In The Daily Mail today (August 5^th 2011) their reporter suggests that “Teachers should be given shin pads.” This is responding to calls from the main Teachers union the GMB. Click here for main article.

The article goes on to list the offences carried out on teachers in the role by violent and aggressive pupils and discuss the protection they need. It is no coincidence that the teaching profession suffers high levels of stress and depression.

My view, and its no surprise given what I do is that decent Anger Management for pupils with issues would be a really good starts. Follow this up with some really good emotional resilience training(see www.stressexperts.co.uk) such as Dealing with Difficult and Challenging People to support the teachers.

The net result will be lower levels of aggression and emotionally stronger teachers with pupils that are open to learning. Less stress and depression, less absence, lower costs and better teaching.

All for the cost of decent training applied in the right places.