A timely workshop exploring how sensory informed and relational AHP practice can contribute to safer, more preventative work in schools.
Explore how sensory informed and relational AHP practice can support restraint reduction in schools.
This workshop explores how sensory informed and relational AHP practice can contribute to restraint reduction in schools. It considers overload, threat, mismatch, misunderstanding, communication difficulty, emotional unsafety, and escalation through a school systems lens. The focus is on supporting safer, more respectful, and more preventative practice across multidisciplinary teams, with attention to legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- describe how sensory, relational, communication, and environmental factors may contribute to escalation in school contexts
- discuss how AHP practice can contribute to more preventative and respectful responses
- consider how sensory informed and relational approaches may reduce reliance on restrictive practice
- reflect on the ethical, legal, and professional implications for their own setting
- leave with clearer ideas for supporting safety, dignity, and participation in school services
Participants will learn it through focused teaching on restraint reduction and school safety, discuss it in tutor groups, apply it to real school dilemmas, reflect on professional and ethical responsibilities, and take it back into practice through clearer preventative planning.