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Continuing Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development

Responding to behaviour

Do you want a different way of responding to behaviour in your classroom? Would you like to understand why children behave as they do, and how we as teachers can work with it all? This course is designed to help you understand where behaviour comes from, how emotional environments and experiences affect our brain growth and development and therefore influence what we do. Explore how adults in the classroom can shape behaviour through responding to what the child needs, rather than reacting to the behaviour. This course is a different way of viewing behaviour; it is a practice not a strategy.’



Understanding the bonds of attachment

Behaviour in the classroom is often a cause of stress and worry. This course aims to help you understand why behaviour causes stress, what the behaviour means for the child and how we work with it all. We examine attachment theory, explore how our brain grows within an emotional environment and through relational experiences. We look at the 4 attachment styles and what they look like in a primary school classroom and examine what helps and who our children need us to be.

Behaviour Consultancy

Behaviour Consultancy

Consultation visits, observations & written feedback/report/resources.
We are also able to offer:
Direct 1:1 pupil work, for example Drawing and Talking, Lego Based Therapy.

Support for staff teams working with difficult behaviour - ‘Dump the Junk’ sessions.

Whole school audit and review of behaviour policy, systems and structure within your setting and provide next steps support and follow up training.

“Your input, advice and reassurance were just fab. You have had a profound impact on our practice, we can’t thank you enough.”

Mainstream Senco

We can help school staff

We can help school staff

In addition to our CPD accredited courses we offer various support for school staff:

Creating safe base teams

Understanding The Point of Behaviour

Creating happy playtimes

Individual or group 'Dump The Junk' sessions

“Very useful, thought provoking and reflective. One of the best 'Dump The Junk' sessions I have ever attended.”

Mainstream Primary Teaching Assistant

 About Point5 Ltd

About Point5 Ltd

Sarah and Nathalie are specialist teachers who provide a tailor made service based on each having over 25 years of experience teaching and working within the area of social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). They help staff to work out what children need and what lies beneath the behaviour.

Our Team

Nathalie Downing & Sarah Richens
Nathalie Downing
Nathalie Downing
Founder & Teacher
Sarah Richens
Sarah Richens
Founder & Teacher

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