Recent Talks

Some of your autistic and ADHD learners are struggling quietly, and the ones who mask or have no diagnosis are the easiest to miss. This session helps you spot the quieter signs and make small changes that help from the very next lesson.

When a student’s behaviour escalates, it’s easy to take it personally or make it worse without meaning to. This session shows why it’s almost always survival, not sabotage, and how to get the first sixty seconds right.

Most of us believe in inclusion, then get stuck on what it looks like on a Tuesday morning. This session turns inclusive values into everyday practice, so you can hold high expectations and still give each student what gets them there.

A child who doesn’t feel they belong can’t settle to learn, and when trust breaks the usual approaches often make it worse. This session covers how to build trust fast, repair relationships when they break, and where to put your effort with a particular child.

September is hardest for the neurodivergent and anxious students, and the first few weeks set the tone for the whole year. This session helps every adult in a school spot struggle early and keep a wobbling child in the room without lowering the bar.

When a learner’s anxiety shows up as refusal, it’s easy to read it as defiance and push harder, which in a college rarely ends well. This session helps you tell demand avoidance apart from defiance and lower the pressure without lowering expectations.