LewlewI always thought that the fist rule of "how to physically handle difficult children" was "don't". Any child who assaults a teacher (particularly a year 6 child) should be immediately suspended and possibly permanently excluded.If the school is not doing this it is putting its staff at risk. Your niece should contact her union rep and discuss what happened.
Difficult children can be handled but it requires a whole school approach and a dedicated staff, working together.
Ways of managing behaviour can be learned and any good teacher picks up ideas and tactics throughout her career from watching people who are good at this. Your niece doesn't need to accept the children sent to her she should tell everyone she is not prepared to carry on doing this.
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