SEND Series with Jack #5: Love

by | Jan 10, 2023 | Challenges, Education, Strategies

In Jack’s final piece of this series, he approaches the sometimes difficult topic of ‘love’ in the tutoring environment.

Of course, this does not mean romance. It means trust, it means belief, it means perseverance.

This eloquent, and elegant, article teaches us to understand the pitfalls of loving your craft, and the ways in which we can create a trustful environment to protect against these pitfalls.

SEND Series with Jack #4: Truth Seeking

by | Jan 6, 2023 | Challenges, Community, Strategies

Jack produces his penultimate instalment of this SEND series, with a fabulous piece on understanding, as tutors, our role in the whole education of the child, and the importance of creating a community feel.

The key is understanding what you have to bring in the moment, and accepting that that might not always be what you might consider ‘perfect’. Hopefully, though, it will be (at least) ‘a little better’ than what the student has had before.

SEND Series with Jack #2: Everybody Knows …

by | Dec 7, 2022 | Challenges, Education, Ideology, Strategies

Jack returns for his second instalment with a powerful piece about shared understanding in behaviour. The reaction, and response, to behaviour is rarely anything but totally unique – the way you see it might not be the way it’s seen. Is the phrase “Everybody knows …” really just a cover for ignoring others’ responses and experiences?

Language Matters #5: Use Your Words

by | Dec 5, 2021 | Challenges, Education, Learning Difficulties, Strategies

In the final part of his series on the importance of language, Jack Simmonds takes us through the (negative) impact of the phrase “Use your words.”

Instead, Jack suggests some alternative ways of approaching this situation and gives helpful guidance on the key areas to avoid in order to facilitate a more understanding relationship between educator and student.