Tag Archives: Teacher
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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Helping kids who find it hard to wait….
A year one teacher asked me this week what he could do to help a six year old in her class who kept calling out, waving his arms around to get her attention and was unable to wait his turn. … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, attention seeking, behaviour, behaviour strategies, child, impulse control, self regulation, Teacher
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Seeing the child, not their behaviour
I came across a brilliant example of a teacher doing this today in school. A child aged 10 was upset because he hadn’t been chosen for the school football team and he picked up a chair and went to throw … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, child, children's safety, domestic violence, emotional well-being, school, Teacher
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“I might get it wrong”
This week a teacher asked me what he could do about a 10 year old boy in his class who kept finding excuses why he couldn’t do much writing in class. The child was often preoccupied, daydreaming and never produced … Continue reading