Category Archives: Episodes

Lessons from Lockdown with Wendy Lee

The lockdowns imposed during the pandemic have presented immense challenges for all, especially teachers.

Do You Need to be an Expert in Every Area of SEND? with Clare Ward and Dr Jamie Galpin

Over the next few years, over 25% of the school population is projected to be [...]

Supporting Pupils with Autism to Self-Regulate with Tessa Morton

A classroom can be a terrifying place for a child with autism. Their anxiety may [...]

Story Metaphor and Its Use in Supporting Emotional Literacy with Dr Trisha Waters

We enjoy listening to and telling stories, they often reflect our own experiences or emotions and we [...]

He Doesn’t Do That at School with Ginny Bootman

There is often a huge divide between how a child with additional needs presents themselves [...]

Desperately Seeking Certainty with Clare Ward and Dr Jamie Galpin

Did you know that our brain is actually a kind of prediction making machine?

Neurodiversity in Schools: A Whole School Approach with Fintan O’Regan

Neurodiversity is a term which describes conditions such as Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD as variations [...]

Songwriting with Children with Al Start

Children enjoy writing stories and poems, but have you thought about songwriting?

Story Links with Dr Trisha Waters

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Dr Trisha Waters.

Connecting and Communicating with students with autism with Tessa Morton

If a child with autism can’t understand and connect with their care giver it will [...]

Communication – That’s the Aim of the Game with Ginny Bootman

Joining Dale today is Ginny Bootman. Ginny is currently a SENCO of 2 Primary schools, [...]

What is Grief? with Alison Knowles

Children experience many forms of grief such as parent separation, losing a toy, a pet [...]

Science Literacy Toolkit with Dr Susie Nyman

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles is joined by Dr Susie Nyman who talks us [...]

Inclusion Matters – Signing – Why Bother? With Al Start

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Al Start.

Every School leader is a leader of SEND with Fintan O’Regan

In this week’s show Dale and Fintan O’Regan are discussing how every school leader is a [...]

Therapeutic Story Writing with Dr Trisha Waters

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Dr Trisha Waters. [...]

Using Topic Based Songs with Al Start

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Al Start.

The Importance of Learning Through Play with Georgina Durrant

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Georgina Durrant to [...]

Empowering Mental Health for students with SEND with Dr Susie Nyman

In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Dr Susie Nyman [...]

Follow The Empathy Road with Ginny Bootman

Joining Dale today is Ginny Bootman. Ginny is currently a SENCO of 2 Primary schools, [...]

Changing the Ds in ADHD with Fintan O’Regan

In this week’s show we are discussing ADHD, how people see it, and whether it is [...]

Transition to the next phase of education for children and young people with SEND with Lorraine Petersen

Joining Dale today is Lorraine Petersen, looking at the different transition points and how we [...]

Self Preservation as a parent of a child with SEND with Alison Knowles

This week, Dale is joined by Alison Knowles. Alison is an emotional therapist who supports [...]

Tips for singing with children – using music inclusively across the curriculum with Al Start

This week Dale is joined by Al Start to discuss some helpful tips to help [...]