Shared language is part of the intervention.
When staff, students and whānau use the same words to mean different things, responses become inconsistent. STRONG Inside™ gives school communities a shared, practical language for regulation, belonging, behaviour and learning.
Recently: Mental Health and Resilience for Boys, at the South Island Boys' School Network Character, Care and Wellbeing Hui, hosted by St Bede's College.
Shift the question. Change the response.
Judgement asks
What is wrong with them?
Formulation asks
What is affecting their capacity right now?
Capacity may be shaped by load, state, context and support.
What schools come to Emily for
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Belonging
The repeated experience of being noticed, included, respected and valued. It is a condition schools create.
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Behaviour as information
Moving from “What is wrong with them?” to “What is affecting their capacity right now?”
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Regulation
Helping students and staff notice, settle and return to learning.
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Relationships
Connection before correction, and regulation before problem-solving.
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Whole-school conditions
The environment, expectations and systems that support or strain capacity.
Ways to work together
Staff professional development
Interactive sessions on regulation, behaviour, belonging and shared language, tailored to your school.
School consultation
Working with leadership and pastoral teams on specific challenges, systems and wellbeing strategy.
Student and whānau sessions
Age-appropriate sessions for students and evenings for parents and whānau.
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