SEMH stands for Social, Emotional and Mental Health. In 2014, the term was created by SEN Code of Practice to replace SEBD, which stood for Social Emotional Behaviour Difficulties — a move that was designed to recognize the direct link between behaviour…
Academic reading skills are a discipline all on their own. It is very different from reading for pleasure or even the reading for learning you may have done in the past. The depth of understanding you will need is higher,…
In the professional world, there are many careers that take an emotional toll on those that pursue them. From mental health professionals to social workers to first responders, these are the people on the frontline of witnessing or learning about…
Why the Need for Strategic Sport Communication? Written by W. Timothy Coombs, co-author of Strategic Sport Communication: Traditional and Transmedia Strategies for a Global Sports Market , who discusses the growing importance of strategic sport communication in the sports industry.…
What is Developmental Language Disorder? Those with developmental language disorder (DLD) have ongoing difficulties understanding and/or using spoken language. It’s a type of speech, language and communication need that significantly impacts how they communicate. Language, from verbal to written to…
Aemilia Lanyer as Shakespeare’s Co-Author Aemilia Lanyer as Shakespeare’s Co-Author presents original material which indicates that Aemilia Lanyer – female writer, feminist, and Shakespeare contemporary – is Shakespeare’s hidden and arguably most significant co-author. The author of the book - Mark Bradbeer - shared…
Imagine a classroom where students are actively engaged in learning, where everyone is calm, focused and working together. Imagine a classroom where you can walk in on any given day and know exactly what to do to help your students…
Though seemingly ‘natural’, writing proves devilishly difficult for far too many school pupils and closing this gap can have a lasting impact on their academic and life success. This article by Alex Quigley introduces 7 steps to improve children's writing…
At the end of his lecture on “Femininity”, Freud writes: "If you want to know more about femininity, enquire from your own experiences of life, or turn to the poets, or wait until science can give you deeper and more…
Representation is a powerful tool that can inspire communities and amplify the voices of marginalized groups across the globe. So what happens when important stories go untold, and voices go unheard? "In my work, I focus on Black people. Because…