Category Archives: Challenges
Language Matters #5: Use Your Words
In the final part of his series on the importance of language, Jack Simmonds takes....
Dec
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....
Nov
Language Matters #4: Expressive and Receptive Communication
Jack returns for #4 in his new mini-series on the importance of language, and here,....
Nov
Language Matters #3: The Principle of Total Communication
Jack is Back! Blog #3 in Jack's series on the importance of language covers the....
Nov
Life is a Journey!
A deeply personal insight into the journey from teaching, through retail, and finally to tutoring....
Oct
Language Matters #2: Autism Spectrum Condition
Jack Simmonds returns for the second in his new blog series on the importance of....
Oct
Language Matters #1: Deficits and Disorders
In the first of a new series on the importance of the use of language....
Oct
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....
Oct
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....
Oct
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,....
Sep