{"content":[{"text":"This policy is not intended to imply that staff should no longer touch the children. \n All staff working at Kingswood Preschool are expected to help the children in their \n care to take responsibility for their own behaviour. Kingswood preschool aims to \n achieve this by using a combination of approaches which include: \n  Positive role modelling by the staff \n  Ensuring there is an adequate range of activities that are interesting and \n challenging to individual children as well as groups of children \n  Having boundaries in place that are appropriate to the age and development \n of the children and having expectations which are achievable and can be \n enforced \n  Providing positive feedback to the children, using this method before \n boundaries or expectations are broken or unfulfilled.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.097016,"width":0.7578480000000001,"height":0.23712299999999997}},{"text":"Definitions \n These are three main types of physical handling; \n 1. Positive Handling aids children with guidance such as how to hold a \n paintbrush, providing emotional support such as an arm around a distressed \n child and physical care such as first aid and toileting. Staff must always \n exercise appropriate care when using touch as there are some children for \n whom touch may be inappropriate. The staff will be aware of those children in \n their care for whom this is applicable. \n 2. Physical Intervention is a means to provide appropriate ways to ensuring \n children’s safety, to include mechanical and environmental means such as \n locked doors \n 3. Restrictive Physical Intervention is when a member of staff uses physical \n force intentionally to restrict a child’s movements against his or her will, i.e. \n such as holding a hand to guide the child away from harm, Physical \n Intervention to stop a child injuring themselves or others or causing damage \n to property and if there is a suspicion that they may be about to do any of the \n above.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.367505,"width":0.757663,"height":0.32173900000000005}},{"text":"Use of Restrictive Physical Handling \n Restrictive Physical Handling should only ever be used to restore safety both for the \n child and for those around him or her. It must NEVER be used out of anger, as a \n punishment or as an alternative to less intrusive measures as discussed at the \n beginning of this policy.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.714486,"width":0.7575890000000001,"height":0.09975800000000012}},{"text":"Restrictive Physical Handling will only be used if it is thought to be in the child’s best \n interest. The child’s needs are paramount. We aim to do all we can to avoid using \n any restrictive physical intervention when dealing with a child whose behaviour is \n inappropriate.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.824445,"width":0.75816,"height":0.07006800000000002}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.495381,"top":0.928987,"width":0.009301999999999977,"height":0.01625500000000002}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}