Helping Refugee Children to Adjust

Imagine seeing the place you once called home destroyed. Your friends and family, terrified, injured or killed and being told that the only chance you have to survive is to flee. Then you land here, in this new country with a different language, rules, history, and education system,[…]

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Improving Independence in Children

Is your child independent in their learning? Do they take responsibility for thinking about themselves? Many pupils would benefit further from taking more authority in their learning. For these pupils we want to help them to develop a greater sense of independence in challenging themselves. The overall goal[…]

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The Benefits of Helping Withdrawn Children

Parents have remarked how their children hold back from expressing themselves in school but will frequently complain about a variety of situations related to school when they get home. Children can express extreme shyness and social issues in school. This manifests itself as: Refusing to ask permission to[…]

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No Failing, Only Feedback

Some children are just not equipped to deal with failure. This can lead to a pattern where they expect to fail, then they actually fail and then they suddenly become fearful in failing again which then prevents them from trying. This pattern of behaviour affects them in many[…]

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Welcome to the NLP4Kids Team- Tamsin Moore-Jones

NLP4Kids are delighted to announce a new member to the NLP4Kids team. Tamsin Moore-Jones, from Peterborough, is our newest NLP4Kids Practitioner. Tamsin offers a safe nurturing space and positive support for children and families dealing with both the day to day hurdles and more complex struggles we all[…]

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How to Tackle Bullying

Unfortunately, all schools have some form of bullying incidents occuring within their school. Bullying can occur verbally, physically or emotionally. The Department of education once stated that at any one given time at least 20% of the school population can be affected by bullying. This is quite high[…]

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Helping Children in PRUs

One of our practitioners recently worked in a boys school where a certain number of boys in the school had anger and mental health issues which had caused significant disruption in their lives. This resulted in them changing schools, engaging with social services or youth offending teams. The[…]

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Why Children Must Learn Communication Skills

Communication skills impact upon a child’s ability to listen, understand and express themselves. These skills are fundamental to problem solving and maintaining relationships. It has a big impact on their future and the quality of their life. Of course learning vocabulary and sentence structure is important but having[…]

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Coping Strategies for Disadvantaged Children

Children are not equipped to deal with certain situations which may occur at home, or at school which often result in anxiety and behavioural problems. These are mainly caused by poor coping strategies in reaction to their circumstances at home, or in some cases caused by their own[…]

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Anxiety within the Classroom

In working in schools over the past few weeks, it is apparent that pupils are experiencing high levels of anxiety which are affecting their attitude and performance at school. Most of these students cite the heavy workload and family stresses as the lead factors in their anxiety. Their[…]

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