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Free Reflective Language Poster
This free poster introduces the concept of reflective language with some examples for you to try in school. Reflective language is a highly effective and easy to use behaviour management approach which I teach to staff in primary schools across … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour strategies, child, children, emotional well-being, managing behavour, primary school
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Enhancing children’s well-being and supporting behaviour
I wrote my Making a Difference Guide to try and provide easy solutions to help school staff enhance children’s well-being and support their behaviour. I’ve made a short video discussing how you might use it in your own work, along … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, behaviour strategies, children, emotional well-being, Making a Difference, primary school, resilience, school, Self-esteem, strategies, support
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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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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
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing
Tagged anxiety, behaviour, child, children, emotional well-being, primary school
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My needs don’t matter – the danger of children being people pleasers
Many children in primary schools may display a variety of behaviours that can cause concern. The children that are overly compliant and put their needs second, may be harder to identify than more challenging behaviours but are of equal concern … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, Helping, primary school, Relationships
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Is this child “having a drama” or is it a lack of resilience?
I observed some behaviour from a 10 year old this week which was referred to “having a drama” and overreacting, which made me wonder about how this child was feeling and what he may have been trying to communicate. He was told … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, fear, primary school, self regulation, staff
Tagged anxiety, behaviour, behaviour strategies, children, emotional well-being, resilience
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Responding to and helping children after yesterday’s Manchester bomb attack
My heart goes out to all those affected by last night’s bomb attack. I have been working in a primary school in Manchester all day today and listening to staff and children trying to make sense of last night’s event, expressing … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, bereavement, emotional wellbeing, family, fear, trauma
Tagged anxiety, bomb, child, children, fear, Manchester, trauma
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Being aware of children’s internal dialogue
Some children may have learnt to respond in a defensive way as a coping mechanism to manage the feelings of anxiety and fear that situations evoke in them. The child may present as feeling the opposite of this, for example, … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, children, emotional well being, internal dialogue, Self-esteem
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How some children show anxiety through their behaviour
Exploring how anxiety presents itself in school.
Helping children who can’t ask for help
A few tips to help children who are overly independent.
Posted in Behaviour, emotional wellbeing
Tagged children, independent, over reliance, self reliant
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