Category Archives: Challenges

Language Matters #5: Use Your Words

In the final part of his series on the importance of language, Jack Simmonds takes....

Exhausted Teachers and Underused Tutors – How Can We Move Forward?

"Until you treat the wound, the plaster does nothing. And, as we know, most plasters....

Language Matters #4: Expressive and Receptive Communication

Jack returns for #4 in his new mini-series on the importance of language, and here,....

Language Matters #3: The Principle of Total Communication

Jack is Back! Blog #3 in Jack's series on the importance of language covers the....

Life is a Journey!

A deeply personal insight into the journey from teaching, through retail, and finally to tutoring....

Language Matters #2: Autism Spectrum Condition

Jack Simmonds returns for the second in his new blog series on the importance of....

Language Matters #1: Deficits and Disorders

In the first of a new series on the importance of the use of language....

Positive Regard, and its Application to the Qualified Tutor Training

Inspired by his reading of American psychologist, Carl R. Rogers, Jack turns our attention to....

The Contextual Safeguarding Network – A Safer Approach to Child Protection

Struck by watching Dr Carlene Firmin's 2019 TEDx Talk, Jack penned this crucial thought-piece on....

Exploring the Marvels of Emotional Wellbeing & Resilience in Children, with Karen Gibb Podcast Transcript

Ludo returns with the transcription of this wonderfully entertaining and informative episode with Karen Gibb,....