by The School Psychology Service | Jul 17, 2025 | Challenging Behaviour
Understanding Challenging Behaviour: An Information Leaflet for Parents and Carers Supporting children with behaviour that is challenging can feel overwhelming and confusing for parents and carers. That’s why we’ve developed a clear, accessible leaflet to help explain...
by The School Psychology Service | Jul 4, 2025 | Challenging Behaviour
Beneath the Surface: Understanding the ‘Why’ Behind Children’s Challenging Behaviour We need to consider what lies beneath the surface of behaviour. When a child distracts others, shouts out, avoids work, or plays the ‘class clown’, it’s...
by The School Psychology Service | 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 The School Psychology Service | 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 The School Psychology Service | 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 The School Psychology Service | 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...
