About the Course

Teaching is a relational profession. Yet most behaviour management training focuses on strategies and systems - what to do to children - rather than helping teachers understand what behaviour is for. Beyond Behaviour: Seen, safe and ready to learn takes a different approach. Grounded in psychotherapeutic thinking but designed for the realities of primary school life, this six-session CPD course helps teachers develop a therapeutic lens on behaviour and classroom dynamics - without requiring any prior knowledge of therapy or counselling. This is a practical course focused on actionable learning that you can take directly into the classroom from week one. It is also a thoughtful one, because sustainable change in classrooms comes not just from new techniques, but from a shift in how we understand the children in front of us. Throughout the course, we address the reality that sits at the heart of every teacher's experience: there are 29 other children in the room. The therapeutic approach we explore is not about one-to-one counselling, it is about creating a classroom environment where every child can feel seen, safe, and ready to learn.

See behaviour differently

Understanding it as communication and creating the emotional safety children need to learn

Understand the nervous system

Your own, your pupils', and how regulation shapes learning

Support children through transitions

The beginnings, endings and in-between moments that so often unsettle a class

Work more confidently with neurodivergent learners

Including autistic children and those with ADHD

Use language intentionally

Choosing words that support regulation, connection and learning

Take care of yourself

Recognising your own needs and building sustainable practice

Meet Your Instructor, Katy Singer

Katy Singer is an educational psychotherapist in schools. She supports children, staff, and parents to better understand children’s emotional barriers to learning and to notice behaviour as a communication in the classroom. Through a relational approach, she aims to support children to become less stuck and for staff to feel supported.

Course Curriculum

6 Chapters · 8 Lessons

  1. 1

    13.05.26 - Relationships in the Classroom

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Session 1: Relationships in the Classroom 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Presentation: Relationships in the classroom

  2. 2

    20.05.26 - Behaviour as Communication - The Nervous System Response

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      Session 2: The Nervous System Response 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Presentation: Behaviour as communication - The nervous system response

  3. 3

    03.06.26 - Working with neurodivergent learners

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      Session 3: Working with neurodivergent learners 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

  4. 4

    10.06.26 - Language and Framing

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      Session 4: Language and Framing 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

  5. 5

    17.06.26 - Facilitating Transitions

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      Session 5: Facilitating Transitions 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

  6. 6

    24.06.26 - Reviewing the journey and self-care

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      Session 6: Reviewing the Journey and Self-care 15:45 - 16:45PM (GMT)

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