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POSITIVE CHOICES - A DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR SOUTH AFRICAN PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS - LEARNERS, STAFF, MANAGEMENT AND PARENTS
DRUG ABUSE – UNDER AGE DRINKING – VAPING
School is not about the repairing of all social evils. It is about repairing one: ignorance.
If you are not able to identify, understand the symptoms and educate learners about the following drugs – your school needs program!!!!
Sugars, Nyape, Planzana, Kwape, Jellies, Matakwane, Double dipped, Penguins, Nose Candy, Tjoeff, Khat, Kuber, Mitsubishis and Slag
TOTAL COST: R9, 950-00 PER SCHOOL (ALL INCLUSIVE) R4, 975-00 DEP TO SECURE YOUR DATE FOR 2024
The full day training package includes:
Introduction:
A recent study by the National Institute of Drug Abuse indicated an increase in drug abuse of 25% in Primary Schools and a 38% increase in High Schools. The Department of Basic Education has confirmed that the surge in drug use in schools is a major concern. Anecdotal evidence suggests that today’s adolescents are more willing to experiment with drugs thanks to products such as vapes, high sugar contented alcohol as well as a more relaxed societal attitudes to certain substances such as cannabis.
Most popular drugs used by South African learners:
The Drug Education and Prevention Program
School staff members can play a powerful role in the prevention of underage drinking, vaping and drug use among their learners. Together, educators and families can work to send strong and consistent messages to students about the use of alcohol and other drugs. Teachers and school staff work hard every day to prepare students for future success. A alcohol and Drugs can undermine a child’s academic success and other life goals.
Additionally, substance misuse and substance use disorders are associated with a variety of negative consequences, including deteriorating relationships, poor school performance, loss of employment, diminished mental health, and increases in sickness and death.
Primary School Program:
Grade 1 – Grade 4 (Duration 1 Hour}
Making positive choices
My rights when adults smoke or vape around me
The dangers of vaping
When one sip is one to many
Energy drinks and the dangers
Good and bad medicine
Learning to say no
Grade 5 – Grade 7 (Duration 1 Hour)
Learning to develop clear decision making strategies
Devising a clear plan to refuse the offer of alcohol and other drugs
Making positive choices
The dangers of vaping
Drug classification, substance identification, physical and psychological symptoms and the long term effects of substance abuse
The following drug categories will be included in the workshop:
Understanding how addiction works
The addiction test
Getting help from a trusted adult
High School Program (Grade 8 – Grade 12) 2 X 1 Hour Presentations
Grades to be divided into 2 groups
Learning to develop clear decision making strategies
Devising a clear plan to refuse the offer of alcohol and other drugs
Making positive choices
The dangers of vaping
Drink spiking and keeping safe at parties
The dangers of steroids
Drug classification, substance identification, physical and psychological symptoms and the long term effects of substance abuse
The following drug categories will be included in the workshop:
Understanding how addiction works
The addiction test
Getting help from a trusted adult
Staff Development Workshop (Duration 2 Hours)
Workshop content
Section 1
Drug classification, substance identification, physical and psychological symptoms and the long term effects of substance abuse
The following drug categories will be included in the workshop:
Section 2
Addiction
Section 3
The right to search, seize and test for an illegal substances
Section 4
Substance abuse prevention programme
Dear Member of the SBST,
Child Safeguarding Staff Development Video Training Series 2024
My Rights, Legal Responsibilities and providing Empathetic Support to vulnerable Learners, essential training for all members of the school community.
What is Child Safeguarding in Schools?
The Schools Amendment Act clearly states that all staff are to be trained in Child Safeguarding. Child Safeguarding refers to all of the actions the school takes to keep all children they come into contact with safe – and includes the proactive measures put in place to ensure that children do not come to harm or when they are harmed, the correct reporting procedures are followed.
Cost of the Series (ALL INCLUSIVE) : R995-00 Per School and includes ALL Staff.
Includes: 9 Workshops, support material and SACE Certificates for each module, for each member of staff.
Every school needs this training series in your library. The series should be used for:
We have put together a series of critical Staff Development Training Products that incorporate all new legislative changes that are relevant to the Basic Education Sector, from Pre-Primary to High School. The Series is divided into two sections, the first covers all aspects of the legal obligations that Educators are faced with and the second part provides educators with the knowledge and skills to support learners with emotional issues that they may have to deal with on a daily basis.
How the product works
Part 1
MY RIGHTS AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AS AN EDUCATOR IN SOUTH AFRICA
One of the biggest challenges facing education in South Africa today is the lack of training provided to teachers when it comes to issues of child protection, abuse reporting protocols and the responsibilities that teachers have in their in loco parentis relationship with learners. The sad truth is that teachers are not normally trained to deal with the real issues that they face in the classroom, recent negative media has proven that schools are ill equipped to deal with the real issues at hand, physical and sexual abuse, depression, suicide, self-mutilation, self-made pornography and reporting obligations.
A number of teachers have recently faced the might of the criminal justice system due to the fact that they failed to report cases of sexual or physical abuse to the correct authorities after a direct disclosure from a child.
We are thrilled to announce that we have produced a series of short training videos to be utilised for staff development, each workshop is presented by Dr John Buswell and comes with a comprehensive protocol and procedure reference guide that should be made available to each member of staff for future reference when required.
An introduction to changes in the Basic Education Policy 2023
WORKSHOP 1 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Dealing with the disclosure of Sexual Assault
WORKSHOP 2 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Dealing with Physical Abuse and Child Neglect
WORKSHOP 3 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Dealing with pornography, selfies and distribution within the school environment
WORKSHOP 4 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Clinical Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Self-mutilation
WORKSHOP 5 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Sexual harassment within the school environment
Workshop 6 - Duration: (30 minutes)
Dealing with Gender Identity and the learner who decides to make a change
Part 2
A Series of Workshops Dealing with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Issues and Basic Counselling
First Aiders save many lives in the world every day, the ability to provide basic CPR to a person having a heart attack, enables the Cardiologist to perform their role as a specialist. Every Educator should have the basic skills to provide Emotional First Aid when needed in an emergency and then refer to a professional. These workshops provide those skills.
INTRODUCTION
Recent studies have found that 24% of South African youngsters surveyed between Grade 5 to Grade 11 had experienced feelings of depression, hopelessness and sadness, while a further 21% had attempted suicide at least once. These studies also state that among school-attendees aged 10 to 15, showed that adolescents experienced a high prevalence of depression (41%), anxiety (16%) and PTSD (21%).
Educators are expected to deal with many of these issues with very little formal counselling or trauma training. A caring Educator can transform the school experience, especially for learners who face enormous home difficulties. The basic ability to counsel, listen, guide and refer when necessary, can transform a learners life forever.
This series of workshops with John Buswell will empower Educators to understand how anxiety, depression and trauma effects learners, identify the presenting symptoms and be able to provide basic counselling to both learners and colleagues. An educator with counselling and communication skills enhances the schools professionalism, affirms a learners dignity and helps develop trusting relationships in times of crises.
Understanding and dealing with Anxiety in the classroom (Duration 45 Minutes)
An introduction to trauma (Duration 45 Minutes)
An introduction to basic counselling (Duration 45 Minutes)
Basic counselling (Duration 45 Minutes)
Send an Invoice request to admin@buswellandassociates.co.za and include the following information:
School’s name
Physical address
Contact person
Contact number
Training co-ordinator’s email
Banking Details
Account name: Buswell and Associates(Pty)Ltd
Bank : FNB
Account type: Business account
Account Number: 62889137496
Code: 21 08 35
SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
We look forward to your ongoing support, please do not hesitate to call our offices for any further queries: 064 8491157
TEACH KIDS ABOUT SEX – IT’S NOT TABOO
Book your Comprehensive Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education Workshop for only R100-00 per learner, presented at your school by John Buswell, Duration: 2,5 Hours
Some of our clients that have participated and invested in their learners over the last few weeks:
Hurlyvale Primary School, Edenglen Primary School, Pepps Motheong Primary and Secondary schools, Curro Acadamy Parkdene High School, Bellavista School, St Peter’s Prep School for Girls and St Peter’s Prep School for Boys.
The wrong perception of children absorbing “perverse” information about sex and their bodies in a formal learning environment is what has barred the teaching of this subject in most schools. However, sexual education encompasses the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of body development, sex, sexuality and relationships, as well as skills development, to assist young people in communicating about sex and making informed decisions about their sexual health.
A UNESCO report illustrates the effects of withholding or passing wrong information to youths. Two out of three girls report having no idea what menstruation meant. Furthermore, pregnancy and child birth complications count as the second cause of death amongst 15 to 19 year olds. As a matter of fact, poor sexual knowledge is the primary reason that HIV/AIDS, unplanned teenage pregnancy, and unsafe abortions have the highest number of victims amongst young people.
What is more alarming is knowing that these could have been prevented. Due to the lack of safe information, many young adults can harm themselves. The good news is that these fantastic Comprehensive Sexuality Education Workshops, presented by John Buswell are effective, relevant and fall within the ambits of current curricular recommendations for both CAPS as well as IEB.
We have designed our latest learner Workshops on the following guidelines as stipulated in the new policy:
“ Life Orientation and other subjects through the provision of CSE should contain material that is interactive, learner-centred and employs skills-based pedagogies, delivering quality, age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information including information on contraception. This should include information and guidance on the influence of alcohol or drugs which may contribute to the circumstances in which a learner may become pregnant.”
Over the past 25 years, in my capacity as the CEO of Rape Wise SA, The Proactive Education Group and now as head of training at Buswell and Associates, I have presented Teen Sexuality Workshops to thousands of boys and girls in both primary and high schools throughout South Africa.
Most parents and educators recognise the importance of children and teens having accurate, age appropriate sexuality education as they grow. Communicating openly and honestly about sexuality issues can have lifelong benefits for young people.
Reproductive Health and Teen Sexuality Gr 6 and Gr 7
Duration: 2,5 Hours Cost: R100-00 per learner
Puberty – My changing body
Making the right choices and the potential consequences
Dealing with the real issues facing young teens
Teen Sexuality and Reproductive Health – High School
Duration: 2,5 Hours Cost R100-00 per learner
Understanding my body –“Back to basics” – Sexual Anatomy
Making informed choices as a young teen:
Challenges facing teens :
Dear valued colleague,
Having personally presented to learners, management and staff at over 80 schools this year, one of the biggest changes that I’ve noticed is the level of exhaustion amongst management and staff at just about every school.
Some of the challenges that educators and management face are:
Time to invest in your most important assets, your staff and their mental health.
THE WORKSHOP : “FROM BURNT OUT TO LIT UP! – DEALING WITH THE TOXIC SLUDGE IN OUR LIVES”
An essential 2Hr workshop for all staff in the education sector. Presented by John Buswell
Following some of the most difficult years ever experienced, let me workshop your academic and support team to ensure that they are motivated to face any of the challenges that they may encounter, with confidence, commitment and dedication.
Within a few months of the start of the academic year, staff often feel burnt out, empty and powerless. As performance decreases, emotional exhaustion and a fear of failure increase. Those affected feel completely overwhelmed and buried under a wealth of expectations from other people. They can no longer meet their own demands either. Let’s equip your most valuable assets to deal with and prevent this happening to them.
WORKSHOP CONTENT:
Bully-Proof your School – The “Not on my watch” Whole School Anti-Bullying Campaign for Learners and Staff. Presented by: John Buswell
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TOTAL COST: R9, 950-00 PER SCHOOL (ALL INCLUSIVE) R4, 975-00 DEP TO SECURE YOUR DATE
The full day training package includes:
Why should my school participate?
Bullying behaviour at school can destroy young lives and cause irreversible long tem damage to victims and bystanders.
Your schools inaction towards reported bullying can undo many years of built reputation, destroying credibility and place your ranking as a top desired education facility at risk. Become an Uyazi? “Not on my watch” accredited School and make a huge difference to your school environment.
Introduction
Bullying is rife in today’s school culture, with devastating consequences which negatively affect not only learners and staff, but the broader community, the general school climate, and the overall functioning of the school. Research shows that bullying can be a precursor to aggression and, if not addressed, may lead to more acts of violence.
In South Africa, unique contextual factors, such as community violence overflowing into the school, impact on the management of bullying and on the prevention and intervention thereof. According to an article in Skills Portal, research into bullying in South African schools has found it to be present in many contexts’ and spheres. The detrimental effects of bullying are a harsh reality and urgent action is needed; there has never been a stronger need to reduce school bullying and create safe school’s than now.
The role of the school is to provide an appropriate education for its pupils. A stable, secure learning environment is an essential requirement to achieve this goal. Bullying behaviour, by its very nature, undermines and dilutes the quality of education.
Bullying can have short and long term effects on the physical and mental well-being of learners; on engagement with the school; on self-confidence; and on the ability to pursue ambitions and interests.
School-based bullying can be positively and firmly addressed through a range of school-based measures and strategies through which all members of the community are able to act effectively in dealing with this behaviour.
THE PACKAGE
THE “BULLY-NO-BULLY” PRESENTATION JUNIOR PRIMARY LEARNERS (Gr R – Gr 4)
The “BULLY-NO-BULLY PRESENTATION PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNERS (Gr 5 - Gr 7)
CHALLENGES FACING HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS (Gr 8 – Gr 12)
I will spend an hour with your School Management Team and discuss the following issues:
A Workshop on the Development of a Strategy and the Implementation of Policy for the Prevention and Management of Bullying Behaviour
“Not on My Watch”
Effective, evidence-based approaches to preventing and addressing school bullying use a holistic model, known as the whole-school approach. Such a holistic approach incorporates a range of complementary actions and necessitates the engagement of different stakeholders both within and outside of the school setting.
Teachers play a critical role within the holistic approach: Teachers are essential in creating psychologically and physically safe school and classroom environments and their relationship with students is key in preventing and addressing school bullying. They can model caring and respectful relationships and guide students in taking action themselves through student-led initiatives and peer approaches. Teachers are also in a unique position to recognize and respond to incidents of bullying and connect students with referral services when needed. In addition, teachers provide a link between school and community through their relationship with parents. Last but not least, teachers are an important resource in generating evidence and assessing what works at the school level.
However, teachers need training and support to play this critical role.
The following topics will be covered in this workshop:
Terms and Conditions
Total cost of the package R9, 950.00 includes:
Banking Details
Account name: Buswell and Associates (Pty) Ltd
Bank: FNB
Account type: Business account
Account Number: 62889137496
Code: 21 08 35
SWIFT Code: FIRNZAJJ
We look forward to your ongoing support, please do not hesitate to call our offices for any further queries: 064 8491157
Kind Regards
John Buswell
A Workshop on Dealing with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Issues and Basic Counselling
An essential 2Hr workshop for all staff in the education sector. Presented by John Buswell
First Aiders save many lives in the world every day, the ability to provide basic CPR to a person having a heart attack, enables the Cardiologist to perform their role as a specialist. Every Educator should have the basic skills to provide Emotional First Aid when needed in an emergency and then refer to a professional. These workshops provide those skills.
INTRODUCTION
Recent studies have found that 24% of South African youngsters surveyed between Grade 5 to Grade 11 had experienced feelings of depression, hopelessness and sadness, while a further 21% had attempted suicide at least once. These studies also state that among school-attendees aged 10 to 15, showed that adolescents experienced a high prevalence of depression (41%), anxiety (16%) and PTSD (21%).
Educators are expected to deal with many of these issues with very little formal counselling or trauma training. A caring Educator can transform the school experience, especially for learners who face enormous home difficulties. The basic ability to counsel, listen, guide and refer when necessary, can transform a learners life forever.
This workshop presented John Buswell will empower Educators to understand how anxiety, depression and trauma effects learners, identify the presenting symptoms and be able to provide basic counselling to both learners and colleagues. An educator with counselling and communication skills enhances the schools professionalism, affirms a learners dignity and helps develop trusting relationships in times of crises.
Understanding and dealing with Anxiety in the classroom
An introduction to trauma
An introduction to basic counselling
Basic counselling
The Uyazi? (Do you know?) Child Protection and Schools Legal Compliance Package for just R1,995-00 (Brand New Product)
With recent amendments to the below legislation, South African Educators and Management have new fiduciary duties and obligation in terms of the law. These obligations are not only applicable to reporting but to training, policy development and staff vetting. Ignorance of the law is certainly no excuse or defence.
Every Governing Body, School Board, Executive Principal and Corporate Board should be able to tick the following boxes should an incident take place at your school. Is your school able to stand up the scrutiny of the media and investigating officials?
For just R1,995-00 (Once off payment), your school will receive the following:
Our Legal Team will provide a full audit on all of you existing Policy Documents, a legally compliant audit report will be generated with recommendations.
We will provide you with the following Policy Templates in a Word Format:
Access to our team of child protection experts for any legal advice, assistance with case management and SAPS liaison.
One of the biggest challenges facing education in South Africa today is the lack of training provided to teachers when it comes to issues of child protection, abuse reporting protocols and the responsibilities that teachers have in their in loco parentis relationship with learners. The sad truth is that teachers are not normally trained to deal with the real issues that they face in the classroom, recent negative media has proven that schools are ill equipped to deal with the real issues at hand, physical and sexual abuse, depression, suicide, self-mutilation, self-made pornography and reporting obligations.
A number of teachers have recently faced the might of the criminal justice system due to the fact that they failed to report cases of sexual or physical abuse to the correct authorities after a direct disclosure from a child.
We are thrilled to announce that we have produced a series of short training videos to be utilised for staff development, each workshop is presented by Dr John Buswell and comes with a comprehensive protocol and procedure reference guide that should be made available to each member of staff for future reference when required.
WORKSHOP 1
Dealing with the disclosure of Sexual Assault
WORKSHOP 2
Dealing with Physical Abuse and Child Neglect
WORKSHOP 3
Dealing with pornography, selfies and distribution within the school environment
WORKSHOP 4
Clinical Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Self-mutilation
WORKSHOP 5
Sexual harassment within the school environment
Workshop 6
Dealing with Gender Identity and the learner who decides to make a change
Dear member of the school management team,
A cyber Security Workshop for the Education Environment
An essential 2 Hour Workshop for Primary and High Schools
Bookings are open for term 4 and the 2025 academic year.
Click on and populate the below link to book your schools workshop today:
Introduction
In an increasingly digital world, the safety and security of our educational institutions have never been more critical. Schools today are not just places of learning; they are repositories of valuable personal information and sensitive data belonging to students, parents, and staff. Unfortunately, this makes them prime targets for cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities for identity theft, financial gain, or malicious intent.
Unlike huge corporations that have budgets of thousands of rands for cyber security, this workshop aims to protect a school on a minimal budget.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated these vulnerabilities, with educational institutions facing a significant increase in cyber-attacks. Over the past year, 1.18 billion emails processed by SYNAQ contained threats, indicating that nearly half of all email interactions in schools are at risk. Cybercriminals have exploited the shift to online learning, with incidents of social engineering and ransomware attacks becoming more prevalent. For instance, schools in the Eastern Cape have experienced ransomware attacks that left them locked out of their data for nearly a year.
Recognizing these challenges, we are excited to propose a comprehensive cybersecurity workshop designed specifically for South African schools. Our goal is to empower educators and staff with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of cybersecurity, fostering a safer and more secure learning environment for everyone involved.
Workshop Contents:
An introduction to Cyber Security
Why would schools be a target of Cyber-attacks?
Understanding Cyber Threats
The risks and dangers of AI
The Role of Employees in Cybersecurity
The solution
Dealing with a cyber predator in the education environment.
Cyber safety for educator- protecting yourselves:
Cyber safety section for staff learning how to protect themselves in the digital world.
Risks of Open Information
Having specific information open to the public can create vulnerabilities and make your school easier to attack.
The POPI Act
Tips on how to secure your school while on a budget.
Building a Cyber Safety Culture both with staff and students.
Educating and assigning tasks to make the most cyber safe environment.
Dear Colleague in Education,
“There’s a Monster in my Classroom” – A Workshop on Creating a Positive Discipline Environment for the Z and Alpha Generation.
An essential 2 Hour Workshop for Primary and High School Educators.
Please see optional parent talk below
Introduction
Millennial Parents and their Gen Z and Alpha Children, think, act, interoperate and process everything very differently. It is critical, as an educator, to understand the psychology behind these generations if we have any chance of fighting the ongoing battle against ill-discipline in the classroom.
One of the key elements that affect the health of the school’s environment is the issue of managing learner behaviour through the disciplinary processes of a school. Management, educators and other staff are dealing with problematic behaviour from the learners on a daily basis.
We live in a time where there appears to be a real decline in the area of discipline in general. The result of this decline is seen and felt by educators and school management who deal with the learner. Learners are lacking some basic character elements, such as a good work ethic, taking responsibility for their actions, self-control, open disrespect, defiance to name a few.
There are many factors that contribute to this, such as family life, rights based thinking without responsibility, exposure to violence, learners influence on one another, poverty and/or wealth, conduct of our countries leaders and learners’ developmental difficulties.
Workshop Content
Section A
An in-depth psychological profile on understanding the behaviour and actions of:
Generation Alpha is the first generation to experience remote classrooms, streaming services and portable devices from early childhood. Generation Alpha has been shown to develop characteristics such as hyper-connectivity, independence and visual learning. Alpha children are connected more than ever due to their technologically based way of living. They also prefer to learn visually, especially due to their technological involvement. A lack of relational and communication skills, a sense of responsibility, and compassion and thoughtfulness toward others are critical qualities missing from Generation Alpha.
Generation Z, aged 10 – 25, comprises one of the largest group of passionates – those who report the most intense feelings about a range of global issues. A typical Gen Zer is a self-driver who cares about others, strives for a diverse community, is highly collaborative and social, values flexibility, relevance, authenticity and non-hierarchical leadership. These characteristics cause huge discipline issues when traditional methods are utilised in the school environment.
Millennial parents tend to be more open minded than any of the generations before them and do not ascribe to overly specific parenting styles but rather find value in positive parenting over authoritarian discipline. The biggest challenges millennial parents face include dealing with stress, finances, raising children in a digital age, parental guilt and balancing work and family life. These parents often become hostile when approached because of their child’s ill-discipline.
Section B
Section C
Classroom management
Section D
Using emotional intelligence as a discipline base-line
Section E
Teaching techniques to keep Gen Alpha and Z engaged in the classroom. The creation of a meaningful learning experience leads to a disciplined environment:
Optional parent talk
Positive discipline in the Millennial Home Duration: 1 Hour Cost: R3,000-00
Millennial parents tend to be more open minded than any of the generations before them and do not ascribe to overly specific parenting styles but rather find value in positive parenting over authoritarian discipline. The biggest challenges millennial parents face include dealing with stress, finances, raising children in a digital age, parental guilt and balancing work and family life.
Topics
The 10 big discipline mistakes Millennial Parents make
Setting cyber boundaries
Parental roles and responsibilities
Supporting my child’s teacher
Dealing with gaming addiction
Challenges facing teens in South Africa today – setting parental boundries
Dear valued client,
As we start the last quarter of the 2022 academic year, every school should be reviewing all Policy Documents as well as the Schools Code of Conduct to ensure that all documentation is legally compliant, incorporates the changes in recent legislation and falls within the new Transformation Guidelines as laid out by the Department of Basic Education.
School governance in South Africa is about the single most important factor in education that appears to experience apparently insurmountable challenges.
At Buswell and Associates, we are deeply committed to schools and understand the opportunities and challenges that you face. We deliver high quality training, products and advice to schools on a national scale at affordable prices. Recognised as a leading service provider in the South African education sector, we have a team of specialists with experience in all aspects of school management and provide accessible, independent and committed advice.
When you purchase this product, you will receive the following:
Following numerous allegations of the lack of transformation at schools around the country, we have noted that most Codes of Conduct at South African schools comply with the constitution but polices are often implemented unevenly in many cases and make learners feel uncomfortable.
Legal review and audit
Our educational legal team, will provide a full legal review/audit of your schools Code of Conduct to ensure that:
Additional Policy documents to be audited:
The purpose of this valuable hand guide is to assist staff and management with the following:
Topics covered in this hand guide/support pack
A legal perspective, objectives and requirements, processes for the establishment, scope, structural framework for a supportive and restorative codes legal infringements.
Categories and the accommodation of religious or cultural practices.
The management of the process, guiding principles, school governance, administrative action, hearings, suspension, notices, collective action appeals, role of the chair, evidence leader, mitigating circumstances and the media.
These manuals contain policy documents as well as templates for all Umalusi audit requirements.
Out team of legal experts are available to schools on a 24-hour basis. We serve as a single point of reference for schools, providing access to the expertise of our educational legal services team. Together, we have sector specific knowledge and experience.
Our aim is to empower our clients’ decision making and help them find effective solutions to the legal issues.
The help desk provides consultancy, advice and immediate input to the following:
Membership to The Uyazi? Professional Development Forum
Interns, Educators, Social Workers, OT’s and Psychologists
(A once-off individual membership fee of only R120-00)
Having trained over 30,000 Educators and Health Care Professionals over the last 25 years, I have had the privilege of forming relationships with many dedicated professionals who really make a huge difference in the Basic Education environment. We have had many requests from individuals who would dearly like to have access to our products, Services and training material in their private capacity, often due to severe budgetary restraints within the school environment.
Here is your opportunity to join our professional forum for only a once-off membership fee of R120-00 and have access to the following at no additional cost:
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Workshop topics include:
SACE accredited certificate (CPTD allocation/Type 3/5 Points/ Leadership and Management.) per workshop completed
How do I join The Uyazi? Professional Development Forum?
Make a once-off payment of R120-00 into the below Bank Account using your name as our reference.
An essential product for every educator who deals with children that may experience barriers to learning from Pre-School to High School
All staff will have access to this fantastic teaching tool for only R395-00 Per school
Since the return to school after multiple lockdowns, the school environment has become exceptionally difficult and very demanding of teachers. More and more learners are being diagnosed with disorders which can cause barriers to learning. These need to be managed by the teacher in the classroom. Often, teachers do not know what the symptoms of various disorders are and therefore interpret the child’s behaviour as misbehaviour which leads to disciplining the child. This can be very frustrating for the child and the teacher.
The purpose of this manual is to:
The manual is divided into the following sections.
How to order this product for your school:
CHILD PROTECTION STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS
FOR ONLY R1,995-00 YOUR SCHOOL WILL RECEIVE:
One of the biggest challenges facing education in South Africa today is the lack of training provided to teachers when it comes to issues of child protection, abuse reporting protocols and the responsibilities that teachers have in their in loco parentis relationship with learners. The sad truth is that teachers are not normally trained to deal with the real issues that they face in the classroom, recent negative media has proven that schools are ill equipped to deal with the real issues at hand, physical and sexual abuse, depression, suicide, self-mutilation, self-made pornography and reporting obligations.
A number of teachers have recently faced the might of the criminal justice system due to the fact that they failed to report cases of sexual or physical abuse to the correct authorities after a direct disclosure from a child.
We are thrilled to announce that we have produced a series of short training videos to be utilised for staff development, each workshop is presented by Dr John Buswell and comes with a comprehensive protocol and procedure reference guide that should be made available to each member of staff for future reference when required.
WORKSHOP 1
Dealing with the disclosure of Sexual Assault
WORKSHOP 2
Dealing with Physical Abuse and Child Neglect
WORKSHOP 3
Dealing with pornography, selfies and distribution within the school environment
WORKSHOP 4
Clinical Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Self-mutilation
WORKSHOP 5
Sexual harassment within the school environment
Workshop 6
Dealing with Gender Identity and the learner who decides to make a change
First Aiders save many lives in the world every day, the ability to provide basic CPR to a person having a heart attack, enables the Cardiologist to perform their role as a specialist. Every Educator should have the basic skills to provide Emotional First Aid when needed in an emergency and then refer to a professional. These workshops provide those skills.
Following the fantastic response from schools after having purchased our training series on Child Protection, it is with pleasure that we release our new training package – “Emotional First Aid for Educators”. For only R1,995-00 your school will receive:
Use these products to train at staff meetings, staff development days or let each member of staff work through them at their own leisure. There is no expiry date, you own the rights to these products.
INTRODUCTION
Recent studies have found that 24% of South African youngsters surveyed between Grade 5 to Grade 11 had experienced feelings of depression, hopelessness and sadness, while a further 21% had attempted suicide at least once. These studies also state that among school-attendees aged 10 to 15, showed that adolescents experienced a high prevalence of depression (41%), anxiety (16%) and PTSD (21%).
Educators are expected to deal with many of these issues with very little formal counselling or trauma training. A caring Educator can transform the school experience, especially for learners who face enormous home difficulties. The basic ability to counsel, listen, guide and refer when necessary, can transform a learners life forever.
This series of workshops with John Buswell will empower Educators to understand how anxiety, depression and trauma effects learners, identify the presenting symptoms and be able to provide basic counselling to both learners and colleagues. An educator with counselling and communication skills enhances the schools professionalism, affirms a learners dignity and helps develop trusting relationships in times of crises.
Understanding and dealing with Anxiety in the classroom (Duration 45 Minutes)
An introduction to trauma (Duration 45 Minutes)
An introduction to basic counselling (Duration 45 Minutes)
Basic counselling (Duration 45 Minutes)
Learner Cyber Safety Talks for Primary and High School Learners: presented by John Buswell
(These productions can be used by teachers, in the classroom, online, at any time, for years to come.)
Introduction
South African learners have increased their online time spend by over 400% in the last two years following the outbreak of COVID-19, subsequent lock downs and online classes. This increase in “screen time” has exposed both primary and high school learners to different risks, including cyberbullying, sexual grooming, the sharing of sexual content and gaming addiction.
In a recent study by the World Economic Forum, it was found that 62% of South African Children have been exposed to at least one cyber risk. 55% of children polled were victims of cyber bullying, 11% had chatted to a stranger online and 18 % had engaged in online sexual behaviour. These statistics place South Africa in the top 10 of the countries that are at risk out of the 29 countries polled.
The New Cybercrimes Act
Leaners who cyber bully, threaten or send pornographic pictures can be sentenced to 15 years imprisonment or a substantial fine or both.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Cybercrimes Bill into law, bringing South Africa’s cybersecurity laws in line with the rest of the world. The bill, which is now an act of parliament, creates offences for and criminalises, amongst others, the disclosure of data massages which are harmful. Examples of such data messages include:
A person who is convicted of an offence under the cybercrimes act is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period of up to 15 years or both.
Cyber Safety Production Grade 4’s – Gr 7’s
Duration: 1 Hour / Cost: R1,000-00 per product. Includes presentation, video inserts and power point show. Topics to be covered:
Cyber Safety Production for High School Learners
Duration: 1 Hour / Cost: R1,000-00 per product. Includes presentation, video inserts and power point show. Topics to be covered:
Dear Principal and Head the Life Orientation Department
Following the release of the latest Teen Pregnancy Statistics for the last year, it has been reported that well over 200,000 girls fell pregnant, many of whom are between the ages of 10 and 14 years old, we need to act, and act fast, to prevent many more young girls from destroying their lives. The only effective way of prevention is to provide quality training that enables adolescent to understand exactly how their bodies work, make informed choices and not succumb to peer pressure.
Over the past 25 years, in my capacity as the CEO of Rape Wise SA, The Proactive Education Group and now as head of training at Buswell and Associates, I have presented Teen Sexuality Workshops to thousands of boys and girls in both primary and high schools throughout South Africa.
Most parents and educators recognise the importance of children and teens having accurate, age appropriate sexuality education as they grow. Communicating openly and honestly about sexuality issues can have lifelong benefits for young people.
We have just produced 2 stunning Pre-recorded Learner Education Products on Teen Sexuality and Puberty for both Primary (Gr 6/7) and High School learners. These interactive workshops were produced at our state of the art facilities and make use of direct links, visual graphics, video content and real case studies. Your LO Department will be able to make use of these training products for years to come.
Product 1
Teen Sexuality Gr 6 and Gr 7
(Cost for 3 products R1,495-00)
Puberty – My changing body : Duration 30 Min
An introduction to teen sexuality
The Male Sexual Anatomy
The Female Sexual Anatomy
Understanding Conception
Setting those boundaries
Making the right choices and the potential consequences : Duration 30 Min
Understanding contraception
Sexually transmitted infections, treatment and the long term consequences
HIV in South Africa today – the real facts
Making proactive choices
Dealing with the real issues facing young teens : Duration 30 Min
Gender Respect
Keeping safe at home parties
Drink spiking
Defining sexual assault and getting the right help
The most embarrassing questions answered accurately
Product 2
Teen Sexuality – High School
(Cost of all 3 recordings: R1,495.00)
Understanding my body –“Back to basics” – Sexual Anatomy : Duration 30 Min
The Male Sexual Anatomy
The Female Sexual Anatomy
The dangers of an unplanned sexual contact
Setting relationship boundaries
Making informed choices as a young teen : Duration 30 Min
The prevention of teen pregnancy
Contraception and your life choices
Sexuality transmitted infections and the consequences
HIV in South Africa today – the real facts
Challenges facing teens :Duration 30 Min
The consequences of home parties
Avoiding drug rape
Sexual assault, definition and the reporting channels
Answering those embarrassing questions
A SERIES OF RECORDED, PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS ON DEALING WITH LOSS, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
These training video Productions are aimed at educators, management and support staff
Dear client
Thousands of COVID-19 related Deaths having been reported since the beginning of the year in SA. These are no longer numbers or statistics reported in the media, these are family members, friends, colleagues, teachers, principals, parents and learners.
The hundreds of school-based staff, teachers, learners and parents that have passed away as a result of COVID-19, the resurgence in infections and a new variant, will have a devastating effect on colleagues, learners and the school based community as a whole.
The joint vision of every member of staff after participating in this training should be:
To establish a “Whole School” readiness program to deal with the current COVID situation as well as to plan for any future incidents that they may have to deal with. Every member of your school community should be Prepared, Supportive and Informed.
The aim of these workshops is to ensure that staff feel more confident and are equipped to help a child who is going through bereavement.
”Ordinarily, children do not have the means to assimilate death into their present experience, and grieving adults around them are dealing with their own sense of loss. In these situations, children’s emotional needs may not be given due consideration because adults are too busy or lack the skills to listen or explain the situation appropriately. Those involved with children, such as extended family, educational institutions or faith-based organisations, then need to take responsibility for educating learners about death, rather than assuming that someone else will.” (Kubler-Ross & Kessler 2005).
Following the fantastic response from schools after having purchased both our training series on Child Protection and Emotional First Aid for Educators, it is with pleasure that we release our new training package – “Dealing with the Death of a Member of the School Community”. For only R1,995-00 your school will receive:
Use these products to train at staff meetings, staff development days or let each member of staff work through them at their own leisure. There is no expiry date, you own the rights to these products.
WORKSHOP 1 – AN INTRODUCTION TO BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. DURATION: 30 Mins
WORKSHOP 2 – DEALING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS IN THE CLASSROOM. DURATION: 30 Mins
WORKSHOP 3 – THE ROLE OF SMT’S, SBST’S AND EDUCATORS WHEN RESPONDING TO A DEATH WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. DURATION 30 Mins
WORKSHOP 4 – FUNERALS, MEMORIAL SERVICES AND CONTROLLING SPONTANEOUS OUTBREAKS OF GRIEF. DURATION:30 Mins
WORKSHOP 5 – DEVELOPING FUTURE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES. DURATION 30 Mins
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP ON THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN
SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS – HEALING THE PAST
BUILDING AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO ENSURE THAT NO PERSON IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER
COST: R100-00 PER DELEGATE
SACE CPTD allocation /Type 3 / 10 points / Leadership and management
There are few things that divide a school, its educators, learners and parents more than an accusation of racism levied against a member of staff, past or present. The consequences are devastating on the school community and the after effects linger for many years, with some schools’ reputations damaged or destroyed after just one incident.
The National media often point fingers at the institution and often query what training and policies were put in place to prevent incidents of racism before this specific event took place.
Schools are a microcosm of society and we have noticed an increase in the number of serious incidents of discrimination, particularly racism.
Section 29(3) of the constitution explicitly prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. Further, as all schools are entrusted with the care and guidance of minors, they have a constitutional responsibility to ensure a child’s right to basic education and that this access is not infringed upon.
Educators do have a level of power over learners and negative and discriminative words and actions can harm a child irreparably.
Online Workshop
Content
Understanding the
background of integration since 1994 and the causes of racial discrimination
facing education in South Africa – dealing with the past.
Positive discipline in the classroom – Assertiveness –how to stand up and not lose face in front of a belligerent child.
Introduction
One of the key elements that affect the health of the school’s environment is the issue of managing learner behaviour through the disciplinary processes of a school. Management, educators and other staff are dealing with problematic behaviour from the learners on a daily basis.
We live in a time where there appears to be a real decline in the area of discipline in general. The result of this decline is seen and felt by educators and school management who deal with the learner. Learners are lacking some basic character elements, such as a good work ethic, taking responsibility for their actions, self-control, open disrespect, defiance to name a few.
There are many factors that contribute to this, such as family life, rights based thinking without responsibility, exposure to violence, learners influence on one another, poverty and/or wealth, conduct of our countries leaders and learners’ developmental difficulties.
WORKSHOP CONTENT
Classroom management
ATTENTION: The Life orientation department, educators, school counsellors and management
Having spent the past three months researching and writing our new drug workshop, it is apparent that very few people have an intimate knowledge about the subject.
If you are not able to identify, understand the symptoms and educate learners about the following drugs – you need this workshop!!!!
Sugars, Nyape, Planzana, Kwape, Jellies, Matakwane, Double dipped, Penguins, Nose Candy, Tjoeff, Khat, Kuber, Mitsubishis and Slag
Introduction
Substance abuse has no distinction in social status, race, religion or gender. The fact is the abuse of drugs and alcohol amongst our youth is out of control.
Here are some alarming facts:
Workshop content
Section 1
Drug classification, substance identification, physical and psychological symptoms and the long term effects of substance abuse
The following drug categories will be included in the workshop:
Section 2
Addiction
Section 3
The right to search, seize and test for an illegal substances
Section 4
Substance abuse prevention programme
Stress Generates Rage and Rage Generates Violence.
HIDDEN RAGE – A Staff Development workshop on The Prevention and Management of School Violence and includes teaching Anger Management Skills to Learners in both Primary and High Schools
Workshop includes:
BACK GROUND
Hidden in every classroom, amongst familiar faces and personalities, sits a child engulfed in rage.
These children could be pushed over the edge of sanity by a variety of circumstances, perhaps the breakdown of family relationships, poverty, stress or unfair treatment at school, bullying or often just a pile up of several different problems.
Stress generates rage and rage generates violence. Pushed beyond breaking point, the learner sometimes lashes out randomly at who ever happens to be at hand, perhaps an educator or a group of learners – this could result in death.
Crime statistics show that in the last year in South African Schools:
The Workshop
Section 1 – Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders
(Dealing with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Conduct Disorder)
Section 2 – The “Whole School” solution
Developing your schools code of conduct, new legislated policy requirements and preparing for a disciplinary hearing in 2021.
For both state and independent schools.
Section 8 of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (hereafter the Schools Act) determines that the management of a school must adopt a code of conduct for the learners of the school. The code of conduct contains the disciplinary rules for learners and is therefore crucial to school discipline. Equally important is the fact that these rules must be properly implemented and enforced to ensure a disciplined education and school environment. This implies sound school governance and a staff and management body that is well-informed about the legal nature and consequences of a code of conduct. In short, it requires school governance that is based on a solid legal footing. Be that as it may, the stark realities of everyday school life unfortunately paint a different picture, one that is marred by countless incidents at disorganised and undisciplined schools where learners openly and unashamedly disrupt the education process while confused and ignorant governing bodies and educators seem unable to tackle learner misconduct and restore discipline at school.
This practical workshop will empower delegates to understand the legal nature of the school’s code of conduct, with emphasis on the implementation and enforcement of disciplinary rules in the case of learner misconduct.
Schools code of conduct – a legal perspective
Dealing with serious misconduct
Disciplinary Hearings
Processing of recommendations for suspension and Expulsion
Appeals against suspension or expulsion
Introduction
Learners in the South African Education system, as with the rest of the world, find themselves in one of the most challenging times of their lives due to the COVID – 19 epidemic and subsequent lock down restrictions. As schools slowly re open and our lives start to return to normal, time management and academic planning will become one of the greatest skills that learners, educators and parents will have to master. One of the biggest challenges that learners face from Gr 5 – Gr 12 is that they do not have adequate planning skills. This practical workshop teaches learners to work independently, develop study skills techniques and create a weekly planner, monthly study time table that correlates to their exam time table and a task priority system for projects and homework. Learners are unable to manage stress and the real potential of burnout from fatigue.
The system enables parents and educators to monitor progress and ensure that the full subject content has been thoroughly worked through and that sufficient revision has taken place.
The Presenter:
John Buswell has presented the Basic Study Skills and Planning Workshop to well over 30 000 learners at schools throughout South Africa over the last 5 years, including both the IEB as well as the NSC Syllabus. Each workshop is designed to incorporate age appropriate content suitable for each grade.
We invite parents to join their children at the workshop at no additional cost.
This is a practical and interactive workshop. Parents are encouraged to attend with their children so that there can be a common understanding of what needs to be done. So often, studying is something that causes a great deal of conflict in the home. By working together, parents and students can negotiate the best way forward. Students will leave the workshop with a personalized plan that can be implemented immediately.
WORKSHOP CONTENT
An introduction to the world of effective learning
Effective planning strategies to ensure success
Study techniques
How to write a good test or exam paper
Planning for balance – self preservation
