The Therapeutic Teacher Podcast with Shahana Knight Podcast
1) The story behind my Therapeutic Classrooms
Classrooms are outdated, overwhelming and cluttered and often create barriers for children. It is normal to walk in to a classroom full of display boards, laminated posters, washing lines and work on ...Show More
2) What is trauma informed practice?
Everybody is talking about trauma informed practice in schools but what does it actually mean? There are a lot of misconceptions about what trauma informed practise is and so today I'm going to explai...Show More
3) Dave Mcpartlin: Teaching children to dream big, raising self-belief, being brave enough to try and going beyond the curriculum
In this episode, I am joined by Dave Mcpartlin, Head Teacher of Flakefleet Primary School. Dave wants the children to believe in themselves and dream big and he is on a mission to make sure that every...Show More
4) John Magee: Living with childhood trauma, teaching, kindness, happiness and positive psychology
You have to listen to this episode! John Magee is the kindest coach and the UK’s kindness ambassador for schools. He shares kindness with teachers and cultivates kind classrooms in hundreds of schools...Show More
5) Daniel Croft MBE: Raising standards in foster care, living with purpose and making a difference
This week’s podcast episode is with Daniel Croft, the CEO and vice chair for fostering and social work organisations across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada! Daniel is on a mission to ...Show More
6) Dr Poppy Gibson: Helping others, raising children, self-care and creating connective caring relationships
Join us for the first episode of the Inspiring Leaders series with the amazing Poppy Gibson. In this episode, we discuss various topics including parenting, children’s mental health, education, wellbe...Show More
7) SPECIAL: Paul Dix Interviews Shahana Knight
Have you been following my Therapeutic Classrooms Approach? Last Year the amazing Paul Dix interviewed me on Teacher Hug Radio! We managed to get a copy and so here it is, just for you on our Therape...Show More
8) Episode 20 - Reinventing break and dinner times
Dinner time and break time is a chance for children to blow of some steam and have a run about, right?.. Hang on.. Is that right? Or is it a time where many feel anxious and unsettled? Where the fast ...Show More
9) Episode 19 - Random acts of kindness in the classroom
It has been a rough year for our children and sometimes happy hormones have been hard to come by. This week's episode is all about doing random acts of kindness for the children but also with the chil...Show More
10) Episode 18 - What lockdown has taught us about trauma
Lockdown has been a rough year for us all, we have felt anxious and powerless. We have felt alone and at risk.. many of us have battled with our wellbeing and our mental health as a result. Feeling lo...Show More