The Essential Guide for Mentors

The Mentoring Toolkit by Stephanie George Deputy Headteacher, trainer & TES Award Winner The essential guide for mentors working in any setting This practical, high quality toolkit has been created by Stephanie George, one of the UK's leading practitioners in mentoring, and author of the leading educational textbook on Learning Mentor Practice in England. It includes a step-by-step guide to the process of mentoring plus a useful range of resources for intervention, monitoring, assessment and evaluation. Practical, flexible resources Whether you use the toolkit in a school, pupil or student referral unit, exclusion/inclusion unit or other educational establishment, these handy resources will help you improve the progress and attainment of your students. You can use the resources as they are to provide a complete off-the-shelf solution, or adapt them to create a bespoke solution for your setting.   There's a wide selection of forms, letters, templates and model documents that you can photocopy from the book or print from the FREE CD-Rom that comes with the book. Evidence your mentoring pathway This carefully planned toolkit is also designed to help you manage casework in a structured way. The documents show the pathway for mentoring so you can clearly evidence it to a school, organisation, leadership teams, stakeholders and Ofstead. Take a look at what's included in the Mentoring Toolkit: Practical steps for intervention from start to finish Flow charts to guide you through the process of intervention A model learning mentor intervention policy Identification of students – includes the process of identification and resources to help identify students who would benefit from mentoring Thought boxes to help students identify barriers to progress and learning inside and outside the classroom, at home and with friends Question and discussion prompts about relating to others and managing angry feelings, stress, pressure and anxiety, attendance, anti-bullying along with strategy banks of ideas for dealing with these issues Intervention in action – includes resources for monitoring the intervention Assessing and reassessing the impact of intervention through feedback from the student as well as subject teachers A Student Monitoring and Review Workbook to be given to each student to track the activities undertaken and progress made – completed by both student and staff Daily appointment record forms for staff and students Termly review and feedback forms for staff and students This is a highly practical guide with a wide range of resources to help you provide effective mentoring for your students.. The Mentoring Toolkit Ref: 386-50372-71 £35.00 TO ORDER CLICK HERE Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: orders@incentiveplus.co.uk By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk Visit our website to see the complete range of resources to promote social, emotional and behavioural skills in children and young people. www.incentiveplus.co.uk or click here for the new downloadable 2016 Incentive Plus Catalogue If this email was forwarded to you and you'd like to subscribe yourself sign up here

18 Maths Games for Just £67.95

18 Maths Board Games For £67.95 Includes: 6 Maths Board Games Basic Pack, 6 Maths Board Games Pack 1 and 6 Maths Board Games Pack 2 Ref: 331-11046-62 £67.95  TO ORDER CLICK HERE The games are also available separately. 6 Maths Board Games Basic Pack This assortment of 6 board games is ideal for teaching essential maths skills to those with difficulties learning maths in conventional ways. Addition Subtraction Counting from 1 to 100 Yesterday, today and tomorrow Colour and shape Place value Ref: 331-11043-62 £23.95 TO ORDER CLICK HERE   6 Maths Board Games Pack 1 Six great games to teach children and help them practise their maths skills. The maths skills included in these brightly coloured board games are introduced in an enjoyable way. Providing a creative method of teaching, the areas of maths covered are: Addition Subtraction Place value Time Multiplication Division Ref: 331-11044-62 £23.95 TO ORDER CLICK HERE 6 Maths Board Games Pack 2 This collection of board games is brightly coloured and will appeal to all children. The games provide a practical way of learning and cover key maths competencies such as: Addition Subtraction Word problems Percentage, decimals and fractions Multiplication Division Ref: 331-11045-62 £23.95 TO ORDER CLICK HERE BUY ALL 18 BOARD GAMES AT A SAVING VALUE SET Ref: 331-11046-62 JUST £67.95  TO ORDER CLICK HERE Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: orders@incentiveplus.co.uk By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk Visit our website to see the complete range of resources to promote social, emotional and behavioural skills in children and young people. www.incentiveplus.co.uk or click here for the new downloadable 2016 Incentive Plus Catalogue

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For YOUR copy of the 2016 Incentive Plus Catalogue packed full of social, emotional, behavioural, mental health and well-being resources... REQUEST ONE BY POST DOWNLOAD A COPY VIEW ONLINE Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: orders@incentiveplus.co.uk By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk

24 easy to play games to help build children’s social, emotional and personal skills

24 Social Skills Board Games For £89.95 + VAT Includes 6 Social Skills Board Games, 6 Speaking & Listening Board Games, 6 Personal & Emotional Skills Board Games, 6 Personal Safety, Healthy Living & Well-being Board Games Ref: 331-50108-27 £89.95 + VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE The games are also available separately. 6 Social Skills Board Games Six eye catching and colourful board games all in one box are extremely good value. The games are fun, easy to play and help build children’s social skills, topics include: Morals Manners Empathy Friendship Showing emotions Managing emotions Ref: 331-9755-27 £23.95 + VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE 6 Personal Safety, Healthy Living & Well-Being Board Games These six vividly illustrated games teach important life skills about personal safety, healthy living and well-being, topics include: Safe behaviour Healthy lifestyle and diet The Internet Good hygiene practices Hazards around the home Where to get help in an emergency Ref: 331-10866-27 £23.95 + VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE 6 Personal & Emotional Skills Board Games These six colourful games support children’s learning about a range of topics to do with personal and emotional skills including: Self-awareness Empathy Relationships Dealing with change Recognising and managing emotions Going for goals Stopping bullying Ref: 331-10921-27 £23.95+ VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE 6 Speaking & Listening Board Games These six speaking and listening board games will encourage children to listen carefully and speak clearly whilst developing their ideas, thinking skills and vocabulary. The games will help them develop key skills for future success in reading and writing. The topics include: Drama Interaction Developing Ideas Critical Thinking Working As A Group Decision Making Ref: 331-10687-27 £23.95 + VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE All these games are suitable for children aged 6 to 12 years old. BUY ALL 24 BOARD GAMES AT A SAVING Includes 6 Social Skills Board Games, 6 Speaking & Listening Board Games, 6 Personal & Emotional Skills Board Games, 6 Personal Safety, Healthy Living & Well-Being Board Games VALUE SET Ref: 331-50108-27 JUST £89.95 + VAT TO ORDER CLICK HERE Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: [email protected] By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk Stay connected with Incentive Plus, the UK's largest supplier of social, emotional, behavioural, mental health and well-being resources for all ages.…

Have you heard about the blobs yet?

Explore feelings and emotions with The Blobs by Pip Wilson & Ian Long "Anyone who buys these books and flash cards will find them of enormous value in promoting pupils' emotional and physical well being and safety...worth every penny." - Carol Smart, Special Needs Information Press "Provides a whole tool box full of resources to start discussions over a huge range of subjects. It will enable the discussion to be better focused and in more depth." - Norman Cooper, Facts & Fiction Magazine Blobs are delightful characters (without age or gender) that help to facilitate and stimulate meaningful discussions around feelings and emotions. These creative books and imaginative cards are suitable for all ages. The Big Book of Blobs The Big Book of Blob Trees The Big Book of Blob Feelings The Big Book of Blobs offers a photocopiable collection of blob pictures to promote social and emotional discussion. Each blob picture offers a unique way to initiate discussion about all sorts of issues and subjects. This unique collection of blob trees with all it’s various blob characters is a fabulous way of opening up discussions about feelings and developing the understanding of emotions, empathy and self awareness. The Big Book of Blob Feelings 2 is designed to be used as an extension of the work covered in the original. A special selection of photocopiable blob pictures designed for work on feelings. £36.99 Ref: 77-7277-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER £36.99 Ref: 77-10057-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER £37.99 Ref: 77-50150-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Blob Behaviour Cards Feelings Blob Cards Emotions Blob Cards This set of cards illustrates a whole range of singular human behaviour making them an ideal discussion starter. They also help the users to understand how we all relate to one another by our behaviour. So, to get people talking about feelings, turn up a card and see which Blob you get. They may be angry, happy, depressed or excited – the cards span a whole range of emotions. The groups of Blobs on these cards are acting in many familiar 'human' ways: celebrating, fighting, feeling left out, supporting or ignoring each other. £25.75 + VAT Ref: 77-10806-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER £25.75 + VAT Ref: 77-9264-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER £25.75 + VAT Ref: 77-9265-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Blob Anger Book Blob Anger Cards This book includes a wide range of scenarios and situations to enable identification of feelings and discussions about the most appropriate way to deal with them. This set of cards provides 56 different elements of the anger cycle. Appropriate cards can be selected from the pack for a discussion, or the choice of the images could be left for those you are working with to choose. £36.99 Ref: 77-50188-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER £25.75 Ref: 77-10694-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Created by Pip Wilson and Iillustrated by Ian Long. Pip is a trainer and author with a background in social care, working with street gangs and elderly and homeless people. He is also a games show designer and host. Ian, formerly an artist-in-residence in Lambeth and a youth and children's worker in Gloucestershire specialising in art. Or they can be bought together as a Value Set: The Blob Best Sellers Collection (Includes The Blob Anger Book, Blob Anger Cards, The Big Book of Blob Trees, The Big Book of Blobs, The Big Book of Blob Feelings 2, Emotions Blob Cards, Behaviour Blob Cards & Feelings Blob Cards) £239.95 + VAT Ref: 77-50254-42 CLICK HERE TO ORDER For these and many more resources on special needs, plus any other social, emotional, behavioural, mental health or well-being issues, please visit our website www.incentiveplus.co.uk Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: orders@incentiveplus.co.uk By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk Stay connected with Incentive Plus, the UK's largest supplier of social, emotional, behavioural, mental health and well-being resources for all ages.…

An invaluable tool to give all the teachers in your school an insight into Special Needs

The Special Needs Insight – Set of 12 Books Just £99.99 An invaluable tool to give all the teachers in your school an insight into Special Needs Not only does The 12 Teachers’ Pocketbooks Special Needs Collection cover the different types of special needs such as Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, CD and ODD, but it also includes the areas that special needs pupils struggle with, such as anger management, behaviour management, emotional literacy, eating disorders, speech, language and communication, plus it looks at differentiation and raising achievement. These 128 page pocketbooks are ideal for teachers to dip into so they can gain a concise yet comprehensive understanding of special needs for pupils of all ages. The pocketbooks come in a set of 12 at a special discounted price of £99.99 or are available individually.    12 Teachers’ Pocketbooks – The Special Needs Collection £99.99 Ref: 240-50345-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Dyscalculia Pocketbook will tell you exactly what dyscalculia is; you’ll discover the possible causes of dyscalculia, its different subtypes and the learning difficulties it gives rise to; learn about different ways to identify dyscalculia and find support strategies for helping children who have this specific learning difficulty. Dyscalculia Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-50344-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Dyslexia Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-10370-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Dyslexia Pocketbook provides an outline of what dyslexia is; ways to recognise ‘at risk’ signs; information about learning profiles of dyslexic students; suggested solutions; how to improve the performance of dyslexic students and pointers to further resources. The Dyspraxia/DCD Pocketbook will tell you what dyspraxia/DCD is and the current approaches to diagnosis. You’ll learn how to recognise students with dyspraxia; familiarise yourself with the effects of the condition; and equip yourself with a range of teaching tools and classroom strategies to support pupils with this ‘hidden disability’.  Dyspraxia / DCD Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-11200-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Asperger Syndrome Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-10369-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Asperger Syndrome Pocketbook explains what Asperger’s syndrome is and offers a range of helpful strategies for overcoming the challenges it poses. The book covers social impairment, obsessive interests; repetition and change; verbal and non-verbal communication; anger; sensory problems; study skills and exams; and considers whole school implications. The Challenging Behaviours Pocketbook focuses on three particular behaviour disorders: ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), CD (Conduct Disorder) and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). The book is packed with tips, ideas, explanations and strategies. Challenging Behaviours Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-7351-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Eating Disorders Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-50189-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Eating Disorders Pocketbook explains what an eating disorder is and what life is like for sufferers. It identifies risk factors and warning signs, outlines ways to encourage pupils to talk about their disorder, and looks at strategies for helping them. Also includes a whole school approach to supporting recovery.  The Speech, Language & Communication Pocketbook shows teachers how to support pupils who are unable to understand and communicate effectively. It includes auditory memory, active listening skills, building sentences and narrative in speech and in writing, phonological difficulties and voice disorders, social communication, and a whole-school approach to SLCN. Speech, Language and Communication Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-50346-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Anger and Conflict Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-10219-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Anger & Conflict Management Pocketbook tells you about the anger cycle; how to recognise early warning signs and intervene to prevent an eruption; how to handle angry explosions/conflict situations; how to repair relationships following an outburst and how to teach children to manage difficult emotions. The Emotional Literacy Pocketbook  explains that by helping students to recognise, understand and handle emotions – their own and others’ – we can build their self-esteem, improve their confidence and pave the way for them to become educationally and socially successful. Emotional Literacy Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-9902-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Behaviour Management Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-10259-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Behaviour Management Pocketbook covers different styles of behaviour management; getting the basics right; eight core principles and a ten-step discipline plan. A section entitled ‘developing the toolkit’ offers a broad range of strategies for teachers to use. The Differentiation Pocketbook is about planning and teaching creative, student-focused lessons where every learner is appropriately challenged and where engaged, stimulated and motivated students work in a state of ‘flow’. In this kind of environment true differentiation serves not to label but to enable. Differentiation Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-50348-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER Raising Achievement Pocketbook £8.99 Ref: 240-50347-51 CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Raising Achievement Pocketbook shows how to strengthen learning and engagement, so boosting progress and attainment. Drawing on education research on feedback, metacognition and motivation, the book brings theory to life with examples and case studies. A thought-provoking read that could raise your game and improve student outcomes. For these and many more resources on special needs, plus any other social, emotional, behavioural, mental health or well-being issues, please visit our website www.incentiveplus.co.uk Schools & educational establishments can ORDER ON ACCOUNT CLICK HERE To Order: By phone: (01604) 870 828 By fax: (01604) 870 986 By email: orders@incentiveplus.co.uk By post: Incentive Plus, PO Box 928, Northampton, NN7 9AP By the website: http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk Stay connected with Incentive Plus, the UK's largest supplier of social, emotional, behavioural, mental health and well-being resources for all ages.…