Good mental health – a prerequisite to gaining skills and knowledge
Sarah Rawsthorn is the Founder of Mind Mechanics and Director of Edge Inclusion Partners. She has 30 years’ experience in the field of neurodiversity and social,…
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Our latest special education books for #StressAwarenessMonth
Stress is hugely prevalent in today’s busy society and very much so in schools where teachers so often report feelings of stress and burnout both…
Are you listening? The secret of Auditory Processing Disorder/APD
The questions I am often asked about APD are “Why?” “What?” and “How?” APD is known as an invisible disability which means that individuals with this condition do not look ill, or disabled; there are no outward signs until you speak to them.
Challenging perfectionism on the journey out of lockdown and beyond
In this article she explores how to best deal with stressful situations and
perfectionism.
LGBT+ Issues Matter As Much As Ever In Lockdown
Jonathan Charlesworth, author of How to Stop Homophobic and Biphobic Bullying, writes about ways in which schools can start responding to and solving LGBT+ issues, even during the disruptions of lockdown.
What is the best way to assess literacy difficulties in children?
Is dyslexia a genuine learning difficulty that warrants due recognition and specialist teaching? Valerie Muter, author of ‘Understanding and Supporting Children with Literacy Difficulties’ explores.
Why schools need to talk about staff mental health, now.
Amy Sayer is the author of Supporting Staff Mental Health in Your School and is a teacher at Chichester High School and Head of Philosophy…
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons author Lidia Stanton discusses the upcoming book and how it can help parents and teachers teach spelling in a way…
Arts Therapies with People with Physical Disabilities: An Archetypal Approach
Marion Gordon-Flower, author of “Arts Therapies with People with Physical Disabilities” discusses discoveries through COVID-19 lockdowns. The arrival of COVID-19 to Aotearoa New Zealand was…
Cats – on and off the page!
Haley Moss is an autistic attorney, author, artist and advocate. In these words, taken from her foreword to Kathy Hoopmann’s new All Cats are on…