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"Homeschooling/Parents & Carers"

What to do when a pupil swears at you

by Adele Bates | Mar 29, 2021 | Behaviour, Classroom Practice, Inclusion, Pupils, SEMH, Teenagers

A kid has just sworn at you. What do you do?! It all depends on the context of the swearing, the school and the young person…I welcome you to the Independent Thinking’s CPD Jukebox with answers to these questions and more.

How to support staff who are adopting

by Adele Bates | Mar 22, 2021 | Behaviour and YOU! Project, Inclusion, Leadership, Wellbeing

In the second guest blog from Alexandra @babytismoffire she guides us through how schools and education leaders can support staff who are going through the adoption process.

A magical tool to improve behaviour (with no extra planning needed!)

by Adele Bates | Mar 22, 2021 | Behaviour, Classroom Practice, Inclusion, Pupils, SEMH, Teenagers, Wellbeing

YES it is possible; transform your behaviour with this magical tool that requires no extra planning or marking…

Behaviour, books and broken legs

by Adele Bates | Mar 15, 2021 | Behaviour, Classroom Practice, Inclusion, Leadership, News, Pupils, SEMH, Teenagers, Wellbeing

One of my favourite interviews, a podcast full of practical conversations and strategies about supporting behavioural needs across schools…and a confession…

Window of Tolerance

by Adele Bates | Mar 15, 2021 | Behaviour, Classroom Practice, Homeschooling/Parents & Carers, Inclusion, Leadership, Pupils, SEMH, Teenagers, Wellbeing

In this vlog I introduce the Window of Tolerance – and how to use it as a tool for understanding, differentiating and adapting lessons to meet the needs of our pupils with Behaviour needs and SEMH.

What’s happened to that new RSHE Curriculum?

by Adele Bates | Feb 22, 2021 | Classroom Practice, Inclusion, Leadership, News, SEMH, Teenagers, Wellbeing

In this blog post, I discuss being a panel guest on the Sec Ed Podcast alongside Lucy Emmerson and Michelle O’Niell. You can listen to the Podcast here.

Behaviour in lockdown and beyond…

by Adele Bates | Feb 16, 2021 | Behaviour, Classroom Practice, Inclusion, Leadership, SEMH, Wellbeing

Photo by Taylor Young on UnsplashLast month I got deep into conversation with Alix Robertson from The Centre for Education and Youth, a think and action tank on their podcast The Youth and Education Podcast. In this conversation we explore: The impact of the pandemic...