wellbeing

Helping children who have been through trauma heal through play therapy

Episode 10: Helping children who have been through trauma heal through play therapy  2020 What is childhood trauma and how...

How childhood trauma affects the brain

Have you grown up with lots of difficulties in your life? Maybe you lived with alcoholic parents, experienced domestic violence....

Therapeutic schools: Some quick wellbeing ideas

The age of the therapeutic school is upon us. Schools across England are changing practices and introducing a more reflective,...

Therapeutic classrooms: Worsley Mesnes Primary

This year, Shahana Knight is continuing her transformational therapeutic classroom work with a pioneering cohort of primary schools. This time,...

What does non directive therapy mean?

Sometimes the language used in therapy can be a bit confusing. Here we explain what non-directive therapy means.

Therapeutic classrooms: St Charles Primary

More schools are signing up to transform their classrooms into therapeutic teaching spaces. Shahana Knight looks at the approaches she...

Mental health: Classroom ideas to help pupils develop self-expression and self-regulation

  This article was originally written for head teachers update magazine  Helping children learn how to express themselves is crucial...

Diary 1: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom – The first make over!

This year, childhood trauma expert Shahana Knight is working with a primary school to transform one of its year 3...

Diary 2: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: The vision begins to form

This year, childhood trauma expert Shahana Knight is working with a primary school to transform a year 3 classroom into...

Diary 7: The chronicles of a therapeutic classroom: Ten low-cost ideas

This year, Shahana Knight has transformed a year 3 classroom into a therapeutic teaching space. But not every school can...