The need to find solutions to the complex problems children face has never been more urgent. We're in a time of high stress, constant change and stretched resources. The same holds true for the school staff who are working hard to keep students on track...
Responding to Covid19 Recently I wrote about the distinctly different responses we could take to the changed practices and new thinking Covid19 is demanding in schools. Option 1, routinely promoted by the DfE, is to put everything into the pre-pandemic box, with the routine use of punishment...
Emotional health in childhood ‘is the key to future happiness A London School of Economics study “What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-course Model of Well-being” (Economic Journal 2014) offered “a completely new perspective on which factors contribute most to a satisfying life”, namely wellbeing, challenging...
Service and disservice in leadership...
Covid19 and early intervention; understanding the impact, preparing for recovery A story of success St. Ambrose Barlow Catholic High School in Swinton, Greater Manchester is showing what’s possible by providing Solutions Focused Coaching Early Help, to support students and their families during the Covid19 crisis. What is it...
The ‘Follow the Arrows’ reading group* is a new initiative, helping bridge the current gap between published evidence and school practices around behaviour, inclusion, mental health and wellbeing in schools. This week we were discussing chapters 5 Inside the living brain, 6 The ever plastic brain,...
“When I tell people I study the adolescent brain, the immediate response is often a joke - something along the lines of : ‘What? Teenagers have brains?’ For some reason it’s acceptable to mock people in this stage of their lives. But when you think...
I wrote and published this two months ago. Since then a great deal has happened that we couldn't have predicted then. But the issue of how to deal with children's behaviour when and if they return, and more pressingly, how to meet their increased needs arising...
I wrote and published this two months ago. Since then a great deal has happened that we couldn't have predicted then. But the issue of how to deal with children's behaviour when and if they return, and more pressingly, how to meet their increased needs arising...
Structured kindness of Solutions Focused Coaching in Mental Health Awareness Week...
