Psychology in the Classroom
By Lucinda Powell
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Psychology in the Classroom: bridging the gap between educational science and daily teaching practice. Hosted by Lucinda Powell, the show provides expert insights in education by translating complex educational psychology into actionable, science for educators.
Through high-level education expert interviews, listeners gain access to the latest findings in the science of learning, including evidence-based revision strategies and methods for creating an effective classroom environment. If you are looking for psychological education tools to improve student outcomes, this podcast delivers a mix of theory deep-dives and educational myth busting.
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Gender Identity Decoded: How Biology and Society Shape Who We Are
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Changing the Narrative Around Neurodivergence in Schools
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May 19, 2026 |
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How Do Habits Shape Students' Use of Effective Learning Strategies?
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May 05, 2026 |
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How Can Positive Psychology Transform Wellbeing in Secondary Schools?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Spring Takeover: Exploring the Multi-Store Model of Memory and the Rise of AI in Psychotherapy
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Dilemmas in the Classroom: How to Balance Inclusion and Individual Needs
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Mental Health Research: Practical Tips for Teachers and Practitioners to Navigate the Evidence
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Power of Voice in the Classroom
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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How Can We Combat Cyber Aggression in Schools Today
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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How Teacher Emotions and Motivation Shape Student Success
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Speaking Up: How to Cultivate Confident Communicators in the Classroom
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Listening to Learners: How Meaningful Talk Fuels Motivation and Achievement
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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SLOP: The Power of Repeated and Varied Practice in Education
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Zines and Emotional Literacy: A Fun and Engaging Path to Better Mental Health
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Creating Safer Spaces: How Schools Can Foster Mental Wellbeing for All Students
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Why Students Want AI Feedback but Crave Human Connection in Learning
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Evaluating Mental Health in Schools: Tools, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions for Success
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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From words to action: how teacher language shapes student success
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Benefits of Reading for Pleasure: Unlocking a World of Opportunities
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Unpacking the Complexities of Bullying: From Counter Connecting to Whole-School Solutions
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Beyond Social Media and Smartphones: Factors Affecting Youth Mental Health
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Navigating Friendships: The Hidden Struggles of School Transitions
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Navigating Mental Health Issues in Schools: Strategies for Teachers and Students with Prof. Jess Deighton
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Exploring the Intersection of Psychology and Education: Insights for Teachers
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Emotionally Based School Avoidance: A Personal Story
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Learning from Failure: The Biological Case for Embracing Mistakes
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Perils of Perfectionism: Understanding Its Impact on Mental Health in Education
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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First do no harm: Universal Mental Health Interventions in Schools
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Process of Learning is Uncomfortable
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Peer Support for Neurodivergent pupils
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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RE-STAR - From Emotional Dysfunction to Emotional Burden
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Improving Mental Fitness in Schools with Vi Gandhi
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Reframing Mindfulness for Teachers
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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What have we learned about failure?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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What do parents communicate about failure?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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The Impact of Teacher Failure Mindsets
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Teachers v Pupils: differing views of failure
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Errors and Alienation
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Creating a Positive Error Learning Orientation
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Motivating Students to Learn from Errors
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Learning from Errors
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Using Smileys in Error Feedback
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Introduction to failure
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May 28, 2024 |
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Final Exam Preparation with Jonny Wainman
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May 21, 2024 |
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Positive Education with Michelle Tytherleigh
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May 14, 2024 |
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Supporting Teacher Wellbeing with Dr Charl Emmerson
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May 07, 2024 |
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ADHD: Supporting Students in the classroom with Prof. David Daley
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Diary Keeping, Reflective Practice and Teacher Wellbeing with Dr Lucy Kelly
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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How Students understand teacher communications about exams
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Managing Exam Nerves
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Nailing Exam Technique
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Why students get revision wrong
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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How to make the most of retrieval practice
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How to ensure exams help recall
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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How to build long term learning
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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How to make an effective study plan
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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How to motivate students to engage in independent study
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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How to help students build effective study habits
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Why We Need To Teach Study Skills
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Is there a link between wellbeing and academic attainment?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Real or Fake: How much do you know about autism?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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An introduction to psychological perspectives
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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We are Born to Sing: the benefits of singing with Natasha Hendry and Yoon Irons
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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RE-STAR: The impact of school on the brain and emotion
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Popcorn & Psychology: using films to aid learning with Sheila Thomas
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Do smart drugs help you learn? with Dr Elizabeth Bowman
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Applying Psychology to Teaching with Sophia Afsar
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Six Step Bitesize Learning Cycle with Joshi Jariwala
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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How Psychology can support classroom practice with Paramjeet Moon
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Mindset: Educational fact or fiction with Brooke Macnamara
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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A Knowledge of Madness with Evie Bentley
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Does Wearing Make-up Make You Smarter? with Alessia Evans
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Motivation through expectancy and Value with Ed King
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Study Smart with Felicitas Biwer
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Supporting EAL Students with Lyndsey Hayes
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Re-STAR: Understanding the Impact of School on the Emotions of Neurodiverse Pupils
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Creating a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom with Dani Bryton
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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How to thrive in teaching with Gemma Drinkall
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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School's out for Summer - Drs Jill Dunbar and Nicola Cann
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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RE-STAR: 'Just Be Kind'
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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ATP Conference 2023
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Illuminating Teaching and Learning
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Teaching
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Round Up 2022-23
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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'Sorry I forgot my homework' - An issue with memory or personality?
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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What is the most effective way to make notes?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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How Effective is the Pomodoro Technique?
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May 30, 2023 |
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Conspiracy Theories: Adolescent Beliefs and Consequences with Dr Daniel Jolley
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May 23, 2023 |
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Perfectionism and Anxiety
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May 16, 2023 |
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Big Fish, Little Pond: How Class Rank Affects A level Choices with Dr Joanna Williamson
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May 09, 2023 |
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Making the most of Videos as a teaching resource
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May 02, 2023 |
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Challenging the screen culture with Bradley Busch
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Revision 2023: Revision and Sleep
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Revision 2023: Revision environment
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Revision 2023: 5 Revision Strategies
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Revision 2023: Active Revision
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Revision 2023: Planning your Revision
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Switching it up: the cost of switching between tasks
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Working Memory and Dual Coding
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Schemas and their role in learning
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Performance Psychology with Matt Shaw
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Cognitive Load: Keep it simple in the classroom
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Motivation - Meeting the need of learners with Don Berg
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Interleaving: a useful learning strategy?
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Retrieval Practice, Schemas & Effective Questioning - with Bradley Busch
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Recall or Re-read? The research into retrieval practice
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Dancing in the Classroom with Dr Peter Lovatt
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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An Introduction to Metacognition
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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RE-STAR: Autism, ADHD and Depression
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Christmas Takeover 4 - Psychology and Sport
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Christmas Takeover 3 - Music and Memory
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Christmas Takeover 2 - Real or Fake?
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Christmas Takeover 1 - Self-Hypnosis with Harriet Ennis
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Leadership: the importance of love and flourishing with Emmie Bidston and Katy Granville-Chapman
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Getting a Good Night's Sleep with Dr Maria Gardani
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Educational Neuropsychology with Dr Jenny Gkintoni
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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School experiences of non-autistic siblings who have an autistic sibling with Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Cognitive Load: finding the sweet spot with Bradley Busch
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Cannabis in the Classroom: should we tell kids to keep off the grass?
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Humour in the Classroom with David Lowe
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Influence of Personality on Cheating Behaviour in Education with Dr Laura Jenkins
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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What's In a Name? With Prof. I. M. Nick
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Displays and Distractions in the Classroom with Dr Karrie Godwin
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Aphantasia - Image Free Thinking with Tom Ebeyer
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Unconscious Bias In the Classroom
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Science of Learning with Edward Watson and Bradley Busch
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Developing Great Teachers with David Weston
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Trailer Psychology in the Classroom 2022-2023
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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The Psychology of Weather
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Does Mindfulness work as a Universal Intervention for Young Teens in Schools? The Results of the MYRIAD Trial.
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Mindfulness – What is it, how might it help children, teachers and schools?
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Mental Health In Schools with Prof. Willem Kuyken
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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RE-STAR: It's Time to Start Listening
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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RE-STAR: Being Heard in Research
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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The Pupil-Teacher Relationship with Dr Ben Looker
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Sleep Part 2 What is Unique about Teen Sleep? with Dr Nicola Cann
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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The Importance of Sleep for Teachers with Amber Tout
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Reflections on Two Years of Podcasting
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May 30, 2022 |
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Masking in the Classroom with Dr Chris Bagley
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May 23, 2022 |
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CyberPsychology with Dr Martin Graff
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May 16, 2022 |
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Observing Others: How watching babies can improve pupil wellbeing.
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May 09, 2022 |
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Powerful Learning with Patrice Bain
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May 02, 2022 |
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Managing Challenging Behaviour with Adele Bates
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: Planning Revision
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: The Teenage Brain, Revision & Reward
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: Control the Controllables
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: Exam Anxiety
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: Retrieval Practice
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Exam Preparation: The Big Picture with Lucy Carey
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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RE-STAR - Regulating Emotions - Strengthening Adolescent Resilience
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Supervision in Education: What is it and why do we need it?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Therapeutic Classrooms
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Engaging Students in the Classroom
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Where Education and Psychology Meet with Prof David Putwain
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Using Amazing People's Stories to Inspire
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Habits of Mind with Mo Abouelsoud
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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The Importance of Bringing Nature Into the Classroom
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Why Teachers Need More Self-Compassion
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Inside the Teenage Brain with Dr Dean Burnett
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Motivation in the Classroom
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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NeuroSENse: Myth Busting in Special Educational Needs
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Christmas Takeover 3
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Christmas Takeover 2
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Christmas Takeover 1
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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At Your Best
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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What do the numbers mean?
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Transgender Issues - a Conversation for Teachers
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Peak Performance - what sports psychology can teach us about exams
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Who are you? Face Blindness in the Classroom
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Pedagogies of Punishment
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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The Psychology of Blogging & Resilience
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Teacher Wellbeing with Trevor Dunn
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Panic Attacks and Panic Disorders with Dr Polly Waite
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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The Impact of Trauma on Education with Aletia Hagedorn
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Social Anxiety Disorder with Dr Eleanor Leigh
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Social Identity and Disability in the Classroom with Dr. Julie Hulme
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Constructive Deviance with Chris Taylor
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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The Psychology of Stigma and Prejudice in Schools with Professor Malik Boykin
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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The Psychology of Holidays
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Season 4 Trailer
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Parent Voice in SEND
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Notes from the ATP Conference
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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The Truth About Tourettes
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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The day in the life of a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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A day in the life of an Educational Psychologist
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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ADHD Part 2
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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ADHD Part 1
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Sensory Processing Disorder
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Supporting Deafness and Hearing Impairment in the Classroom
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May 31, 2021 |
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Dyslexia
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May 24, 2021 |
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Speech, Language and the Brain
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May 17, 2021 |
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The Role of DLD in the School to Prison Pipeline
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May 10, 2021 |
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Autism
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May 03, 2021 |
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Inclusive Education
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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The SEND Code of Practice
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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The Teaching Profession
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Prof Tamsin Ford: The Effectiveness of Mental Health Interventions in Schools
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Trailer - Season 3 SEND
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Neuropsychology for Teachers
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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The Neuropsychology of Learning
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Thought Control and Working Memory
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Returning to school after winter lockdown
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Cues to Recall
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Learning by Analogy
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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The Daring Future of Education
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Getting Stuff to Stick in Long Term Memory
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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How Teenagers Learn
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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What is Cognitive Psychology?
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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The Psychology of Learning, Maths and More
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Long-term and Short-term memory
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Learning to Learn
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Season 2 - Learning about learning
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Whole School Mental Health Q&A Panel
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Positivity in the Classroom
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Screens & Teens
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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A teacher's guide to eating disorders
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Improving Wellbeing in the Classroom
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - A Teacher's guide
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Teacher Recruitment & Retention
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Spotting the Signs of Mental Ill Health
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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The Power of Listening
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Bullying - It's everybody's problem
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Role modelling in the Classroom
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Building Safe Spaces to Learn
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First...
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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It's not about fixing
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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A Whole School Approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Returning to School after Covid
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Season 1 Trailer - School mental health and wellbeing
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Jul 15, 2020 |