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Key Points Summary

1. We make a call to all adults with young people in their care: let’s not

use the same techniques for supporting young people that were

being used 100 years ago. We wouldn’t do that in medicine.

2. Instead, we ask people to consider the evidence now in our hands -

our knowledge of the brain and our understanding of psychology –

to use methods that help children to do better and make progress,

not simply feel worse.

3. The remainder of this presentation summarises our approach,
which is based on what we know about the brain.

4. The approach is not a quick fix (that doesn’t exist), but with great

leadership, consistency and insistency, it will be effective in helping

all children to achieve their best.