Members from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) last weekpassed a motion to campaign on the issue, because initial teachertraining courses vary in their approach to restraint.
There is currently no minimum level of restraint training on eitherinitial teacher training or newly qualified teacher courses.
The union wants all teacher training providers to cover the issueproperly. Schools and local authorities also need a code of practice onthe use of physical interventions, members have said.
Carly Prout, a trainee teacher from Berkshire, said the use of physicalrestraint is a grey area.
She said: "I have had no training, other than an hour and a quarterPowerPoint presentation. When I'm faced with a pupil defying me, whetherit's physically or verbally, I don't know what to do."
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