Behaviour Specialist 'Some children follow the rules, some follow people first'. All enquiries [email protected]

Cambridge, England
Joined February 2009
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Some behaviour is definitely communication
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Record your baseline or people won't realise how far they have come.
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Clear boundaries, understood by everyone.
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What is your go-to after a stressful day?
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Time and space for learners who need it.
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Hold up the mirror to the behaviour of your learners
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The irony of removing smart phones/tablets/laptops from learners and then sitting them in front of a big screen for hours and hours cannot be lost on anyone #AmWriting
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Coach like a tortoise.
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Hair / Hare 😳
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Are you happy with any of these labels being applied to your children?
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Holding trips and events as a bribe for good behaviour show a cruel lack of grace.
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Positive Notes Home are not done on a rota.
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NEW Parent and Carer Course, launches Nov 1st, waiting list now open
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How quickly do you succumb to the temptations of the classroom?
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Replying to @pauldixtweets
When I first took young people from Carlisle into the Lakes (Langdale) one boy said ‘Whose garden is it and are we allowed to play in it?’
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I thought something similar the first time I went to the Lake District at the age of 41! When you are not surrounded by houses blocking the rise and fall of the sun, it opens the world and its possibilities.
A right not a privilege
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