Team Teach Training Options
Looking for effective behaviour support training in Education, Disability, Aged Care, or Health settings? Look no further than Team Teach Training Options. Our person-centred training is customised to your needs and equips your team with a toolkit of skills and knowledge to create a positive behaviour culture.
Our training explores practical strategies to nurture positive behaviour environments, develop proactive responses, reduce conflict and crisis, and build and restore positive relationships. We focus on reducing risk and restraint and minimising restrictive practices while supporting distressed individuals. Our approach is underpinned by the core values of dignity, understanding and respect.
Here’s how it works:
- We discuss the needs of your setting.
- We conduct a training needs analysis.
- We create a personalised Level 1, Level 2 or Advanced Modules training course to equip everyone with the confidence and strategies needed to support positive behaviour cultures.
Our training also includes a focus on a trauma-informed approach to understanding behaviour, and identifying risk behaviours and responding to distressed individuals. We offer reasonable, proportionate and necessary risk-assessed physical interventions for settings that require it.
We also offer a Train-the-Trainer course option for you to create your own in-house behaviour trainers. These trainers can cascade Team Teach training to all of the staff within your organisation.
Not sure what training you need? Contact us today to discuss the best training option for your setting. We’ll work with you to create a customised training programme that meets the needs of your organisation.
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.
Types of Behaviour Support
Level One Course: Positive Behaviour Strategies for Low-Risk Settings
Equip your staff with the skills to de-escalate distressed behaviours with our Level One Course. This one-day (6 hour) course is perfect for professionals working in low-risk settings across education, disability, aged care and health sectors.
Through this course, your team will learn the drivers behind behaviours of concern, and gain a detailed understanding of the legal context around behaviour support. They will learn how to use non-restrictive, positive behaviour strategies for effective communication and de-escalation, both verbal and non-verbal, for supporting individuals who present with distressed behaviours.
Our Level One Course also teaches simple and safe ways of working, using a shared language to promote a consistent, respectful approach to behaviour support, maintaining positive relationships. This course will give all team members a strong grasp of the Team Teach values and beliefs.
Course Details
Level One Course:
Positive Behaviour Strategies for Low-Risk Settings
Equip your staff with the skills to de-escalate distressed behaviours with our Level One Course. This one-day (6 hour) course is perfect for professionals working in low-risk settings across education, disability, aged care and health sectors.
Through this course, your team will learn the drivers behind behaviours of concern, and gain a detailed understanding of the legal context around behaviour support. They will learn how to use non-restrictive, positive behaviour strategies for effective communication and de-escalation, both verbal and non-verbal, for supporting individuals who present with distressed behaviours.
Our Level One Course also teaches simple and safe ways of working, using a shared language to promote a consistent, respectful approach to behaviour support, maintaining positive relationships. This course will give all team members a strong grasp of the Team Teach values and beliefs.
- Background to Team Teach and Values
- The Legal Framework
- Understanding all Behaviour is Communication
- Circles of Influence
- Conflict Spiral
- Planning & Risk Assessment
- De-escalation and Defusion
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication
- Personal Safety and Physical Interventions (personal safety responses, guiding and escorting safely where there is a risk-assessed need)
- Repair, Reflection and Review
We offer flexibility in delivery methods for our Level One Course, including in-person and blended learning options. With blended learning, 50% of the content is delivered online through interactive modules on our training platform, which allows your team to complete 3 hours of self-paced learning, reducing the time staff need to be released from work.
Delivery Methods
Our Level One Course is offered as both public and private courses, giving you the option to join a public course running throughout the year, or to have a private course delivered at a venue of your choosing, specifically tailored to the needs of your organisation.
All attendees will receive a Course Resource Book, Workbook and Certificate, with certification valid for 36 months. Train your staff to respond appropriately and proportionately to distressed behaviours, and ensure their personal safety, with our Level One Course.
Level Two Course
This two-day (12-hour) course is designed for staff supporting individuals in medium to high-risk settings across education, disability, aged care and health organisations. It is suitable for areas where there is an identified need to focus on de-escalation, risk prevention, and non-restrictive and restrictive strategies.
The course builds on the essential foundations covered in the Level 1 content, with a focus on managing further physical risks. Participants will gain a detailed understanding of the drivers behind behaviours of concern, and the legal context around behaviour support.
The training includes a range of core theory modules and practical activities, customised to the needs of your organisation. These include:
- Background to Team Teach and Values
- The Legal Framework • Understanding all Behaviour is Communication
- Circles of Influence • Conflict Spiral
- Planning & Risk Assessment
- De-escalation and Defusion
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication
- Personal Safety and Physical Interventions (personal safety responses, guiding and escorting safely, and 1 and 2 person restraints where there is a risk-assessed need)
- Repair, Reflection and Review
Participants will learn strategies for de-escalation, verbal scripts, and how to assist individuals who are in distress using an individualised response. The course will cover how to recognise where someone is in a crisis and respond appropriately to support them, including using effective verbal communication and a consistent team approach.
The course is designed to support individuals and organisations in learning and adapting to situations that change. This includes how to build and restore relationships as well as learn and reduce the likelihood for any future situations.
Where there are situations of physical risk behaviours, we will train staff to be able to respond appropriately and proportionately as and when necessary to maintain their personal safety as well as physically intervene to keep everyone safe. This can include guiding and escorting safely and a range of other responses including 1 and 2 person interventions as appropriate to the service setting to maintain the wellbeing of all those involved.
All course attendees will receive a Course Resource Book, Workbook, and Certificate. Certification for this course is valid for 24 months.
Delivery Methods
Training is delivered in-person or by a Blended Learning option, where 25% of the content is delivered online through interactive modules on our training platform. These modules cover the theory of Team Teach, and participants complete 3 hours of self-paced learning. This approach offers greater flexibility for organisations and reduces the time staff need to be released from work.
Our Level 2 course is offered as a private course and is held within your setting/venue of your choice. These programs are specifically tailored to your setting.
Advanced Modules
Our advanced modules are designed to provide additional training content that goes beyond the Level 2 program, empowering your staff to manage complex situations that bring higher risk, ensuring everyone’s safety and well-being. With a training needs analysis, we identify specific areas of risk and tailor the course to equip your team with skills to manage the unique needs of your organisation and behaviours of concern.
Choose from the following advanced module options:
- Ground Recovery (prone and supine)
- Everyday Objects used as Weapons
- Transport
- Ground Assault
Every attendee of our course will receive a Certificate, valid for 12 months.
Flexible Delivery Options
Our Advanced Modules training is offered as a private course held at your setting or a venue of your choice.
Train the Trainer Courses
By attending any of our courses to become a Team Teach trainer, you will be able to provide a consistent approach in behaviour support training within your organisation. With your newly gained knowledge and skills, you can deliver training specific to the unique needs of your setting, progress your ongoing professional development, and grow a shared culture and understanding within your workplace.
We offer Train the Trainer courses at 4 levels:
- Foundation Trainers
- Foundation Trainer +
- Intermediate Trainers
- Advanced Trainers
Our Support for Trainers
We provide continued support, from helping you find the most appropriate course, through to attending the course and support following your training.
What are the Benefits of Becoming a Behaviour Support Trainer?
Our courses equip and certify you to deliver our behaviour support training courses to employees within your organisation. This will benefit not only you but also your organisation and those within your care.
Personal Benefits:
- In-depth understanding of behavioural support strategies
- Skills, knowledge, and understanding to deliver training sessions
- Continued professional development to enhance your knowledge and skills
- Develop your presentation and communication skills
- Increase your understanding and awareness of behaviour as communication
- Opportunity to develop your leadership role within your organisation
Benefits for Your Organisation:
- Cost-effective way to train larger teams
- Consistent approach to positive behaviour training that isn’t reliant on external courses and trainers
- Develop a shared culture, understanding, and vocabulary around behaviour
- Ongoing professional development for staff that fits into your schedule
- Framework to reduce risk and restraint
- Training that is specific to the unique needs of your setting
- Responsive training options that are unaffected by staff turnover
- Reassurance that all training meets relevant legal standards and expectations
Additional Trainer Course Information
To become an Advanced trainer, you must have already completed the Intermediate training and hold a current certificate.
Trainer accreditation lasts for 12 months. You will need to complete a re-accreditation course within this time period to ensure you continue to stay qualified to deliver training.
We recommend at least two trainers deliver training. The ratio of trainers to course members should increase on a ratio of 1:12, and two trainers are needed for any 2-person responses.
Consultancy and Coaching Services
Behaviour Support Consultancy & Coaching
Team Teach Behaviour Support Consultancy & Coaching service can provide the highest-quality service to address the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards to meet your needs for: Graduate, Proficient, Highly Accomplished, and Lead Standards
Intensive Service
Consultative Service
Professional Learning
Team Teach Behaviour Consultancy can present high-quality professional learning opportunities for your school team. We offer the flexibility of virtual or face to face service delivery. Our team have the skills to present the highest quality professional learning in relation to positive behaviour supports and behavioural engagement for your team.
Coaching and Mentoring
Advanced Module and Consultancy
Description: Modules aimed at high risk Service Settings (Special Schools, PRU’s, Secure Units, Children’s Homes, Elderly Care etc). These modules cover personal safety, risk reductions strategies, a range of physical interventions in response to dangerous behaviour. These modules are only offered where there is documented, risk assessed evidence that advanced techniques are required to keep service users and staff safe. Participants must have completed the 12 hour basic course.
Areas covered:
- Everyday objects used as weapons:
- Pool Cues
- Blunt Impact Objects
- Chairs
- Missiles
- Safe ground hold positions
- Advanced ground holds
- Ground fights and assaults
- Transport
Outcome: Certifications for Advanced Modules is valid for 12 months.