Diane Watts: NAPPI Trainer

Diane Watts, who is an Assistant Manager in one of our residential homes, recently undertook training to enable her to teach NAPPI to Cavendish Care's staff.

NAPPI (Non-Abusive Physical and Psychological Intervention) was developed in America in 1977 when  Kirk Lalemand, a martial arts instructor, was asked to find ways of managing agressive patients in a non-abusive way.

It was originally known as NAPI with physical intervention being the top priority. After time, the second P was introduced to reflect the importance also of psychological intervention.

NAPPI is now used widely in the UK in hospitals, care homes and in education. It has been found to reduce occurrences of incidents and injuries significantly in all the places where it is now taught and used.

As Diane is now trained to teach NAPPI techniques, she will be passing on her knowledge to other members of staff to ensure that we can provide the safest environment possible for those in our care.