Introduction to NVR in Schools: New Authority Workshop
Introduction to NVR in Schools: New Authority Workshop
Train with the leading & award-winning provider of Non-Violent Resistance Training for Professionals
Next Workshop: TBC
Join our exclusive half-day online workshop with Jackie Lindeck & Dr Tony Meehan
The workshop will be brought to you LIVE online via Zoom, and is open to Educational Professionals.
This training is also available privately in-house, contact us for prices for your team. Email: training@partnershipprojectsuk.com.
About the Workshop
“Adopting an NVR approach creates a culture where young people can feel consistently psychologically and physically safe, regardless of their needs. In this way, schools truly become an anchor for their community, a place where young people and their families want to be.”
Jackie Lindeck, PartnershipProjects Training Director & NVRA Accredited Practitioner
The Challenge Schools are Facing
In 2023/24, there were 955,000 suspensions in England, a 21% rise on the previous year, and 10,900 permanent exclusions. Persistent disruptive behaviour remains the leading cause, and the data reveals stark inequalities in who is excluded. At the same time, the SEND system is under enormous strain, with government reform demanding that schools become more inclusive without the resources or relational frameworks to make that a reality.
“When adults enter into a struggle for control, they lose authority.”
Haim Omer, Courageous Teachers (2021)
NVR offers something different: a whole-school cultural framework that places responsibility for change with adults, not pupils. Rather than relying on sanctions and control, it builds a community of calm, consistent, present adults who support each other and the young people in their care. The shift is from ‘you must’ to ‘we will’.
In this introduction workshop, we will discuss some ideas and practices from NVR within a School setting. We will review case studies, and the difference NVR can make to an entire school setting.
Meet Jackie Lindeck and Dr Tony Meehan
Jackie Lindeck
Highly Specialist Music Therapist
PartnershipProjects Director
NVR Association (NVRA) Accredited Practitioner and Supervisor
Jackie qualified as a Music Therapist in 2000. Since then she has worked extensively as a clinician, a supervisor, a facilitator, a trainer and a manager across a variety of health, education and charitable settings. Originally specialising in Neuro-rehabilitation, since 2008 she has worked full time with vulnerable children and their families and since 2015 most of this work has been in educational settings.
Jackie became interested in NVR through working in Pupil Referral Units and searching for a model that would help staff working in these settings to have more of an impact in supporting change for young people and their families. She is passionate about the potential of NVR to bring about positive change both for individual families and particularly within educational settings through the training of whole staff teams.
Dr Tony Meehan
Educator / Former Head Teacher
NVR Association (NVRA) Accredited Practitioner
Tony has 29 years of experience as a teacher in mainstream secondary and special schools. This includes over 8 years as head of a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), working with the vulnerable pupils excluded from mainstream school and their families in inner London, before retiring in 2017. It was during this latter period of his career that he became convinced of the urgent need to explore alternative approaches to managing challenging behaviour in order to stem the flow of exclusions from mainstream schools.
Tony sees NVR as a powerful alternative to the traditional behaviourist models in operation in almost all mainstream schools; as a model rooted in authentic relationship-building, it is particularly apt in its focus on supporting adults to manage themselves effectively when faced with challenging behaviour from a young person.
Tony has a professional doctorate in education from Middlesex University for his research into how exclusion from school affects the parents of those excluded; and how PRUs might be reconceptualised in an advocacy role supporting families to secure reintegration for their children back into mainstream school as quickly as possible, rather than lingering in PRUs often for many years.
Important Workshop Information
How much does it cost?
Full Price: £99+VAT
Group Discounts:
Save 10% for groups of 10 or more,
or save 15% for groups of 20 or more.
OR book privately in-house for your team, email: training@partnershipprojectsuk.com for more info.
When & Where?
When:
Date TBC, 9:30am to 1:30pm
(with plenty of breaks)
Where:
Hosted LIVE online via Zoom Pro
The full training agenda for the day will be sent ahead of the day
Who Can Attend?
The workshop is open to educational professionals.
Also available for Group Bookings, contact us today for a free no-obligation consultation & quote.
Email: training@partnershipprojectsuk.com
Why train with us?
Established in 2006
The first & foremost specialist provider of NVR training & workshops, supervision, and interventions & coaching in the UK
The leading provider in the UK
We've trained more professionals, & supported more families than any other provider
Highly Qualified Trainers & Coaches
Our team hold the highest NVR qualifications available, along with many years’ experience & specialist knowledge
Award Winning
Winners of several prestigious awards from 2023-2026 such as 'Training Provider of the Year', and ‘Best NVR Training & Intervention Provider’
Giving Back to the Community
We give our time with our special interest groups, offer pro-bono work where we can, and donate to relevant charities
Over 1000 Professionals trained each year
Over the last 3 years we have trained over 3000 people
Over 100 families supported each year
Each year we offer individual coaching & group sessions for over 100 families
4.8 Star Average Rating
Amazing feedback and the highest scores for our NVR training
Our company is certified
We are registered with; CPD, Independent Safeguarding CIC, NVR Association (NVRA)
Global Reach
Although we are predominantly in the UK, we have a worldwide reputation with students in many countries around the world
Register Your Interest:
Confidentiality
PartnershipProjects UK (PP) adheres to its confidentiality obligations at all times.
PP encourages all professionals (who may be undertaking any level of NVR training, accessing NVR individual or group supervision, submitting their coursework or attending PP’s accreditation module) be bound by their professional registrations or their service/local authority/organisation policies of confidential working practices.
In all cases, professionals will anonymise any family/parent references, in all cases change genders/ages/status’s when referring to case work examples in training/supervision etc.
Professionals who wish to share families personal information (names/gender etc) in their individual or group NVR supervision must be transparent and inform the families/parents/caregivers before sharing. In this circumstance, professionals must have formal written consent/permission from families/parents/caregivers to use their examples in this way.
Any information shared to PP, will be treated in line with current GDPR guidelines as per our Data Protection Policy which can be found on the following link; https://www.
