Once Upon an Outreach Teacher

Ginny Brown qualified as a teacher in Nottingham in 1980. Since then, she has taught in a range of special and mainstream schools and has held various positions including classroom teacher, teaching assistant and deputy head. Ginny is now an outreach teacher, working within a team that supports the needs of children and young people with a range of learning needs in dozens of schools, from nursery to secondary.

1. Making a Difference: How outreach teachers, and others, can help 2. Safety First: Practical tips for the job, working in the community 3. Lobby: The busy job of the office manager, and other school teams 4. Mud and Twigs: The importance of play for primary and secondary pupils 5. Shiny Things: Passing on good advice, start and finish trays 6. Dogs: How animals can help, parent’s point of view 7. Wrong Again: Talking to children, trigger words 8. What’s the Difference: Inclusion, gender dysphoria and history of special education 9. System:Dyslexia and self-esteem 10. Tweaks: Ways to help engagement in primary school 11. Yes, but…:Teacher’s point of view, and quick and dirty tips 12. A Word about Phonics: Phonics and whole word methods of learning to read 13. Upon Reflection: Masking in autism, not making assumptions 14. Just like Mum and Dad: How children copy, and how we can use that 15. And the Award goes to…: Motivators used in schools 16. It’s Not Fair! : Perfectionism, sense of right and wrong 17. Feeling Cross: Feelings in school, pupils and staff 18. Leaving Mum: Emotion Based School Avoidance 19. Away with the Fairies: Attention and focus 20. Chat with Liam: Young person’s point of view 21. Ups and Downs: Supporting child with Down syndrome 22. Don’t Forget to Remember: Working memory and retention 23. Top of Every Field: Dyslexia 24. Best Half Hour of the Week: Complex needs 25. Outreach Confidential: Ethical dilemma, involving young people 26. Ouch: Self-injurious behaviour 27. Independence: Growth mindset, learned helplessness 28. Environment: Classroom and sensory issues 29. TA Very Much: Teaching assistants’ points of view 30. The End: Leaving the job 31. Dysartia: Imagined disorder, if creativity was valued more than literacy and maths