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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...
What Can Simple Games Tell Us?
As a Year 2 Trainee Educational Psychologist, I am always on the look out for different ways to assess children's needs and strengths. When I first meet a child, I always like to play some sort of game to ease them into our work together and to build some sort of...
Sensory Snacks and Movement Breaks – a FREE Resource
Our focus this month is on sensory processing and provision which you can find out more about in our previous blog posts: What is Sensory Processing? Why is an Understanding of Sensory Processing and Provision Important? In addition to our training course on sensory...
National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Milkshake Breathing!
Today is National Chocolate Milkshake Day, so to celebrate, here is a free resource that you can use with young children to encourage deep breathing. When we get anxious and the fight/flight/freeze response is triggered, our breathing often becomes fast and shallow....
What is Visual Perception?
We have many training courses available on our website relating to sensory needs including Cool Characters and Fine Motor Skills, Cool Kids Programme, Sensory Processing and Provision, and Sensory Circuits. Our newest training course, Visual Perception, looks into:...
What Works for KS1 Reading?
According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016), approximately 20% of 15-year-olds from developed countries are not able to read at a level that allows them to participate effectively in life. Although most children learn to read...
Talking to Children about Death
Knowing what to say to a child or young person who has been bereaved is not easy, and can leave us at a loss for what to say, and what we can do to help them. All children experience 'loss' and with the sensitive support of their family and others they know they...
The Importance of Understanding Dyslexia in the Classroom
In our last blog post, we explored the definition of dyslexia (which varies across organisations) according to the British Psychological Society and explored some of the characteristic difficulties of dyslexia (including phonological awareness, verbal memory, working...
What is Dyslexia?
Being a 'poor' reader is not uncommon. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016), approximately 20% of 15-year-olds from developed countries are not able to read at a level that allows them to participate effectively in life....
FREE Dyslexia Leaflet for Parents and Carers
Dyslexia is something many people have heard of but not many people can explain. Often, people refer to dyslexia as making mistakes in literacy-based tasks, typically writing or reading words and letters backwards. However, the British Psychological Society (2005)...
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