Positive Regard

Positive Regard is more than a training and consultancy service.

We put the individual needs of children at the heart of everything we do. The holistic services we offer are flexible and shaped completely around the needs of the children and young people. We work with schools and children’s services to bring about an empathetic culture of support through staff training, practice modelling and policy review.

We don’t see challenging children and young people – we recognise signs of stress, trauma and emotional imbalance. We empathise with the root cause of these challenges and use a model of relational practice and positive behaviour support to repair relationships, build trust and decrease the signs of stress in children and young people, thus increasing their focus and engagement in teaching and learning, as well as increasing their opportunities to achieve in all aspects of their lives.

Our offer includes wellbeing, mental health, behaviour and SEND services. Each service is tailored towards the specific needs of a school or establishment and a bespoke package is created by our highly skilled Positive Regard Specialists.

our offer

At Positive Regard we offer a wide range of training and review services. These are Behaviour and SEND reviews, Team Teach and Mental Health First Aid, plus many more. More information on these services and how to book can be found at https://positiveregard.co.uk/training-support/ or you can call 01226 720757, alternatively you can email admin@positiveregard.co.uk 

Our Representative

We are proud that Darryl Jones, Positive Regard Consultant is also a member of staff at our school.

Darryl is Pastoral Manager for the SPP; DSL; Team Teach Advanced Instructor; Nurture Theory trained; Specialist Leader in Education; NPQ Leading in Behaviour and Culture; Secure Base Model trained and Restorative Justice Practitioner.

Darryl has worked in Special Education for over 15 years and has been a member of SLT for the past 5. His role now sees him supporting four schools across the Special Provision Partnership (SPP) in Barnsley and Kirklees. These are a variety of settings from generic special, SEMH and alternative provision. Within his role he leads in the areas of Behaviour, Safeguarding and Attendance, ensuring that the Pastoral teams on site have the expertise to support our pupils.

Team-Teach

Positive Regard’s Team-Teach trainers are able to offer a 6 hour ‘Foundation’ and a 12 hour ‘Basic’ course for professionals.

Team-Teach provides schools with a holistic approach to behaviour management that focuses on communication and de-escalation with an emphasis on post incident reflection and repair. It has evolved from a multi-disciplinary background and is suitable for children and young people of all ages with a variety of needs.

Working with Darryl (Advanced Team-Teach Tutor) trainees will gain confidence and competence, in responding to behaviours that challenge, whilst promoting and protecting positive relationships. 

Testimonials

“[The course was] well organised with strong subject knowledge and real life examples.”

“Knowledge and understanding of how, why and when [was a real strength]”

“Darryl and Callum have excellent subject knowledge.”

“Very informative course. Very professional and really good subject knowledge. Learnt a lot. Thank you”