by Carla Lowe | Apr 9, 2025 | Challenging Behaviour, Systemic Work
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...
by Carla Lowe | Feb 26, 2024 | Challenging Behaviour
We recently posted about challenging behaviour on the blog, recognising the impact that it has on children and staff. We defined challenging behaviour as: culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such an intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the...
by Carla Lowe | Feb 23, 2024 | Challenging Behaviour, Uncategorised
Children and young people presenting with ‘unwanted’ or ‘challenging’ behaviour in school is one of the most difficult aspects of teaching and education. A national survey of behaviour commissioned by the DfE (2023) found that 60% of school...
by Carla Lowe | May 23, 2023 | Challenging Behaviour, Educational Psychology
Children spend a lot of time in school, sometimes the relationships built in schools are the most significant of their lives. It is therefore essential that the relationships we build in schools are positively maintained and effectively repaired and restored when...
by Carla Lowe | May 19, 2023 | Challenging Behaviour, Educational Psychology, Learning Environments, Psychology (General), Wellbeing & Mental Health
You may have heard of restorative justice – the system of criminal justice which focuses on rehabilitating offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large. It was in the late 1990s when Sir Charles Pollard introduced restorative justice...
