This practical resource helps school staff to reframe behaviour as a means of communicating a need. It focuses on relational and strength-based approaches to improve mental health and wellbeing, self-esteem and, in turn, behaviour and educational outcomes for children with SEND and SEMH needs in mainstream and specialist settings.
This practical resource helps school staff to reframe behaviour as a means of communicating a need. It focuses on relational and strength-based approaches to improve mental health and wellbeing, self-esteem and, in turn, behaviour and educational outcomes for children with SEND and SEMH needs in mainstream and specialist settings.
Rachel Thynne qualified as a teacher at Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University) in 1996. Since then she has taught in both mainstream and specialist settings, in the UK and Malaysia. She has taught from Nursery to Key Stage 3 and has also taught children with English as an Additional Language. Rachel is currently the Outreach Lead in an outstanding, attachment-aware specialist provision for pupils with SEMH needs. She works with staff in local mainstream schools, from early years to Key Stage 4, specialising in providing training, advice and guidance from whole school level through to planning for individual pupils in order to provide support for the effective inclusion of pupils with SEMH needs in school. Rachel is also a Specialist Leader in Education for Behaviour and Special Educational Needs, working with school leaders to develop inclusive practices and remove barriers to learning to help children to flourish. Rachel lives in Dorset, UK, with her husband, two children and her little dog Milo and loves going for walks in the countryside and at the beach.
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Foreword by Pooky Knightsmith Acknowledgements Introduction Behaviour is Communication Self-Regulation ACES, Trauma and Attachment-Aware Approaches Anxiety Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Bereavement, Grief and Loss Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorders Appendices
