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The I AM Journal: Dinosaur Protocol Jul 17, 2025

 

Let’s be honest, you can have the most carefully crafted strategies in the world, but if a child doesn’t feel seen, safe or understood, it’s like trying to build a house without a foundation.

 At ...

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The I AM Journal: Emotional Safety - The Foundation Beneath Behaviour Jul 10, 2025

Before children can listen, learn, or cooperate—they need to feel safe.

We know this deep down, don’t we? And yet, it’s so easy to forget in the heat of the moment. We go straight to managing behav...

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The I AM Journal: Boundaries Done with Heart Jul 03, 2025

 

Boundaries done with heart don’t distance us from children, they draw us closer.

Because when children know where the limits are, they know where safety lives.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of ...

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The I AM Journal: What if Behaviour isn't the problem? Jun 26, 2025

What if behaviour isn’t the problem?
What if it’s the invitation?

You know the drill. We spend so much time trying to “manage” behaviour. The charts. The plans. The strategies. We pull out every too...

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The I AM Journal: Behaviour Support Starts With You Jun 19, 2025

You know all the strategies. You’ve made the charts, the plans, everything you can think of to address those behaviours. But it’s not working long term, is it?

Here’s what I’ve learned: behaviour s...

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The I AM Journal: Language - Building Bridges or Walls? Jun 12, 2025

 

Language is how we build bridges - or walls. It’s not just what we say, it’s how it lands in a child’s body. I’ve seen this play out in classrooms more times than I can count: the same phrase can o...

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The I AM Journal: The Nervous System - The Hidden Classroom Jun 03, 2025

In stories of old, our brave adventurers would find themselves stumbling across a hidden village in the deepest jungles, where the inhabitants held ancient mysteries and would reluctantly share thei...

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The I AM Journal: Where Reflection Meets Practice Jun 02, 2025

Let’s be real, most conversations about behaviour are still stuck in the same old cycle: surface-level fixes, endless lists of “strategies” and a quiet sense of burnout creeping in.

I’ve spent near...

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