A Nurture Group Network Conference

The Nurture GroupNetwork Conference on Nurture inSecondaryEducation

Thursday4June2015

Kingsway Hall WC2B 5BX

London

Theconference

Nurture groups haveexisted for over 40years. They were theresponse of MarjorieBoxall, educationalpsychologist in the InnerLondon EducationAuthority, to a state ofemergency in theLondon Borough ofHackney. Children werebeing put forward forspecial schools as‘maladjusted’ or‘educationallysubnormal’ inoverwhelming numbers.

Who should attend:The conference is open to nurture staff,education staff, health staff, social workers,police, family support workers and all who areinterested in effectively supporting vulnerablechildren and their families.

While a few children really need and benefitfrom such provision, Boxall looked behindthe labels and showed that many childrenhad simply not had adequate emotional andsocial support from their earliest months tomeet the demands of school life. Placed insmall part-time groups with two staff, andgiven the experiences they had missed withthe understanding and support of the wholestaff group, the majority made rapidprogress and were ready to move back totheir base class in less than a year. Nurture groups quickly spread by word of

mouth. Staff understood Boxall’s reasoning. With frequent meetings, recording of

progress, discussing what worked, overseveral years they devised an assessmentschedule, the Boxall Profile, which as oneteacher said “Confronted with a child whoseanxiety-provoking behaviour makes nosense, the Profile is where you start. It givesyou insights and suggests points of entryinto the child’s world.”

Keynote Speakers

Dr Tina RaeBuilding resilienceDr Tina Rae has over 30 years’ experience working withchildren, adults and families in both clinical and educationalcontexts, within local authorities and specialist educationalservices. Tina specialises in social, emotional and behaviouraldisorders and difficulties. She is an academic and professionaltutor for the Doctoral programme in Educational and ChildPsychology at the University of East London. She hasundertaken research in the areas of engagement anddisaffection with learning in young people, debriefing followingcritical incidents, attachment disorders, emotional wellbeingand the psychological assessment of young offenders. Tina isalso a prolific author and has written extensively on topics suchas wellbeing, attachment, emotional literacy, behaviouralproblems, anger and stress management, critical incidents,cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing,solution focused grief therapy, loss and bereavement in youngpeople, youth offending and social skills development and,more recently, building resilience.

Wendy RodenPrinciples into practice and The Nurturing School AwardWendy has a long career in teaching and in developing and supportingnurture groups. She joined the Nurture Group Network Board ofManagement in 2010, stepping down when she was appointed TrainingOfficer in 2012.This presentation will consider the six principles of nurture practice.

It will give examples aimed at addressing the needs of young people,focusing on approaches and strategies used in specific secondaryschools that have obtained the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award.Schools are increasingly understanding the importance of

developing nurturing schools. Wendy will also discuss NGN’ssuccessful delivery of the Nurturing Schools Quality Mark Award pilot,that was delivered in two areas of United Kingdom this term. 18schools were part of the pilot and the programme will be rolling out allover the UK during the next academic year.

Now nurture groupsare spreading rapidly insecondary schools,which is the focus of ourconference today. Comeand learn why they areachieving such acclaim.

If you are unfamiliarwith nurture groups,take a look at ourwebsitewww.nurturegroups.org, to see what teachers,parents and pupils bigand small have to sayabout them. See quotesstraight from the heartof those who havebenefited from nurturegroups and understandmore fully how theycould help you and yourpupils.

Ben HibberdNurture groups insecondary schools:what young peoplethinkBen holds a BSc (Hons) in SocialPsychology and is currentlystudying for his doctorate inEducational and Child Psychology(D.Ed.Ch.Psy). After two years asan assistant psychologist workingwith children and young peoplewith mental health conditions atThe Priory Hospital, South WestLondon, Ben also spent a yeartraining to become a voluntaryplay therapist at CareFree Kids inLeytonstone, working withchildren who have social,emotional or behaviouralchallenges to overcome. Prior todoctoral training, Ben’s mostrecent role was as mental healthlead at City & Hackney CarersCentre, supporting those caringfor people with mental healthconditions, which on occasionwould include children and youngpeople. More recently, Ben hasdeveloped a special interest innurture groups; his doctoralthesis explores views of the youngpeople themselves around theirexperiences of a secondarynurture group. In addition, Benhas experience of presenting ontopics such as attachment theory,positive psychology andmindfulness.

Andrew Locke andClaire EccleshallEstablishing asecondary nurturegroupAndrew Locke is the Vice Principal ofWestern Road Academy and has beena teacher for 22 years. He began hiscareer as a History teacher but hasalso taught Economics, BusinessStudies and PE. In May 2008 he wasgiven the task of developing ‘STEPS’,Western Road Academy’s nurtureprovision and achieved the MBQMA in2011.

Claire recently joined TheNurture Group Network after a longcareer teaching in a mainstreamprimary school. Claire previously rana QMA primary nurture group andhas been a NGN associate trainer formany years.

This keynote will focus on ways toadapt the original Boxall theory andpractice to suit a secondary setting.Using their resource Establishing aSecondary Nurture Group, Claire andAndrew will dissect the originalmodel to show how each element ofnurture theory can become a positivepart of your secondary setting. Therewill be lots of useful and practicalideas for delegates to implement intheir own nurture setting.

There will be a Q & A session atthe end of the workshop fordelegates to seek advice abouttailoring what they have heard totheir own provision and setting.

Angi FranklinThe VerbalEscalationContinuumAngi joined The Nurture GroupNetwork as a Training Officer in2013. Previously she worked inthe Behaviour Support AdvisoryTeam for a local authority. Aspart of her role, Angi hasdelivered training in MAPA,attachment theory, earlylanguage development,behaviour management, autismand sensory issues, and alsotaught in a further educationcollege. Angi recently addedanother string to her bow whenshe travelled to Denmark fortraining with the LEGO®

Academy in Billund. She is nowan accredited teacher trainerand delivers LEGO®

BuildToExpress forpractitioners.

This presentation will focuson the Verbal EscalationContinuum created by the CrisisPrevention Institute, Europe.Delegates will learn a numberof ways to identify behaviourthat indicates an escalationtoward aggressive and violentbehaviour, and take appropriatemeasures to avoid, decelerateand/or de-escalate a crisis.

This presentation will involvesome audience participationand discussion.

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Danny SweatmanThrough the eyes of an ‘Eagle’After completing a teaching degree atCanterbury Christ Church University,Danny Sweatman began his teachingcareer in Egerton, Kent working in a smallrural primary school for three years. In2009, he moved back to Norfolk where heset up a nurture group at Aylsham HighSchool.

The ‘Eagles' nurture group is a smallsupportive class of up to fifteen studentsrun by Danny and supported by a learningsupport assistant and a lead interventionteaching assistant.

The students are carefully selectedaccording to their individual holistic profile ofneeds identified from primary school andthrough discussions with parents/carers, aswell as using the Boxall Profile assessmenttool.

Danny and staff understand it is crucialfor our students to have a comfortable,smooth and successful transition tosecondary school and have a range ofinduction opportunities to support this. Theaim from the start was to create a nurturingethos within a mainstream school where allstudents feel valued, safe and happy to givethem every opportunity to develop socially,emotionally and academically.

Now in their fifth year of nurtureprovision, the very first Eagles have flown thenest. In this keynote Danny will share their journey.

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Conferenceprogramme

08:30 – 09:15 Registration

09:15 – 09:30 Kevin Kibble Welcome

09:30 – 10:30 Dr Tina Rae Building emotional resilience in young people

10:30 – 11:00 Wendy Roden Principles into practice and The Nurturing Schools Award

11:00 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Claire Eccleshall and Andrew Locke Establishing a secondary nurture group

12:30 – 13:00 Ben Hibberd Nurture groups in secondary schools: what young people think

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Angi Franklin The Verbal Escalation Continuum

15:00 – 16:00 Danny Sweatman Through the eyes of an ‘Eagle’s

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A Nurture Group Network ConferenceNurture in Secondary Education Thursday 4 June Kingsway Hall, 66 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5BX

The venue

From the UndergroundHolborn - Central & Piccadilly lines150 metres (2-3 minute walk)Turn left out of the station walking downKingsway, after approximately 100 metresturn right into Great Queen Street. TheHotel is on your left hand side.

Covent Garden - Piccadilly line500 metres (5-7 minute walk)Turn left out of the station and then turnright on to Long Acre. Continue to walkalong Long Acre for approximately 200metres. The road will then cross over intoGreat Queen Street, the Hotel is a further200 metres up on the right hand side.

From the AirportLondon City Airport: 9 miles, 40minutes by public transportHeathrow Airport: 18 miles, 50 minutesby tube or taxiGatwick Airport: 28 miles, 60 minutesby public transport

From the Train StationWaterloo: 10 minutes by busKing’s Cross & St. Pancras station,Eurostar: 10 minutes by tubeVictoria: 20 minutes by tube

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