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Previously referred to as the No Blame Approach, the pioneering work of George and Barbara has been popular amongst practitioners seeking an alternative method to punishment for dealing with bullying in their setting. This publication incorporates an updated edition of their best selling ′Crying for Help′ and provides a clear practical guide and an explanation of the theory and values underpinning the work. For those who are interested in understanding, using and evaluating the method this book: - Explains how the Support Group Method began - Charts the recent controversy over the approach - Gives step by step guidance on using the SGM - Includes real life accounts from a practitioner using the method - Answers frequently asked questions. The publication includes George and Barbara′s submission to the House of Commons Education Select Committee and a research report provided by Professor Peter K Smith who was commissioned to evaluate the use of the method. Also available: The Support Group Method Training Pack by Barbara Maines and George Robinson
Drawing upon the work of other colleagues, in particular the research done by Tina Axup, Barbara and George put this process into practice for an 11-year-old boy. The effects were startlingly successful and extraordinarily moving. With the consent of the young people, their teachers and families, it was filmed, and this video, with full explanatory guidebook, will encourage others to try the intervention. This is a powerful, easy to use strategy. If you have never used it, then we recommend that you watch the video and try it out for yourself.
This new book and cd-rom provides a comprehensive training course which follows the structure of the hundreds of training days that Barbara and George have run around the world since 1991. The programme includes: - clarification of the terms ′bully′ and ′victim′ - a challenge to traditional practices - the steps of the support group method - what makes it work, including the voices of young people - research findings. The pack contains full facilitator notes with a PowerPoint presentation, video excerpts and all activity pages. It provides a challenging course which helps participants to learn and understand effective responses to bullying. By the end of the presentation the participants will have the opportunity to consider aspects of the programme and place it into the context of the current emphasis on restorative methodology, peer support and the social and emotional aspects of behavioural learning.
This practical resource shows how creative and philosophical thinking can be developed in the everyday classroom. Part one describes the authors evolving ideas and practices of creative and philosophical thinking. Part two gives details about why these are seen as important, how to get going and suggests some ideas on how you might want to develop these practices further. This publication will help you develop: * Playful and experimental thinking outside the box * The ability of your children to pose questions that are important to them and create answers that are reasoned and reasonable * Children's awareness and appreciation of themselves and others as knowledge creators * Children's confidence and ability to challenge their own thinking and the status quo * Children's ability to create options for themselves within constraints and to be open to opportunities * Children's learning to learn about themselves * Teacher's researching to understand and improve their own practice
Most schools are safe places for children but that does not mean that members of a school community live and learn together in harmony at all time. Violence towards children can take place in a variety of forms, including physical and verbal abuse and bullying. This is a practical handbook for schools to use when training staff in techniques for reducing violence. In particular, it addresses two issues: how to establish and maintain a learning environment where violence is not tolerated and how to respond to violence when it occurs so that this environment is protected. Each chapter covers a critical area for school policy, describes the issues, and proposes activities designed to be combined into a training programme to meet the specific needs of a group of staff. This includes teachers and the growing number of support staff in European schools. School leaders, administrators and educationalists should find this guide a useful addition to the resources for reducing violence in schools available in their own country.
Drawing upon the work of other colleagues, in particular the research done by Tina Axup, Barbara and George put this process into practice for an 11-year-old boy. The effects were startlingly successful and extraordinarily moving. With the consent of the young people, their teachers and families, it was filmed, and this video, with full explanatory guidebook, will encourage others to try the intervention. This is a powerful, easy to use strategy. If you have never used it, then we recommend that you watch the video and try it out for yourself.