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Help Topics
Bereavement
5 Articles- Talking about death with a child
- Overuse of computer games following a death
- Discussing Your Beliefs About Death with Children
- Responding to a child’s drawing or game that includes death
- Supporting children through a bereavement or loss
Technology and social media
3 Articles- Struggling to come off technology: Children in care
- Struggling to come off Technology
- What you really need to teach children about technology and social media
Behaviour
36 Articles- How to calm down after a nightmare
- What to do when a child “kicks off”
- Paul Dix interviews Shahana Knight
- Rethinking our school behaviour policies
- Why children in care might struggle after summer and how to help
- Why you should let your year 6 pupils play!
- Rethinking our school behaviour policies
- Headteacher Update Podcast: Supporting vulnerable pupils – ACEs & trauma in the primary school
- Playground fall-outs: Rethinking our responses
Chronicles of a Therapeutic Classroom
9 Articles- Diary 1: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom – The first make over!
- Diary 2: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: The vision begins to form
- Diary 3: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: Makeover day!
- Diary 4: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: The pupils arrive…
- Diary 5: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: Lights, Camera, Action!
- Diary 6: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: How much does it cost?
- Diary 7: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: Ten low-cost ideas
- Diary 8: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: An inspector calls
- Diary 9: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: What a year it’s been
Whole school approaches
12 Articles- Rethinking our school behaviour policies
- Why you should let your year 6 pupils play!
- Rethinking our school behaviour policies
- Teaching mental health
- Therapeutic schools: Rethinking lunch and break times
- September 2023 newsletter
- December Newsletter 2023
- What is a Therapeutic Teacher?
- Why teaching mindset can have a long term impact on children’s outcomes
Sleep
4 Articles- How to calm down after a nightmare
- Why you cant sleep after a trauma/ prolonged stress
- Sleeping after a traumatic event ( for you!)
- How to calm down after a nightmare
Therapeutic Teacher Podcast
12 Articles- The Therapeutic Teacher Podcast with Shahana Knight
- What is a Therapeutic Teacher?
- The secret to understanding the behaviour and emotions of children in your class
- Triggers triggers triggers! What is a trigger and how does it impact children?
- Does your classroom and school environment support children’s mental health and wellbeing?
- What you really need to teach children about technology and social media
- Helping children who have been through trauma heal through play therapy
- Supporting children on the run up to Christmas
- 10 tips to focus on your own wellbeing this Christmas
Childhood trauma
29 Articles- What to do when a child “kicks off”
- Why you cant sleep after a trauma/ prolonged stress
- Childhood Trauma: My Untold Story
- Why children in care might struggle after summer and how to help
- Why you should let your year 6 pupils play!
- Rethinking our school behaviour policies
- Headteacher Update Podcast: Supporting vulnerable pupils – ACEs & trauma in the primary school
- Playground fall-outs: Rethinking our responses
- When pupils get angry: rethinking responses
Wellbeing and mental health
22 Articles- What do you do to look after YOU?
- Therapeutic schools: Some quick wellbeing ideas
- Headteacher Update Podcast: Supporting vulnerable pupils – ACEs & trauma in the primary school
- Mental health: Classroom ideas to help pupils develop self-expression and self-regulation
- Teaching mental health
- Therapeutic schools: Rethinking lunch and break times
- How to stop intrusive thoughts
- How childhood trauma affects the brain
- How to manage stress after a difficult experience
Teaching
23 Articles- What to do when a child “kicks off”
- Why children in care might struggle after summer and how to help
- Therapeutic schools: Some quick wellbeing ideas
- Playground fall-outs: Rethinking our responses
- When pupils get angry: rethinking responses
- Dealing with pupils who can’t settle: rethinking responses
- Mental health: Classroom ideas to help pupils develop self-expression and self-regulation
- Behaviour: Connection not disconnection
- Recognising pupils’ feelings and emotions
Therapeutic classrooms
11 Articles- Paul Dix interviews Shahana Knight
- Therapeutic classrooms: Giving pupils space to think
- Lucinda Powell talks Therapeutic Classrooms with Shahana Knight
- Introducing wellbeing in the classroom
- A calming, therapeutic classroom environment
- Therapeutic classrooms: St Charles Primary
- Therapeutic classrooms: Worsley Mesnes Primary
- Therapeutic classrooms: Whitefield Primary
- September 2023 newsletter
Play and activity ideas
3 Articles- Why you should let your year 6 pupils play!
- Helping Your Child Play More This Summer
- Trauma Informed Easter Activities for School and Home
Self help- Adult
9 Articles- Why you cant sleep after a trauma/ prolonged stress
- Tips to reduce stress and increase self-care this summer
- How to stop intrusive thoughts
- How childhood trauma affects the brain
- How to manage stress after a difficult experience
- Take care of your mental health
- Why you get triggered by things
- Sleeping after a traumatic event ( for you!)
- How to calm down after a nightmare
Self-care
5 Articles- 3 ways to take back control from your phone!
- What do you do to look after YOU?
- 10 tips to focus on your own wellbeing this Christmas
- Tips to reduce stress and increase self-care this summer
- Therapeutic schools: Looking after yourself…
Therapy and therapeutic interventions
17 Articles- When do you know a child needs therapy?
- What is a therapist?
- How do you allocate a therapist?
- How can therapy be funded?
- How can I make a referral for therapy?
- How do I support my child through therapy?
- What is an SDQ?
- What is the set up process for therapy?
