TINT Education

🌟Our first Emotion Coaching online course of 2025 is now open for registration! This five-part course will equip you with the tools and strategies you need to enhance emotional literacy, connection, self-regulation and resilience in the children and young people you support. This 5-part online course is designed for: ✅ Teachers (Primary & Post-Primary) ✅ Principals ✅ Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) ✅ Early Childhood Educators 🔹 Why Emotion Coaching? This evidence-based approach helps children better understand and manage their emotions. By responding effectively in moments of distress, we can reduce challenging behaviours, build stronger relationships, and create a safer, more inclusive environment. 🔹 What’s Included? Along with five interactive, practical online sessions, you'll get access to a comprehensive resource pack to support your learning and implementation. 👉 Registration is open via our website www.tinteducation.ie. 💬 Have questions? Please reach out and I'll make time to chat. #EmotionCoaching #EmotionalLiteracy #TraumaInformedPractice #TraumaInformedEducation #EducationCPD

Delighted to be able to run another course in Emotion Coaching next term due to popular demand! Suitable for teachers, SNAs, Principals, Guidance Counsellors, Early Childhood Educators and anyone else working with children or young people. The approach benefits ALL children and has been shown to be particularly helpful in supporting those with autism, ADHD, or emotional regulation difficulties associated with trauma/attachment. What is Emotion Coaching? Emotion Coaching is a four-step approach that helps school staff respond to pupils’ heightened emotions and related behaviours as they occur. Originally developed by John Gottman for parenting, this relational method of communication has been effectively adapted by educational psychologists for use in schools. It is increasingly adopted by Primary and Post-Primary schools in Ireland as a strategy to support sustainable emotional health and wellbeing. Research shows that Emotion Coaching enhances staff competency and calmness, improves pupils’ emotional literacy and regulation, and fosters stronger pupil-staff relationships. Schools have also reported better pupil behaviour, higher academic achievement, improved staff wellbeing, as well as enhanced family relationships and fewer parental complaints. Places are limited as this is an interactive course (involving some use of breakout rooms for skills development exercises) so please register early to avoid disappointment: https://lnkd.in/ep72GzHN

Interested in learning more? Our next online course in #EmotionCoaching commences this Monday 15th April with registration open via Tralee Education Centre. Terry O'Sullivan - Tralee Education Support Centre

Last chance to register for the next online Emotion Coaching course commencing this Monday 15th April via Tralee Education Centre. Terry O'Sullivan - Tralee Education Support Centre #EmotionCoaching #emotionalregulation #emotionalintelligence #emotionalliteracy #emotionalhealth #EducationCPD

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For crying out loud. The Department for Education and this government are insistent on remaining wholly ignorant about the REAL problems fuelling absence from schools. What do they propose? - To continue to ignore the real barriers to school-based education and instead waste a further £15 million on attendance mentors! Meanwhile, the mental health lead and mental health training for every staff member in every school, as promised in two key policies (2017/18) are yet to materialise. Mainstream school is no longer a safe option for hundreds of thousands of children, who are being re/traumatised by schools' draconian, zero tolerance approach to behaviour, which is causing many children distress - particularly those who have SEND and those who have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences and trauma. On which note - surviving a global pandemic IS a ''Big T'' trauma - yet children/YP are just expected to ''keep calm and carry on''. NO! This trauma needs to be seen, validated and processed with safe adults, if is to be healed. While pre/post Covid attendance are constantly churned out - the underlying reasons why are always omitted. Covid gave families the opportunity and freedom to educate their children at home/alternatively. Their children did not have to be confined to school to be subjected to re/traumatising practices (particularly around their dysregulated behaviours). Of course they would choose to protect their children from this torment. It is no coincidence that over 140,000 children (predominantly those with SEND) are now being home-schooled as a result of being unable to cope with mental and physical health challenges, bullying, trauma, excessive academic pressure, overly strict behaviour policies and an ever-narrowing/irrelevant curriculum (because apparently play, sport, drama, music, art and cooking are unnecessary extras in life!) The answer is not more policing in schools - it lies in embedding TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. Until this informs and guides the cultural ethos and provision in schools, attendance WILL remain an issue - because the government is an ignorant ass and the Department for Education is lead by clueless, myopic, misguided and ill-equipped individuals. High time for trauma-informed transformation. Fail to invest now - pay later. https://lnkd.in/eayi_q9q

Emotion Coaching - 5 Part Webinar Series BEFORE BOOKING PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS NON REFUNDABLE Dates: Tuesdays - 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th January & 6th February 2024 Times: 7.00pm - 8.30pm Venue: Online via Zoom Target Audience: Suitable for teachers, SNAs, school leaders, guidance counsellors & early childhood educators/childcare providers What is Emotion Coaching? Emotion Coaching is a relational, skills- based approach for adults to use during moments of heightened emotion and resulting behaviour to guide and teach children and young people about more effective responses. Research has identified that children who are supported through this strategy are better able to control their impulses and delay gratification, self soothe when upset, have better attentional capacity and increased motivation, perform better academically and are better able to function in social relationships. This school-friendly programme uses 4 core steps to help develop emotional resilience, empathy and problem solving skills within children and young people. It is also shown to positively impact adult wellbeing. The course will cover: Basic neuroscience of emotional regulation & the stress-response system Background to emotion coaching, what it is & why we should use it Adults’ emotional awareness & different styles of responding to emotions in children & young people How to use the 4 steps of emotion coaching Practical exercises & skill development activities Practice, reflection, peer discussion & problem-solving Overview of strategies that complement emotion coaching Support in starting your emotion coaching journey Login to book: https://lnkd.in/ePTp76EG

Sensory Strategies: Nurturing Self-Regulation in Schools Date : Thursdays 11th, 18th & 25th Jan, 1st & 8th Feb 2024 Time : 7.00pm - 8.30pm Venue : Online Sensory strategies are techniques that increase or decrease sensory input to help pupils to focus and learn. They are particularly useful when working with children impacted by sensory-processing difficulties arising from trauma, ADHD, Autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. This five-part webinar series is designed specifically for Primary and Post-Primary teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) seeking to enhance their understanding of sensory processing and application of sensory strategies to support regulation in educational settings. The series will delve into the world of sensory processing and provide practical tools to create an inclusive and harmonious learning environment. Participants will:  Explore the concept of sensory processing and its impact on behaviour, attention, and learning.  Explore essential steps to foster self-regulation in pupils while deepening understanding of co-regulation, emotional awareness, and recognition of sensory behaviours.  Uncover the potential of movement breaks, alerting, organising and calming activities, and sensory circuits as powerful tools to promote engagement, regulation, and learning.  Discover sensory tools and resources that can be used to create sensory-rich spaces.  Gain the confidence to create an enriched learning environment that nurtures engagement, self-regulation, and overall well-being for all pupils.  Explore the powerful framework of the Zones of Regulation and gain practical strategies for implementing it in the classroom Course Outline Session 1 – Sensory Processing & Its Impact on Regulation  Understanding the senses, arousal and regulation  Understanding the impact of sensory processing differences  Recognising sensory seeking and sensory avoiding behaviours in school Session 2 – Steps to Self-Regulation  Co-regulation precedes self-regulation  Linking body sensations, emotions and arousal states  Creating sensory-inclusive spaces: environmental considerations  Sensory equipment and resources Session 3 – Regulating Minds and Bodies  Movement Breaks & Sensory Circuits  Alerting, Organising & Calming Activities  Meditation, mindfulness & breathing exercises Session 4 - Sensory Diets: Identifying Individual Needs and Setting Goals  Tools and techniques to gather information about sensory preferences, sensitivities, and seeking behaviours  Tailoring sensory diets and designing sensory schedules to meet individual needs  Setting goals and tracking progress  Using social stories to support sensory goals Session 5 – Implementing the Zones of Regulation Register here : https://lnkd.in/ewwGksnH