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Understanding Numeracy Difficulties in the Classroom
Understanding Numeracy Difficulties in the Classroom It is National Numeracy Day 2025, a day to remind us of the vital role that numeracy plays in children’s lives- not only in school, but for modern life. Yet for lots of our children and young people, numeracy isn’t...
Positive Psychology and the PERMA Model
Positive Psychology A part of my doctoral training that I have really enjoyed is learning about positive psychology. Often when discussing mental health, a lot of people jump to the conclusion that the term is 'negative'. However, mental health is 'not merely the...
Solution Circles
Solution circles are a short and powerful tool that takes no more than a half hour. It is effective in getting “unstuck” from a problem in life or work. Solution Circles are tools of “community capacity”. They assume and demonstrate that people – in any community or...
Restorative Practice in Education: Costs and Benefits
We have previously spoken about restorative practice on this blog, see What is restorative practice? and Why should restorative practice be used in schools? This blog post will explore some of the evidence base for restorative approaches (RA) in UK schools. Thinking...
Use of Social Stories to Support Children with ASD
Social stories are a useful tool for helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) understand and navigate everyday situations. Developed by Carol Gray in the early 1990s, social stories use simple language and visuals to explain social situations and...
ADHD: The Unsung Strengths
Understanding ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often talked about in terms of its challenges: difficulty focusing, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. For children and young people, this can mean struggles in the classroom, trouble with...
Supporting Children to Embrace Uncertainty
As discussed in our previous blog post, uncertainty is a natural and unavoidable part of life. For some children and young people, this uncertainty can be overwhelming and intolerable and it is essential that adults support children and young people (CYP) to learn to...
Uncertainty – Why Some Children Struggle
Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life which we all face. From small, everyday uncertainties such as whether it will rain on the planned school trip to Drayton Manor, to the big, life-altering uncertainties, such as waiting for exam results, uncertainty is...
Lego®-Based Therapy – What Is It?
January 28th is International LEGO® Day and to celebrate, we have a free resource for you which can be found here. It offers a full how-to guide for setting up 'Brick Club' in your setting. At the end of the document we also have role cards for you to print and use in...
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation and why does it work? Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is a technique developed by Dr. Edmund Jacobson in the 1920s, aimed at reducing physical tension and stress. The process involves tensing and then slowly relaxing different...
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