During a recent school visit I witnessed a year 6 student with ADHD called Daniel fling a chair across the room after an altercation with his teacher. Unfortunately, the situation…
The Funny Thing About Teachers
On the 27th of July 2017 just when everybody was getting themselves ready for a well-earned holiday break from school there was a survey published in the Times Educational Supplement…
Is Exclusion Really The Answer?
Fintan O’Regan asks why, after a period of decline, the number of pupils being excluded is on the rise again… The overall trend in recent years has been a decrease…
Schools Out
At the time of writing my son will complete his final A Level exam paper which will signal the final act of his school career. Both he and his twin…
Attaching the Detached
Recently I spoke at an early years child care conference in Surrey and the issue of attachment was raised in terms of behaviour and self-esteem in children. There is no…
Christmas and ASD and ADHD: Bah Humbug
While I was reading the Daily Telegraph the other day, I came across an article outlining the 10 worst things about Christmas These included the pointless days between Christmas and…
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Policy, Process and Practice Within the SEN code of Practice, Behaviour Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) has been replaced by the new term Social Emotional…
Letter in the TES Today the 30th of August from Me
23.08.13 Re: The reality of ADHD With regards to the recent range of misleading and misinformed media reports as a group of clinical and educational experts with everyday experience of…
ADHD and Medication: Response to TES article
Dear Ms Ward, Regarding your article By the Numbers published in the 23rd of August I must point out that the increase in the number of prescriptions quoted by the…
ADHD and Giftedness…
Dear Colleagues, Happy new year to one and all. Apologies for not sending out much over the last 3 months but I have been involved in a number of projects and…