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Behaviour management and de-escalation for educators: Positive, restorative and crisis response

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for teachers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 11 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Behaviour management and de-escalation for educators: Positive, restorative and crisis response course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: The lesson that unravelled in four minutes · 7 min

    Before you begin · Gareth, a new teacher at Northwind Academy Trust, hands out a task without a clear start routine. A learner refuses to begin, others start talking, and Gareth raises his voice and says "that is your last warning". The learner stands up and kicks a chair. · Where could it have gone differently?

  • Lesson 2: Expectations, routines and behaviour as communication · 7 min

    A positive culture · What is the behaviour saying? · Check

  • Lesson 3: Proactive strategies · 7 min

    Prevent it first · Set a limit well · Check

  • Lesson 4: De-escalation and grey areas · 7 min

    Reading early signs · Calm steps · Judgement call

  • Lesson 5: Serious incidents, reporting and repair · 7 min

    What your policy says · Restorative steps · Looking after yourself

  • Lesson 6: Your behaviour practice plan · 5 min

    Your next steps · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At staff induction, at the start of each academic year, and after a pattern of incidents.

Teachers, teaching assistants, school leaders and new educators who manage behaviour and respond to escalating incidents; assigned by a school group, academy trust, college or training provider and run by its staff-development lead or training academy head.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Behaviour policy link
  • Physical intervention policy link
  • Incident record route
  • Concern route
  • Support and adjustments route
  • Ld contact
  • Next course link
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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