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…
Mind your Mindset
The term Mindset and the book on the subject by Carol Dweck has been the darling of Senior Management Teams in many schools over recent years. The terms Fixed and…
Homework: Heaven or Hell?
Should schools insist that students do homework? On the one side there are many supporters who maintain the benefits of homework while on other are the detractors who would prefer…
Teaching Assistants should go to heaven first
Teaching Assistants, also called Learning Support Assistants, should go to Heaven first. Of this I am quite sure. Not just because of all the tremendous work that they do, but…
School Exclusion
As summer seems but a distant memory, the good news is that the long month of September is nearly over and the October half term is in sight. However the…
Classroom Strategies
Transition to Secondary School
Key Homework Strategies
SEN Conference 15 May 2015
St. James Park, Newcastle What did you find most useful? Overall very positive about presenters and content. Comments included: really enjoyed the sessions led by Fintan O’Regan; great speakers; Fintan…
Social, Emotional and Mental Health: Policy, Process and Practice
Social, Emotional and Mental Health: Policy, Process and Practice Within the SEN code of Practice, Behaviour Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) has been replaced by the new term Social Emotional…