"A lot of people don't really understand what's going on behind the scenes in schools" - Beth Morrison & Vivien Cooper share family carers’ shocking accounts of their children’s experiences of restrictive intervention & provide policy recommendations: socsi.in/pIFjc

Brian was "held face down on the floor by his arms...even though there was CCTV in the school they could not provide it to me as it had ‘self-erased’" - We join in calls for restraint to be reported under legal obligation to protect young people like Brian socsi.in/kvvMu

A zero tolerance approach to behaviour in schools means many children with behaviour that challenges fall through the gaps. Our job is to understand & meet needs; parking the 'problem' outside the classroom isn't appropriate socsi.in/S37eG

Trauma-informed care is about recognising that trauma may be a factor in someone's life. This should then change how we provide support to someone when we do not know their history. View Nigel's presentation on trauma informed care here: socsi.in/gaw5r

"Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is currently considered to be the best practice approach to supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities who present with complex and challenging behaviour." Read the full article by @BPSOfficial about PBS here: socsi.in/IoknR

"95% of the incidents of challenging behaviour or violence are caused by things you or I would find frustrating...confined to a place where they may not necessarily want to be" - how could these frustrations be minimised to prevent restrictive practices from being needed?