How Paul’s Lack of Knowledge Cost Him His Dream

Paul

You have almost certainly had someone on your training course ask you a question?

Or, you may have been on a training course and asked a question because you were unsure of what the trainer was telling you.

People ask questions for a number of basic reasons, such as:

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Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom

Prosecution

Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom And How You Can Become More Confident As A Result.

Many years ago there was a restraint related death of a young person.

During the inquest into the death the restraint trainers had to appear in court to give evidence. 

They were (as usual) cross examined by the prosecution, and it was brutal.

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Can You Defend Yourself Against A Child Who Is Under The Age of Criminal Intent (Video)

Can You Defend Yourself Against A Child Who Is Under The Age of Criminal Intent?

I recently had a conversation with someone who told me that their wife is having to have her neck surgically re-built with bone taken from other parts of her body.

The injury was caused by an eight-year-old child violently pulling the member of staff’s hair causing the person’s head to jerk back violently.

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It is against health and safety to put a coat over a handcuffed persons arms

It is against health and safety to put a coat over a handcuffed persons arms

“It is against health and safety to put a coat over a handcuffed persons arms.”

That is the crux of an email just sent to me based on what someone was told by a trainer.

They mentioned how an organisation respected a handcuffed patients dignity whilst reducing the risk of anger, aggression and violence thus reducing the need for a restrictive physical intervention.

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If You Fail This Course You Won’t Have a Job Tomorrow

If You Fail This Course You Won't Have a Job Tomorrow

“If You Fail This Course You Won’t Have a Job Tomorrow.”

I have been in this industry now for many years and have heard many things, but sometimes I am still taken aback by what I get told and following are a couple of examples of what I was told only this week.

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Why You Don’t Need To be Perfect To Be An Exceptional Instructor

Progress not Perfection

Why You Don’t Need To be Perfect To Be An Exceptional Instructor Many people who want to be an instructor keep putting it off on the basis that they are not ready. They think that they need to know everything and be 100% perfect. But they are wrong. You see, perfectionism creates procrastination. And I’ll say that again …… Being … Read more