ABSTRACT

Using Outdoor Learning to Improve Behaviour for All focuses on teachers, parents and carers working together and creating environments in the classroom, home and particularly outdoors where all children can experience positive feedback and develop good learning behaviours.

It tells the story of the Wellie Wednesday project and the journeys children took with their families and schools to achieve success. Based on attachment theory and research in psychology and neuroscience, this practical book will support practitioners, parents, carers and children, who find themselves in negative cycles and situations, to take steps forward to a positive future.

Focusing on real situations and the needs of individual children and their families, this accessible guide is divided into four sections:

  • Making a difference: for individual children, their parents, carers and schools.
  • Can I be included? Case studies, including impact on family and school, strategies used, changes noticed and key questions raised.
  • Addressing concerns: understanding behaviour as communication.
  • How change happened: enriching learning to improve behaviour.

Offering a wide collection of case studies and practical strategies, Using Outdoor Learning to Improve Behaviour for All will be an essential resource for all teachers, parents and carers wanting to support and guide children towards accessing education successfully.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |62 pages

Can I be included?

chapter |8 pages

Yasmin

Daring to join in

chapter |11 pages

Amber

Picking up speed

chapter |9 pages

Ashley

Safe to like and be liked

chapter |8 pages

Sammy

Finding the need to speak

chapter |12 pages

Ella

Attention seeking or attention needing?

chapter |12 pages

Ned

Persevering pays off

part |36 pages

Addressing concerns

chapter |1 pages

Introduction to the case studies

Addressing concerns

chapter |4 pages

Language and communication skills

What is special about Shaun?

chapter |6 pages

Narrative conversations to find solutions

What is special about Dillon?

chapter |4 pages

Anxiety-driven behaviour

What is special about Elise?

chapter |6 pages

Self-hatred and self-harming

What is special about Kevin and Anna?

chapter |4 pages

The competitive spirit

What is special about Seth?

chapter |4 pages

Building independence and responsibility

What is special about Liam?

chapter |5 pages

Food

Too much? Too little? Fussy eater? Fearful?

part |58 pages

How change happened

chapter |21 pages

A summary of strategies

A pathway to each child's successful future

chapter |20 pages

The theoretical background

Putting theory into practice

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion

Transferring learning into school and some final thoughts