 3

[Lizzy T]

Hi All

Lovely to meet you !! I am new to all this and have recently found this site which I think is amazing. (Wish I'd found it 3 years ago when I did my CACHE Level 2). I would be really grateful for some help and advice and hopefully I will be able to help some of you as well

Anyway, I am doing the CACHE Level 3 Assignment and it asks for criteria B1 -

Consider strategies the teaching assistant can use to respond to behaviour which may put at risk their own safety and the safety of others.

Some pupils behaviour issues pose a risk to the T/A or others in the classroom. If a pupil is displaying dangerous behaviour,suggest strategies a T/A could use to keep everyone safe. Think carefully and write about these strategies from more than one perspective.

I have written already all about moving away from the pupil displaying dangerous behaviour and speaking to another who may be involved. Giving them time to calm down ,helping to try and rebuild relationships with negotiation and discussions. Getting a responsible child to get the help of another adult if you cannot leave the incident etc. But I would be interested to hear any other perspectives or ideas as I've got brain overload at the moment !!!

Thank you soooooooooooo much and I look forward to hearing from anyone

Love Lizzy x

[PeePe]

I remember this being discussed at a safeguarding course I did.

Another way to look at this is if the child is in a contained classroom, the safest option may be to remove the other children from the classroom as they are less likely to cause injury to others if they remain in the classroom , whereas if they are removed to a different part of the school the risks to others increase.

[Lizzy T]

Hi PeePe

Thank you so much for the great advice. I must admit that I hadn't thought about it from that perspective, but I think that is the sort of answer they are talking about and expecting to be written in the assignment.

You are a star ...and thanks once again !!



Lizzy