During a recent school visit, I witnessed an incident that called for a careful assessment of the situation. A year 6 student with ADHD, Daniel, reacted strongly during a conflict,…
At this time when everybody is trying to adjust to the issue of the Coronavirus and taking safety measures (such as wearing AccuMed Safety Face Shield with Glasses at all…
All of us who work with children and adolescents with ADHD in schools and colleges know full well how demanding they can be and the impact they make on our…
This is a well-known African proverb in which an entire community of people need to interact for children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. Although communities…
Conduct disorder or CD is a term seldom mentioned in terms of the behaviour of children and adolescents. This is strange as terms such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Oppositional…
The exclusion of children from the school environment, either on a fixed-term or a permanent basis, is a disciplinary tool used in primary and secondary schools throughout the United Kingdom.…
Neurodiversity is a term which was first coined in the late 1990s to describe conditions such as Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD as not deficits or disorders but rather more like…
There was a really interesting article in the TES recently called “Wise up to Smart Drugs” The main focus of the article was that would more students due to increasing…
Date: Wednesday 2nd May 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 4.30pm Venue: Leighton Buzzard Golf Club A selection of additional comments from the reports: I liked that the course…
Every now again something happens in the Educational world that provides you with a degree of optimism that somebody might be listening to you. I have been greatly concerned for…