The European Network of Training in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA aka “ENTMA08”) is a network for those associated with the assessment, planning, delivery, educating, evaluation, commissioning, regulating or researching training in the management of aggression within health and social care, education, and related settings. The network involves a broad range of professionals, administrators, regulators, researchers and educators from all disciplines in health and social care and related social settings.
ENTMA was established in 2008, built upon the success of an informal alliance of trainers/instructors in the management of aggression from many service settings across Europe, which had been initiated by CONNECTING, and had met annually since 1999. These meetings provided a collaborative forum for exchanging theoretical and practical perspectives on training provision, enhancing training practice, and exploring the development of a shared vision of the core values underpinning the provision of training in aggression management from multiple perspectives.
In 2007 it was decided by the forum to strengthen this successful alliance and a steering committee of representatives from nine different European countries, was established which was formally launched as ENTMA on 18th November 2008 in the ‘Amsterdam Arena’ Netherlands.
Since 2008 ENTMA has hosted several international symposia events in Amsterdam (2008, 2010), Dublin (2014), Edinburgh (2017), Krakow (2019) and Kincardine (2023). In addition ENTMA has co-facilitated events in association with the 9th, and 10th European Violence in Clinical Psychiatry Congresses (Copenhagen 2017, Dublin 2018). A hiatus caused as so many have been by COVID led to planned events in 2020 being cancelled and delays to a number of projects.
In 2014, following the conduct of a Delphi study involving trainers and others from across Europe, ENTMA published a 13 point European Charter of Training in aggression management.
Interest in, and working alliances with, the network has continued to grow since 2008, and now involves alliances beyond Europe.
Save The Date for 2025 Symposium!
Our 2025 symposium returns to Europe to the venue of the Medical College in the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic.
The theme for the 2025 Symposium is ‘Co-creating Safety in Training’ placing emphasis on physical, psychological and cultural safety for participants during training, and on the safety of all in the application of the training within diverse practice settings.
In addition to internationally renowned keynote speakers and highly interactive workshops and practical sessions, the symposium will also be inviting abstracts. The dynamic programme of the symposium will provide opportunities to exchange ideas and explore practical strategies related to all aspects of training in the proactive prevention and safe and therapeutic management of aggression within health, social care and education settings.
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