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A former teacher, leader and teacher trainer, Graham became independent at the beginning of 2020 and has been working with schools in all sectors of education. Prior to that he helped lead an SEMH specialist team designed at supporting children at risk of exclusion, providing training over 1000 staff in the process.

Graham is a strong advocate for trauma informed, relational and restorative practice and believes that mainstream education can work for all, he favours ethos and culture over quick fix behaviour strategies and believes the adults play a pivotal role in the behaviour of the students.

Teaching behaviour to children is more than just modelling and it’s often after mistakes the best learning takes place. By increasing understanding and empathy, through training teachers about how the child’s experiences have impacted their feelings and how that is what has driven the behaviours, it will hopefully change how those behaviours are perceived.

Not only does this benefit the child in every way, especially learning, but it has a huge and positive effect on staff wellbeing.

Particular areas of strength:

Understanding of the many causes of challenging behaviour and changing the way it is perceived. When we work the mindset to tackle behaviour at its core, we change from a reactive culture to a proactive one. Helping schools to lift children up to achieve better behaviour and academic outcomes.