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Therapeutic teaching: A calm start to the year...

It can be easy to forget that some of the pupils in your classroom may not have had good summer holidays. Shahana Knight offers some advice

This September, I encourage you to begin to implement therapeutic teaching techniques as soon as you open those doors to your new class.

Many of your children will have had a wonderful holiday with their families and are ready for school, but there will be many others who have had a very difficult summer. The holidays will have been a time of worry, stress and trauma. They will not have had the consistency, reliability or security that school offers and could therefore be feeling overwhelmed and chaotic when they enter your classroom.

On top of this, they are likely entering a new classroom and being greeted by a teacher they do not know. This is a particularly unsettling time for many children.

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