Apply the four stages to three school incidents — a fight at break, a knife in a bag and a parent shouting in the corridor — and see what each stage asks you to do.
By the end, you can
walk a real school incident through Understand, Diffuse, Deal and Reflect and choose a safe action at each stage.
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Walk Three Real Incidents Through Understand, Diffuse, Deal, Reflect
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Knowing the four stages is easy. Using them when a learner is bleeding, a crowd is filming and the bell has just rung is not.
In this MicroQuest you walk three incidents through the stages, one at a time. The aim is a habit: when something happens, your head goes Understand, Diffuse, Deal, Reflect without you having to think about it. 🧭
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