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This is a very big question and not one that can really be answered in a forum post.
Physical intervention is about managing the present moment - preventing (further) harm. It is upsetting and unless carefully planned by a behavior therapist, there's no reason to think that it will improve future behavior. In most cases, that's not its point.
There are definitely steps you can take to decrease the likelihood that there will be a physical conflict. It's important to realize that these steps aren't harmless, though. You have to look at the individual case to determine what's best for the kid. There's a tendency to assume that physical intervention is always the worst, most harmful thing and everything else is inherently better. For example, using extinction (planned ignoring) on head banging might allow the child to hit their head hundreds of times before the behavior remits. Anyway, here's some suggestions:
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