Free videos and podcasts:
A training video on stress, its impact, and implications for our school behaviour systems.

It includes a detailed look at the stress-response system and how it can influence classroom behaviour, as well as the overall impact of cumulative stress at a national level.
A guest spot on Naylor's Natter talking about poverty and its connection to behaviour, misconceptions about mental health, SEND data and how teaching/leading in different schools should depend on the cohort.
A podcast recorded with Mathew Portell, principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary school in Tennessee.
It focuses on trauma-informed education in the prison system.
A live radio slot on Teachers Talk Radio talking about "The Excludables" with Nathan Gynn. We discuss alternative provision, teacher and parent attitudes towards exclusion, children missing from the data and whether exclusion is a "failure" of the system...

Paid resources:

Does your school have a "behaviour unit"?

This set of videos is the complete guide to running an effective unit, covering huge topics such as vision, staffing and site logistics as well as diving into details such as how best to take your registers and how best to manage cover lessons. There is a free trailer video (click on the image to be redirected to the site), which will help you decide if it is the right training package for your setting.

Included in the price:

  • 5 hours of video content
  • A 30 minute online consultancy session
Recommended books:​
Just in case you needed a reminder! Chapters on poverty, race, prison, resilience, trust, trauma, stress, and what it means to be an educator of vulnerable children. Tons of research and a great introduction into the way I think about behaviour and its relationship with social structures and justice.
A book that changed everything for me. Case studies (trigger warning: some of them are extremely distressing) of young people who have experienced significant adversity, with a focus on how best to understand their behaviour and help them heal. Brilliant explanations that don't require a clinical background but will help you work with some of the most vulnerable children.
An insightful book that brilliantly articulates the internal experience of anger and defensive responses. Contains a useful and thought-provoking section on how to break down communication barriers with an upset teenager and avoid those restorative conversations that seem to stall or fall apart.
If you are interested in issues surrounding social justice and education, my Twitter account might be a useful follow:
Useful external websites:​ (see privacy policy)
1. Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
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The Anna Freud Centre is a world leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families which has developed and delivered pioneering mental health care for over 60 years.

2. FFT Education Datalab

This datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research that can be used by policymakers to inform education policy, and by schools to improve practice.  Interactive tools and fascinating blogs for all the data geeks out there!   

3. ​UK Trauma Council

Evidence-based resources to improve understanding of the nature and impact of trauma.  It publishes regular updates of the most recently-published clinical evidence. 

4. IPSEA

Free and independent advice and support in relation to children with special educational needs.

4. SEN!SOS

Free advice helpline for parents looking for advice about special educational needs.
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