behaviour management – Molly Potter

Taking offence

We can probably nearly all remember a time when we were offended by the actions or words of another but…

I worked for ten years in a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) with children who struggled to regulate both emotions and…

What is this book? What Makes Me Do the Things I do? is a book that prompts children (and adults!)…

I have been asked several times by parents/carers what the best thing to do when a young child has an…

As parents/carers I am sure nearly all of us are aware of the guilt induced as we balance our exhaustion,…

Here is a reframing tool I discovered recently that’s so simple, it’s brilliant. It helps children (and adults) deal less…

I am going to ask you (as a parent/carer/teacher/anyone who has regular contact with children) to think hard about the…

This post looks at Carl Rogers’ personality theory and how part of it relates significantly to our parenting/caring of children. Part…

In a pupil referral unit, point blank refusal from a child is such a regular event that staff are not…

As exhausted parents/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a reactive way e.g. a reprimand, the removal of an…

I am sure many of you have heard the Stanford marshmallow experiment where young children were told they could have one…

This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from, ‘The Lady’ about what I do. Here is the…