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Back to school
Thought this might be useful to help children’s transition back to school and in the coming weeks.
Posted in Behaviour, neglect, primary school, Reflective language, Relationships, self regulation, Stress, trauma
Tagged anxiety, new year, primary school, settling in, strategies, transition
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Behaviour that may indicate more support is needed with transition
As transition approaches in school, look out for the following behavioural changes that may indicate a child needs extra support: Start to become clingier to you Demonstrate a difficulty managing change Begins asking about their new class and new teacher … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, Making a Difference, primary school, Relationships, Transition
Tagged anxiety, behaviour strategies, primary school, strategies, transition
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How survival strategies can be misinterpreted
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about how behaviours in school can be misunderstood, its so important that we try and understand the feelings behind the behaviour, rather than making our own judgements and interpretations Hyper-vigilance = being nosy … Continue reading
Posted in adoption, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, foster/adoption, fostering, LAC interventions healing, Relationships
Tagged adoption, anxiety, behaviour, emotional well-being, fostering, LAC
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The Child who won’t put pen to paper
Does this sound familiar… I’ve had a few conversations with teachers this week about children in their class who are producing very little or no work. There may be several possible reasons for this behaviour including children being worried … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, behaviour, Making a Difference, reflective language, well being
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Strategies to support children with transition
This week in school involves a transition morning or day for many children. I posted this article a year ago about transition and have added some new strategies for you to try this week. Some children find any change extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, activity, anxiety, Keystage 1, keystage 2, managing change, reflective language, strategies, transition
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Managing change and uncertainty in school
I have been really aware this week that there is a lot of uncertainty and change in routine In schools. One minute children are in class doing numeracy the next they are in the hall practising their performance. In the … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, emotional wellbeing, Making a Difference
Tagged anxiety, behaviour strategies, Change, emotional well-being, Making a Difference, strategies, uncertainty
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Making a Difference guide
My Making a Difference guide is now available for purchase online. Based on many conversations with school staff over the last few years it is a resource to support staff in understanding and supporting children with their behaviour and emotional … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Book, emotional wellbeing, Making a Difference, primary school, Relationships, School, training for staff
Tagged anxiety, behaviour, behaviour strategies, challenging, changing behaviour, children, communicating, emotional well-being, primary school, resilience, support, Teacher
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The importance of not shaming children at school
A child who has poor self-regulation and impulse control can find it extremely difficult to change their behaviour and not do things. For example, if at home a child has to interrupt other people and talk over them to be … Continue reading
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Supporting a child who is always angry
Jamal aged four had regular angry outbursts where he would shout, scream and sometimes throw things. He was very fragile and would get upset very easily if he got something wrong, was asked to do something he didn’t want to … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, behaviour, behaviour strategies, challenging, domestic violence
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Not making assumptions about children’s understanding
I was talking to a pastoral worker who delivers group work interventions across school this week and she was talking about a year 6 girl who had been referred as she was always calling out, couldn’t sit still and found … Continue reading
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