Passive Intervention and Prevention Strategies (PIPS)

The aim of Passive Intervention and Prevention (PIPS) training is to:

• enable schools and other settings to develop a consistent, acceptable team approach to managing behaviour in a manner that maintains positive relationships and continues to care for pupils/clients at times of crisis
• provide a process of repair and reflection for staff and children
• increase staff awareness concerning the importance of recording and reporting, monitoring and evaluating, all incidents involving positive handling

Expected Outcomes:

• experience and practice the skills of guiding, safe touch and holding
• explore how these acts of care combine with calming, diffusing and problem solving strategies
• experience passive intervention strategies designed to follow rather than force movement
• identify key elements for developing a consistent team approach to managing challenge
• increase awareness of the importance of recording and reporting, monitoring and evaluating
• develop an increased sense of confidence at times of crisis

The decision to intervene physically or not will always be a professional judgement based on on-going risk assessment. The skills are designed to reduce risk to both staff and pupils should it be decided that, everything else having failed, a physical intervention is the safest option.