TAM’s Journey – An Adventure, is a trilogy of books journey that I am thoroughly pleased to be recommending as a useful resource for schools supporting wellbeing and behaviour in Early Years and Primary.
What to do when a pupil swears at you
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.
A magical tool to improve behaviour (with no extra planning needed!)
YES it is possible; transform your behaviour with this magical tool that requires no extra planning or marking…
Behaviour, books and broken legs
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
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?
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…
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...
How to support adopted children in your classroom
In this guest post Alexandra talks about how you can support adopted children in your classroom with insights and practical actions.
Routines and Boundaries and Behaviour – A Myth Buster
This blog post is about the importance of routines and boundaries coupled with putting relationships first, connecting before correcting and understanding that all behaviour is communication.
CAUTION: Proceed with thought and curiosity
Frederique Lambrakis-Haddad discusses different types of trauma and what we can do to support pupils in these situations.