Head of Centre: Renee Bull

THE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT TEAM
The cross phase Behaviour Support Team has the role of supporting the LEA and primary and secondary schools in achieving the aim of inclusion. We work in a range of ways to support schools, children and young people and their families. Here are examples of work undertaken:

• We support schools in reviewing and developing their Behaviour Policy and in developing policies on bullying.
• We run training courses for whole-school staff on understanding and managing emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Mid-day Supervisor Training. We have worked in several schools to support midday teams in understanding and managing behaviour, including dealing with conflict, and games workshops.
• We work alongside class teachers in supporting them to develop strategies for managing and responding to behaviour. This may involve observing how the dynamics of the classroom affects the behaviour of individuals or groups of children.
• We work with groups of children and young people who are experiencing difficulties in school because of poor social skills, low self-esteem or inability to manage anger or other emotions.
• We can arrange group sessions for children who may need some extra support over and above normal transitional liaison on moving from Nursery to Year 1, Year 2 to Year 3 and primary to secondary school.
• We have facilitated support groups for parents of children, which include discussions about home-school communication, and ways in which parents can support children by applying consistent boundaries and rewards for behaviour.