Teach to Inspire Better Behaviour

Resource to enhance better behaviour in traumatised children by Sue Gott.

Teach to Inspire Better Behaviour deals with aggressive, disruptive or unpredictable behaviours across the primary age ranges. Scientific understanding and the experience of those working to help traumatised children consider:

• The classroom environment
• Positioning of staff
• Routines and changes
• Quiet times and relaxation
• Learning from mistakes
• Rewards and sanctions systems.

The author focuses on the causes and the impact of traumatic life events linked with different stages of neurological and psychological development (including separation, illness, bereavement, neglect,abuse and inadequate limit setting in early childhood) in addition to the cumulative effects of classroom disruption on the mental health of both peers and adults. Background reading and facilitator’s notes, together with a CD-Rom containing a PowerPoint file for staff training and printable handouts, provide a powerful framework for the development of a whole-school approach.

Age: 5-11

Contents

170pp, A4 covered wire-o-bound