Tag: NLP
Disproving Learning Difficulties – How to Lift the Label
I recently met a child who was behind in his academic learning somewhat. She would become frustrated in school, often with the other children and had been aggressive more than once towards her peers. As a result of this, the SENCO at school had suggested that perhaps the[…]
Read moreBuilding Resilience in Children
Two years ago, I worked in a primary school as their resident NLP4Kids practitioner. One of the requests that the school had made to me was to help the pupils, over the course of the term that I worked with them, to build up their levels of resilience.[…]
Read moreWorking With Children from Conflict Zones
A new area of work that some of the NLP4Kids practitioners have embarked upon this year is supporting children in the British education system who have fled with their families from conflict zones. Aside from the obvious challenges of conditions such as PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) which[…]
Read moreBoost your Resilience to Illness
Anyone who has ever had children, knows children, or has been a child has probably experienced how quickly a stomach bug or a virus can spread around a class (and then onto the adults around them). Obviously it takes time for young children to build their immune system[…]
Read moreI Feel Lonely Even When I’m in a Room Full of People
Have you ever been in a room full of people and felt like you were on the outside looking in? Feeling everyone else has something in common that you don’t know about? Or perhaps like they’re speaking a language you don’t understand? You may feel you don’t have[…]
Read moreUsing Storytelling to Connect with Your Child
Storytelling is as old as the hills and as broad as the oceans. Storytelling can take anything from a minute to an hour. So what is so special about storytelling and how can we use it to connect to our children? So why do we even use stories? […]
Read moreWhen Anger Takes Over Your Life
This is a personal story and one I haven’t shared very much. A lot of people who know me now certainly wouldn’t recognise the person I was when I was a lot younger. In my late teenager years I used to be very angry; quite a lot of[…]
Read moreHow Do You Help a Child Who Falls Out With Their Best Friend?
As a child, isn’t it true that we’ve all ‘fallen out’ with a best friend at some stage of our younger lives? If you did, how did it end out for you, and how did you feel? Did you ‘make up’, or did you forever remain enemies? The[…]
Read moreWhen Mum Leaves Dad….
Separation of a child’s parents can be a traumatic experience in any child’s life. The child can feel as if their world has been turned upside down. However, if effectively managed, this traumatic experience could be diluted to being another change in the child’s life- yet still significant.[…]
Read morePreparing Children for Divorce
I remember reading on the back of a smoothy drink “Contents may separate, but mummy and daddy both still love you very much.” I thought it was funny and I also thought about the importance of how to explain changes in family life to children. It seems to[…]
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