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Nurture Groups
– why they
matter
A Nurture Group
Network
Conference
Thursday
16 October
2014
Holiday Inn City Centre
Liverpool
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The conference
It is more than 40 years since educational psychologist Marjorie
Boxall decided something had to be done about the huge
number of children being put forward for special schools in the
Inner London Borough of Hackney.
She understood that these children were not ‘maladjusted’ or ‘educationally
subnormal’, but had simply not had adequate emotional and social support
from their earliest months to be able to deal with the demands of school life.
And so nurture groups were born.
Since then thousands of children have benefited from spending time in small
part-time groups in their schools and being given the experiences they
missed in their early lives.
The Boxall Profile now underpins everything that nurture groups can achieve
and groups are being set up in primary and secondary schools, in special
schools and units in the UK and throughout the world.
Come and learn why they are achieving such acclaim from teachers, parents,
pupils, educationalists and others.
If you are unfamiliar with nurture groups, take a look at our website
www.nurturegroups.org, to see what teachers, parents and pupils big
and small have to say about them. See quotes straight from the heart of
those who have benefited from nurture groups and understand more
fully how they could help you and your pupils.
Who should attend:
The conference is open to nurture staff, education
staff, health staff, social workers, police, family support
workers and all who are interested in effectively
supporting vulnerable children and their families
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Keynote Speakers
Edurné
Scott-Loinaz
Lessons learnt
Edurné Scott Loinaz, BA,
MA (Ed), is a researcher
specialising in socioemotional education.
Edurné has recently
conducted a comparative
study of affective education
in Spain and the United
Kingdom at the Institute of
Education, where she
analysed how socioemotional education
programmes have been
developed and
institutionalised. Her recent
work for The Nurture
Group Network includes
managing a pilot study of
over 100 nurture groups
and linking the effective
components of nurture
group provision to other
evidence-based
psychosocial interventions.
This keynote will focus on
what we can learn from
research to inform current
practice.
Edurné will share the
results of NGN research into
what elements make for a
successful nurture group,
what we can prove and
where more needs to be
done.
Dr Vicky Booth
Story, knowledge and power:
using narrative psychology to shape the stories
we tell about ourselves and each other
Dr Vicky Booth is a senior practitioner educational
psychologist for Wigan Council.
Vicky was a teacher for five years before studying for a
Masters degree in Educational Psychology at Manchester
University, after which she took up a post as an assistant
educational psychologist with Sheffield City Council.
During this time she co-authored with Dr Martin Hughes a
chapter on ‘Assessing Pupil Motivation for Change’, for Dr
Eddie McNamara’s Motivational Interviewing (2009).
Her doctoral thesis explored the narratives of a young
person who was an asylum seeker. The concept of
narrative; the stories we tell about ourselves and each
other has continued to fascinate Vicky since then, and her
current work involves the application of narrative
psychology along with other psychological approaches
which emphasise and utilise people’s inherent strengths
and resources.
Vicky works with a group of 14 schools, including
mainstream primary and secondary schools, and specialist
schools for children with social, emotional and mental
health needs. She is a lead psychologist responsible for
co-ordinating early years psychological work in Wigan
Alongside casework, Vicky delivers training within a
range of schools and other settings. As a speaker and
trainer, Vicky is known for her friendly and accessible style.
She enjoys sharing practical ideas of how to apply
psychology to support the development of young people.
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Workshops
Dr Tina Rae
Building resilience
Dr Tina Rae has over 30 years’
experience working with
children, adults and families in
both clinical and educational
contexts within local authorities
and specialist educational
services. Tina specialises in
social, emotional and
behavioural disorders and
difficulties. She is an academic
and professional tutor for the
Doctoral programme in
Educational and Child
Psychology at the University of
East London. She has
undertaken research in the
areas of engagement and
disaffection with learning in
young people, debriefing
following critical incidents,
attachment disorders,
emotional wellbeing and the
psychological assessment of
young offenders. Tina is also a
prolific author and has written
extensively on topics such as
wellbeing, attachment,
emotional literacy, behavioural
problems, anger and stress
management, critical incidents,
cognitive behavioural therapy,
motivational interviewing,
solution focused grief therapy,
loss and bereavement in young
people, youth offending and
social skills development and
more recently, building
resilience.
You may attend
two out of the
five workshops
Maria Coyle
Bereavement and
loss – how to help
children through
the trauma
Maria Coyle has taught in primary
schools for more than 30 years. She
has been a SENCO and gained a
number of qualifications in special
educational needs within the
mainstream setting including The
Nurture Group Network
accreditation.
She has been part of Wigan
council/authority support team since
January 2000 assigned to working
with schools, families and other
agencies to support children with
social, emotional and behavioural
difficulties. The role includes
providing training for the whole
school community plus other groups
and thus she worked with Suzanne
Taylor to develop presentations on
bereavement, separation and loss.
This workshop aims to show the
impact of bereavement on children
and how adults can help them
through the trauma.
One before lunch and
one after. All five
workshops will include
strategies to suit all ages
Gail McManus
and Maureen
Rose
Relax to Learn
Gail McManus is a behaviour
practitioner with more than 20
years experience. Gail set up a
successful nurture room in one
of the most deprived areas in
Wigan and has worked at the
Targeted Education Support
Service for eight years
supporting/training staff in
mainstream schools. Much of
this work is done through the
nurture room.
Maureen Rose is also a
behaviour practitioner with
more than 20 years experience
in a primary and secondary
setting.
This workshop will focus on
the Relax to Learn programme,
developed by Gail, Maureen and
Yvonne Monaghan, which is a
six week programme containing
useful resources and lesson
plans to encourage children to
relax and focus.
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A Nurture
Group
Network
Conference
Jill Piotrowski Maths in the nurture room
Jill was a teacher in both mainstream and special schools for over 25 years before joining Wigan Local
Authority as part of the Targeted Education Support Service in 2006. Her role involves supporting
schools, pupils and families to overcome barriers to learning and ensure vulnerable pupils reach their
potential.
As a Maths Recovery Consultant, Jill has trained in this research based intervention programme
across the UK and internationally as well as providing training for Wigan schools over many years. She
is also on the Executive Committee for the Maths Recovery Council of UK and Ireland. This workshop
will provide delegates with strategies on how to include maths in the nurture room.
Dr Tina Rae Mindfulness in the nurture context
Mindfulness is an approach that aims to further develop children’s life skills by helping them to selfregulate and self-calm, pay attention to themselves and the world they live in and to effectively reflect
on their actions and relationships.
The key aims of mindfulness are to develop:
• Attention – awareness of emotions, thoughts, feelings and greater concentration
• Balance – time for you, time for family and friends, time for school and studying
• Compassion – self-acceptance, non-judgemental
This approach can be used with all adults and children to increase self-awareness and support in
managing daily life as well as stressful events. Mindfulness can help to support attention, social
relationships, anxiety, memory, self-management, self-understanding and relaxation.
This workshop will introduce mindfulness and also present practitioners with some resources and
activities taken from the new 60 Mindful Minutes programme written by Tina Rae for The Nurture
Group Network.
Wendy Roden The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award
Wendy has a long career in teaching and in developing and supporting nurture groups. She joined the
Nurture Group Network Board of Management in 2010, stepping down when she was appointed
Training Officer in 2012.
The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award involves assessing the work of a nurture group against a
set of quality standards. These standards are derived from the six principles of nurture groups and their
clearly defined operational characteristics. These principles and characteristics have been distilled and
refined over a number of years by those people most directly concerned with the growth of the nurture
group model including the originator, Marjorie Boxall.
This workshop will be of value to those who are thinking of applying for the Marjorie Boxall Quality
Mark Award. The six principles of nurture groups will be considered against the standards with
examples of how this can translate into practice.
www.nurturegroups.org
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applications to Gillian McAveety, Nurture Group Network,
Booking All18A
Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PB T: 020 3475 8980
Email: gillian@nurturegroups.org
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CLOSING DATE FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
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Nurture groups
- why they matter
A Nurture
Group
Network
Conference
Thursday 16 October
Holiday Inn City Centre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1NQ
Cost £95 plus VAT (£114.00)
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two
workshops
you would
like to attend
by ticking
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Bereavement and loss – how to help children through the trauma
Relax to Learn
Maths in the nurture room
Mindfulness in the nurture context
The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award
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Conference programme
A Nurture
Group
Network
Conference
Nurture groups
- why they matter
Thursday 16 October
Holiday Inn City Centre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1NQ
08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:40 Kevin Kibble Welcome
09:40 – 09:50 Yvonne Monaghan Welcome
09:50 – 10:40 Edurné Scott-Loinaz Lessons learnt
10:40 – 11:30 Dr Vicky Booth Story, knowledge and power
11:30 – 11:50 Break
11:50 – 12:50 Choose 1 of 5 workshops
12:50 – 13:50 Lunch
13:50 – 14:50 Choose 1 of 5 workshops
14:50 – 15:10 Break
15:10 – 16:00 Dr Tina Rae Building resilience
www.nurturegroups.org
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The venue
Holiday Inn
City Centre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1NQ
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