Focusing on 13 teaching dispositions, Dispositions are a Teacher’s Greatest Strength encourages educators to identify and develop their attitudes and self-awareness in order to flourish in the profession. Emphasizing pedagogical knowledge, this text serves as affirmation of a teacher’s commitment to challenging and rewarding work.
Differentiated discipline for those recovering from Adverse Childhood Experiences
The book emphasizes the critical role of relationships in overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences and enhancing learning. It critiques current UK educational practices that tend to isolate students during challenging times, arguing that such approaches hinder recovery and growth. The author advocates for a paradigm shift towards fostering supportive connections, particularly in difficult situations, to promote resilience and effective learning.
Self-harm in children and young people occurs across society, and is worrying for parents, carers and indeed the children themselves. This handbook provides authoritative, clinical guidance for carers and adopters on this difficult and concerning issue. It explores the links between early trauma and self-harm, how self-harming behaviour may manifest, and what it may tell us about children s underlying emotions and neurobiology. Also included is practical guidance on how parents and carers can address self-harm in the moment at which children are carrying out this behaviour.
Experienced clinicians show how educators can easily use a proven psychological model to help pupils who have experienced relational trauma. Contains everything required to embed it into teaching practice, including building connections with students and teachers, exploration of the theory, and practical applications.
The fourth practice book in the Attachment Aware School Series
The first book of practice in a series entitled The Attachment Aware School.
Offers practical attachment-based strategies to support disaffected teenagers integrate into schools and society. This book enables teachers, psychologists, therapists and social workers to reach out to young people in fresh ways, establishing genuine connection and real possibilities for learning and hope.