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Liz Ullrich: Learning Readiness - A Whole School Approach to Reducing Behaviours of Concern and Increasing Skills incl. Low Arousal and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training Approaches

 We have to unwire the brain to rewire it.  Seek 1% change in behaviour each day - we can't expect big change, but small change becomes big change over time.  Our brains are wired first for safety, then for relationship.  The Law:  Duty of Care and Wellbeing: must do everything reasonable within our power to keep others and ourselves safe from harm Duty of Candor: have to be open and honest about our mistakes and the quality of our practice Acting in Good Faith: should always do our utmost to follow policies and plans, even when we may disagree with aspects of them The three C's: For our C onvenience For C ompliance For ur personal C omfort The first time is a surprise: the correct response is to create a plan! Know our behaviour tolerance: what is a behaviour that you find particularly challenging, that gets under your skin?  How can we pause and take a break so that we don't react?  The emotional brain is our smoke detector 5 Domains of Stress Backpa...