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Unit 1: Getting Started Answers

5. It is a whole school approach and definitely not reserved for children

who present with inconvenient or concerning behaviours. The approach is

a whole school (or whole family/organisation) approach – for everyone –

whatever age. It provides a shared language so that everyone is

empowered to understand themselves and each other and have a

language to communicate needs positively.

6. The programme combines neuroscience, psychology,

coaching and education.

7. There are four main elements of the approach – Building the

Foundations, Responding in the Moment, Follow-Up for Progress and

Coaching for Change.

8. Each element of the programme needs a different skill which we

can compare to a fitness instructor, paramedic, surgeon and consultant

doctor.