When it comes to classroom management, it's not just what you do, it's how you do it. Get these practical classroom management tips to help create a positive learning environment that will improve teaching and learning.
5 Videos That Show The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Student Behaviour
Classroom behaviours for domestic violence can look like those for ADHD, autism or other conditions. Here's how DV affects behaviour in 5 powerful videos.
How To Build An Effective School Leadership Team
Learn how to develop a team that works effectively, communicates easily and acts decisively.
3 Ways Of Boosting Pupil Resilience
Want more resilient students? Here are 3 techniques proven to have an impact.
The Remarkable Power Of Negative Feedback
Why negative interactions are more powerful than positive ones - and why it matters in the classroom.
3 Myths Most Teachers Believe About Behaviour Exposed!
We expose the 3 common myths that most adults believe about pupil behaviour.
How To Teach Empathy To Kids With Autism
Get these 5 simple classroom strategies for encouraging empathy in students with autism.
Emotional Regulation: 4 Essential Free Resources
Working with pupils who are finding it hard to manage their emotions right now? Here are 4 free resources you can use to support them.
5 Top Tips To Get Your Children Thinking Positively
We could all do with a little positivity in our lives right now! As it is Positive Thinking Day on the 13th September find out our top tips to help you and your pupils to think positively.
Self Regulation: The Key To Classroom Success
Everything you need to know about self regulation and co-regulation (and the importance of both!)
Girls And Autism - What You Need To Know
Girls just don't have autism, right? Wrong. So let's address some of those myths, misunderstandings and facts.
One Easy Step To De-escalating Like An Expert
De-escalating a pupil outburst can be exhausting - but this one trick (or mindset shift) can make it easier.
Could negative behaviour be a sign of a language disorder?
How your pupil's behaviour could be masking a language processing disorder
Save Time: How To Make Your Behaviour Policy Work For COVID-19
How to make simple changes that bring your behaviour policy up to date - as schools re-open after the COVID-19 lockdown
Back To School: 5 Tips For Parents
Tips and ideas for parents about helping their child return successfully to school after COVID-19.
The New Normal: Returning To School After COVID-19
5 ways to get your class back on track after lockdown
How To Talk To Children About Coronavirus
The right way to talk to children about coronavirus, so they have the health information to protect themselves, without causing unnecessary worry
Is Sending Kids Out Of Class Undermining Your Authority?
Sending kids out of class may have an impact on the classroom behaviour - just not the one you were hoping for...
Why Are So Many Children Getting Excluded From School?
Here's why 42 pupils a day are being permanently excluded from schools in England
How To Turn Around Challenging Behaviour: Advice From An Expert
In this interview, behaviour expert Tom McIntyre (from BehaviorAdvisor.com) shares practical strategies for managing difficult classroom behaviour
4 of the best activities for calming an excitable primary class
Some quick links to the best websites to help calm the kids in your classroom.
Special Needs Pupils in Schools: Why Numbers Are Rising
3 reasons why the number of pupils with complex SEND is increasing and how it may impact on your teaching
How FASD Can Affect Pupil Behaviour (And What You Can Do About It)
The real facts and figures about FASD, and how to provide support so you're less likely to see challenging behaviour.
How to get the best behaviour out of your pupils
Simple changes to support the wellbeing of all pupils - to help them be the best they can be.
The Truth About Mindfulness And Student Resilience
Mindfulness is being touted as a cure for emotional and behaviour problems. Here's what science says about it's effectiveness.
Student Mental Health: The One Thing You Need To Know
When it comes to students with mental health conditions, rewards and consequences probably won't change behaviour. So do this instead.
3 Mistakes That Might Be Ruining Behaviour In Your Classroom
Make simple, fast changes that have an immediate impact on whole class behaviour
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Stop locking horns with argumentative students!
Avoid getting into arguments with pupils by using this simple technique
How to make lunchtimes successful for pupils with autism
4 short articles, full of practical ideas for supporting children diagnosed with ASD at lunchtime
A (simple) explanation of the 4 attachment styles
What the four attachment styles look like in the classroom (and their impact on student behaviour)
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Why kids don't just explode for 'no reason'
Find out why knowing about buckets is the key to understanding explosive behaviour!
How To Improve Whole Class Behaviour Quickly and Easily
These 3 small changes always improve whole class behaviour, will work in any classroom... and can be implemented in 30 minutes (or less)
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How to lead a line - the right way!
Many adults underestimate the impact transitions around school can have on learning behaviour in the classroom. Here are some simple steps to leading a line the right way.
How to improve student behaviour and confidence through sport
Natalie Jackson shares her proven approach to improving student confidence (and resilience) using sport
3 reasons why behaviour intervention groups fail
Most behaviour intervention groups don't achieve success for the same 3 reasons. Here's a rundown and what they are (and how to avoid them)
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What to do when talking calmly doesn't work
I'm keeping calm, so why are my pupils getting MORE angry???
4 powerful videos that reveal the pain of sensory overload
Sensory overload can have a huge impact on a student's ability to cope in the classroom. These 4 videos show how it feels.
How To Start A Conversation About Mental Health With Your Class
Help your pupils understand and manage their feelings so they will be happier and more successful.
Smart Teachers Keep Their Class Focussed Like This
A tried and tested teaching formula for getting even the fussiest of classes calm and focussed.
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Behaviour secrets: a simple way of dealing with confrontations
Dealing with pupils who want their own way? Anyone can learn and use this simple language strategy to eliminate dead end confrontations.
This easy strategy improves student emotional regulation
Learn how one therapist is teaching students to manage their strong emotions
3 simple steps to managing aggressive parents
How to say the right thing - first time, every time - when confronted by an angry parent
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Behaviour secrets: 3 practical strategies for tackling mean girl behaviours
Discover how to detect and eliminate mean girl behaviour in your classroom. Then empower your students to insulate themselves against relational aggression.
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Behaviour secrets: 3 mean girl myths... busted!
What exactly is mean girl phenomenon in schools? Who is affected by this type of bullying, also known as relational aggression?
How to support your pupils' mental health
The risk factors for children's mental health that every teacher should know (plus how to support those students in school).
Autism and meltdowns: those are just temper tantrums - right?
The difference between tantrums and meltdowns - and 3 ways of curbing classroom meltdowns (for your students with autism) you can use today.
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Behaviour secrets: How to utilise the speed camera effect
Learn a simple technique to calm disruptive behaviour by utilising the speed camera effect.
Here's the difference between autism, ASD, ASC and Aspergers
Drowning in labels? Here's a quick explanation of the difference between autism, ASD, ASC and Aspergers Syndrome.
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What you need to find out about your next class... today [updated]
Give your class the wrong impression on Day One, and it’s hard to recover. Here's how to plan ahead the right way.
Don't write another behaviour target until you've read this...
How to write targets that - according to science - are more likely to change behaviour. (Clue: stop using 'I can...' targets and do this instead...)
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An easy trick for controlling noise levels in class
Noisy class? Try this quick trick for bringing down the volume.
How to help students with sudden anger outbursts
(and why looking for triggers won't help)
Why some students have sudden anger outbursts, why searching for triggers may actually be a waste of time, and what to do to help students in the classroom.
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What's going on - behind your back?
How to have eyes in the back of your head when teaching, using proximity control and seating positions.
Undermining student behaviour: the hidden danger of classroom rewards
How using classroom rewards systems might actually be making behaviour in your class worse
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Behaviour Secrets: Hello, how are you?
How positive interactions when you greet a class can have a disproportionate impact on how they behave for the rest of the day.
Angry students? Teach them to do this.
How to teach children to take action *before* they get angry.
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Behaviour Secrets: a trick to improve your students' organisational skills
Lots of children (especially those with ADHD) can struggle to organise their thinking... and this leads to task avoidance. Here's what to do.
The difference between ADHD and ASD: a simple explanation
A simple guide for teachers, explaining how to identify potential behavioural special needs (autism and ADHD) in the classroom.
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Managing classroom behaviour at Christmas (updated)
Here's our simple, three step guide on how to minimise disruptions and keep school fun and productive, right up to the end of the Autumn Term.
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Why kids with ADHD can't hear you
How to support children with ADHD with learning breaks in the classroom so they are more able to focus and less likely to engage in disruptive behaviour.
Overentitled: helping students cope with 'no'
Ungrateful. Entitled. Fragile. Here's how to help students who demonstrate entitlement and poor resilience cope with boundaries and minor disappointments.
Anti-bullying ideas that work
How to teach students how to identify when bullying is happening and what to do when it occurs. Also includes a free poster to download and print.
How to cut down on classroom chatter
Classroom talk should be on-task and productive, but it can also indicate off-task behaviour. Here's how to get classroom talk right.
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What to do when praise doesn't work
How to take your use of praise and elevate it, in a way that connects with students and helps good behaviour spread from one pupil to the next.
Playground zoning: how to instantly boost lunchtime behaviour in your school
An investigation into how zoning can improve lunchtime behaviour in school, why the method works and how to implement zoning in your school.
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3 proven ways to help students who can't cope with failure
Here are 3 proven ways of teaching them how to manage their feelings and improving their resilience.
2 simple steps that boost student self-esteem
This article describes a simple 2-step process to support students who experience low self-esteem.
Discover how to avoid confrontations with students, by doing.....nothing!*
Learn how to use take-up time when a student refuses to follow instructions or tries to draw you into an argument.
Students with ODD? Here's practical advice from 3 classroom experts
Practical advice from three classroom experts about how best to manage the behaviour of children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
NOW: 3 easy steps to starting your lessons positively, even with the most difficult classes
How to get the first five minutes of any lesson right - setting the tone, reminding students of expectations and creating a habit of work.
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Want every pupil in your school to have fantastic lunchtimes?
How to support children with ASD and ADHD during school lunchtimes.
How thinking like McDonald's can improve behaviour in your school dining room... with immediate results*
How to improve pupil behaviour in school dining rooms by actively measuring and minimising 'dead time'.
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How to supercharge tactical ignoring with proximity praise
Ignoring unwanted student behaviour doesn't work. Here's how to couple it to another technique, which actively draws attention towards the positive behaviour.
What actually is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)?
An infographic explaining how to recognise and support children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
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Try this trick to make carpet time more manageable
This one, simple trick will help you get the most out of your whole class input.
The benefits of 'checking in' with your pupils
How using a 'check in' system can benefit teachers and pupils, build emotional awareness and help pre-empt behavioural difficulties in class.
Mainstream school, exclusion and special needs
A SENCo analyses the system of permanent exclusion, PRUs and behavioural special schools in the UK.
Why do children smirk?
For many adults, a smirking child is like a red rag to a bull. So - why do children smirk?
Is this simple, psychological principle undermining your behaviour management?
An explanation of how psychological consistency can undermine an adult's classroom management, and how to use/avoid it when managing difficult students.
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ADHD: 4 tried and tested support strategies
Potentially, 3 out of 30 students in every class could have ADHD. Here are four proven ways of managing their needs in the classroom.
Why do young people get angry?
Do you teach students who suffer from anger outbursts? Here are some important factors (and solutions) to consider.
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What to do when a student walks out of class
Heres what to do when a student walks out of class so you retain the illusion of control.
Would you recognise Reactive Attachment Disorder? [infographic]
Reactive Attachment Disorder can look like ASD and ADHD - so would you recognise a child with RAD in your classroom?
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How to improve behaviour on the playground at lunchtimes
Here's one really powerful, yet simple, action schools can take to improve playground behaviour at lunchtimes.
Five key SEN resources from the web
We spend a lot of time researching new information about behaviour and SEN. Here are five resources and articles you need to be aware of.
How to create a happier dining room
Here's how to have a big impact on dining room behaviour, simply by modifying your environment.
Do EHCPs fail children with challenging behaviour?
An anonymous SENCO's very personal response to EHCPs and challenging behaviour in schools.
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How to cut down on calling out
We share our secret to reducing calling out in the classroom (because it's the most annoying thing ever).
6 expert pieces of advice about conflict resolution
If you can teach children to sort their differences for themselves, it will save you precious time. We share the must-read advice of 6 experts.
Stress: the hidden statistics every teacher should care about [infographic]
Our new infographic reveals the statistics that every teacher (and the government) should pay attention to when it comes to stress.
5 ways to encourage positive behaviour right up until the holiday
Want to know how to keep things positive right until the 3.30pm on the last day of term? Here are five solutions.
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How to cut down on tale telling
Do your class complain about every little thing that happened during break? Here's how to train your class out of tale-telling.
Four scientifically proven ways to escape school stress this holiday
Need an express remedy for school stress this half-term? Here's 4 proven ways to escape tension - that are backed by science.
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How to settle a noisy class - brilliantly
We often get asked by teachers: how do you calm down noisy classes quickly? Here's how behaviour expert Rob Plevin tackles this problem.
5 must read articles about boosting emotional resilience
Want to know how to promote emotional resilience in both yourself and your students? Here are five solutions.
How to improve your classroom management (easily)
Want to improve your classroom management? We've got a simple, step-by-step process to help. It's free, and it's called the Classroom Management Scoresheet.
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How to stop your class in their tracks
Getting your whole class to stop and listen is a crucial part of keeping order and conveying information. Here's how to do it.
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Ouch! Common classroom management mistakes (and how to avoid them)
We asked 4 behaviour management experts: what is the most common mistake you see teachers making when it comes to whole class management?
How stress affects student behaviour [infographic]
Our reaction to an infographic exploring how academic pressure and stress affects student behaviour in the classroom.
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Don't make this basic mistake if you want to sound assertive
Many teachers make this 1 simple mistake that drastically reduces how assertive they sound. Here's a more powerful way of speaking.
5 ADHD myths busted
A look at common misunderstandings around the condition of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, particularly around behaviours seen in schools.
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How to convey calm
How to project an image of calmness and confidence in the classroom during a crisis - even if you feel frazzled on the inside.
How to harness the power of praise
If you find that you are getting sucked into negative behaviour management, such as repeatedly telling pupils off, take a moment to stop and think: is this technique working? Time to change to a different tact and reap the benefits for everyone in the class - including yourself! Here's how to harness the power of positive praise.
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What to do when a student argues back
Arguments with students can escalate into a conflict that's played out in front of the entire class. Here's our guide to stopping them in their tracks.
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3 steps to building parental support
September is the month when you should be actively developing relationships with parents (because you'll need them later!) Here are some sure-fire techniques to make your parental approval ratings soar.
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3 simple ideas to improve classroom behaviour after the holidays
They say that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. So how do you get it right? Here are three simple ideas to help set the right tone with your new class in September.