I would also add – a child intently and freely following their curiosity is expertly managing cognitive load -- building on existing schemas, pruning out unnecessary details and elaborating others, branching out in related directions so all new information is interconnected.

Since I started doing webinars, people have been asking me to make some for their teenagers. They said that it’s really hard to find reliable information about mental health and neurodiversity which is aimed at them.

It’s taken me a long time to get round to it, because I wanted…

Anyone who thinks that the approach of early years is 'leaving them to get on with it' or 'learning without adult input' has not spent enough time in an early years setting or with young children in general.

Since I started doing webinars, people have been asking me to make some for their teenagers. They said that it’s really hard to find reliable information about mental health and neurodiversity which is aimed at them.

It’s taken me a long time to get round to it, because I wanted…

Is the work of developmental psychologists and developmental neuroscientists irrelevant for schools, because they are only talking about learning which is hardwired (or biologically primary, as Geary would say)? Does the science indicate that cognitive load theory is ‘the science…

Naomi Naomi Fisher always does good work, here as ever pointing out that what the DfE presents as a consensus on the best available evidence is far from it. Beware anyone who tells you their research is the only game in town.

Still had no-one come back and point to research evidence in favour of strict/no excuses approaches to managing behaviour in schools. Pretty extroardinary, that, given impact such policies are having on pupil experiences,and fact that DfE's lead behaviour adviser runs ResearchED.

‘They Just Don’t Care’

I’m seeing lots of posts bemoaning that the Year 11s just don’t seem to care about their upcoming GCSEs. They aren’t motivated or worried about their speaking exams starting in two weeks time and nothing seems to make a difference.

This is exactly what…

Join Naomi Fisher and myself tonight at 7.30pm when we will be hosting our new webinar The Burnout Antidote: Helping Your Teen Navigate Academic Pressure.

We will talk about how we can spot the signs leading to this. 1/

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‘They Just Don’t Care’

I’m seeing lots of posts bemoaning that the Year 11s just don’t seem to care about their upcoming GCSEs. They aren’t motivated or worried about their speaking exams starting in two weeks time and nothing seems to make a difference.

This is exactly what…

Oops sorry, it’s not at lunchtime. It’s this evening.

‘You don’t learn self control through being controlled.’

Do children learn that they have choices when they are punished for making the wrong ones? No, and here’s why.

I’ve been told by several people recently that immediate punishment with no excuses (e.g being sent to isolation) shows children they have choices. Their logic, it…

I have a half price sale on my pre-recorded courses for parents just until Sunday. Now’s your chance to get popular courses like Demand Avoidance 101, Helping Your Autistic Child with Anxiety and My Child is Not Fine at School. Psychologically informed and on demand short…

Do children learn that they have choices when they are punished for making the wrong ones? No, and here’s why.

I’ve been told by several people recently that immediate punishment with no excuses (e.g being sent to isolation) shows children they have choices. Their logic, it…

I have a half price sale on my pre-recorded courses for parents just until Sunday. Now’s your chance to get popular courses like Demand Avoidance 101, Helping Your Autistic Child with Anxiety and My Child is Not Fine at School. Psychologically informed and on demand short…