Describe a typical day. The head, teachers and teaching assistants havea short meeting each morning where a brief resume of the previousevening, night or weekend is given. There are often unresolved issuesfrom the previous night, or even breakfast, which pupils are given achance to discuss before setting up to work. It is important to build upthe kind of relationship where pupils gain the confidence to expresstheir feelings without resorting to violence or abuse.
What other agencies and who else within your organisation do you workwith? I liaise with all the teaching and care staff in an attempt toestablish a sense of common purpose and a consistent approach to theeducational and behavioural targets of each pupil.
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