Lynn How, Author at Nexus Education

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Lynn How

Lynn has been teaching for 20 years during which time she has been an Assistant Head and a Lead Mentor at a Teacher Training institution. Currently, she is working as a SENCO. She loves to write, including research, children‘s poetry and she has an MA in Education, NASENCO and NPQH. Lynn’s particular areas of interest are wellbeing (staff and pupil), SEND, children’s mental health, leadership, mentoring and coaching. She has written for Teacher Toolkit and has her own blog www.positiveyoungmind.com. The site hosts a range of articles, resources and info graphics on all things SEMH - including educator wellbeing. She also has a coaching group with free monthly events: www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforteacherwellbeing/ In her leisure time, she loves to spend time with her family and in the great outdoors walking and climbing. She is also a Scout climbing instructor and assessor. Her children are 10 and 6 and therefore she can appreciate first-hand the pressure children, educators and parents are under!

https://positiveyoungmind.com/

Posts by Lynn How:

Lynn How SENCO workload

Fri Oct 2023 by lynnhow

SENCOs: Take control of your workload!

After receiving numerous questions relating to workload in her Facebook group, Lynn decided to share some of her key suggestions to prevent burnout.

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Lynn How Summer

Mon Jul 2023 by lynnhow

5 Top Tips to Support Your Staff at the End of Term

The end of term is in sight but there are still so many tasks to complete. Lynn How has ways to be of service to your staff- especially in this heat!

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Lynn How OFSTED

Tue Mar 2023 by lynnhow

Can the Profession Afford the Mental Health Costs of OFSTED?

As the country is in the midst of a teacher recruitment and retention crisis, is OFSTED fit for purpose?

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Lynn How Burnout

Wed Mar 2022 by lynnhow

Let’s Stop Calling it Teacher ‘Burnout’

Teacher Burnout- Lynn How argues that we should call it exploitation instead and change the onus from the employee to the employer.

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Lynn How MH

Mon Feb 2021 by lynnhow

5 Wellbeing Warmups For Remote Teaching

It's Children's Mental Health Week and never has wellbeing been more important. Lynn How has compiled a week's worth of quick and easy activities that can fit into your day.

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Sun Nov 2020 by lynnhow

Toxic Schools

Lynn How reflects on when things go really bad. She recalls when she had to 'bite the bullet' and admit that she needed to leave a school.

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Tue Sep 2020 by lynnhow

10 De-Escalation Techniques

With social distancing, some schools have adopted a zero tolerance policy on behaviour. Lynn How has some really helpful ways to de-escalate situations before things get too far.

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Fri Jul 2020 by lynnhow

Social and Emotional Support for School Refusers

Lynn How has some really useful ideas to help kids return to school and help them feel safe and comfortable enough to want to stay there.

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Wed Jul 2020 by lynnhow

The Seeds Of Change

Exam pressure has escalated over the last few years. Most in education agree that we were in a 'mental health crisis' before Lockdown. Now that exams are cancelled for this year, Lynn How asks, is this not the time to change things?

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Thu Jun 2020 by lynnhow

8 Worry Busting Tips To Support Childhood Anxiety

It can be hard to see our children struggle and to have worries but what can we do? Lynn How from Positive Young Minds describes how she always tries to talk through her children's worries no matter how small they seem.

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