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The CPS Climb: Building Pathways, Changing Practice
Climbing a mountain is a powerful metaphor for learning and growth. From the base, it’s hard to see the path ahead clearly, let alone...

Kelly McGowan
7 minutes ago3 min read
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The Power of Connection: Supporting Wellbeing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
I enjoy watching Good Sorts and Good as Gold—programmes that spotlight everyday New Zealanders doing extraordinary things. Last week, I...

Tracey Richardson
5 days ago3 min read
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Listening to Lead – A Reflection on Change, Challenge, and Supporting our Kaiako
At the heart of RTLB Aotearoa is a clear mission: to connect, inspire, and uplift one another. This mission is more than just an...

Corrinne Devitt
May 104 min read
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From Fairytales to Flexible Supports: Finding the ‘Just Right’ for Every Ākonga
Sensory differences are part of the diverse ways our ākonga experience the world. They’re not behavioural problems—they’re individual...

Louise Woodhead and Leonie Philburn
May 54 min read
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Breaking Barriers: A Personal Reflection on Pacific Learners in Aotearoa
“Qelu si gita pa nada vaka hite. Ture va toa ia tepe sina ele mae sa givusu” Let Us Paddle Together as the Wind Blows (Roviana saying)...

Michelle Maule
Apr 25 min read
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The Book That Changed Everything: A Journey to Ross Greene’s Lost at School
I first met the person who was to later introduce me to Ross Greene’s seminal work, in 1994. He was the counsellor at my first teaching...

Fiona Harkness
Mar 262 min read
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Just shut your mouth!
Have I got your attention with this title? I hope so. I’m not trying to be intentionally rude, but I have learned that to breathe...

Anthony Sandford
Mar 207 min read
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Mixing It Up: Using the Science of Learning to Support Structured Literacy
Last year, Education Minister Erica Stanford mandated a change in literacy education by requiring the implementation of a Structured...

Corrinne Devitt
Mar 134 min read
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Fault Codes and Neurodiversity: Diagnosing vs Understanding
Have you ever wondered if a diagnosis is the best way to support a neurodiverse student? Or if there's a more human-centred approach?

Louise Woodhead and Leonie Philburn
Mar 63 min read
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How Big is Your Window of Tolerance? How about Your Serve and Return? Exploring the Use of Metaphors in Trauma-Informed Practice
If you’re anything like me, you appreciate a good metaphor, especially when it makes complex ideas easier to grasp. As I’ve delved deeper...

Tracey Richardson
Dec 20, 20244 min read
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Espoused vs Enacted - How Language shapes our tamariki and mokopuna
Mahia te mahi, hei painga mo te iwi. Manaakitia te iwi, whangaingia te tangata. Kia mau ki te aroha, me te rangimarie Do the work, for...

Louise Woodhead
Dec 6, 20243 min read
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Evolving My Own RTLB Professional Identity (Version 2.0) - A Story of Resilience!
During Show Weekend (Canterbury Anniversary Holiday), when the weather was rough, I was having some down-time on my computer, at the...

Anthony Sandford
Nov 26, 20246 min read
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Kids do well if they can: A counterintuitive approach to challenging behaviour
In the field of education, conventional wisdom often blames ākonga for their challenging behaviours, framing them as lacking effort,...

Ve Grant-Lawlor
Nov 7, 20244 min read
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Take your leadership to the next level . . . promote authentic lollipop moments!
I have recently been very inspired, after viewing a Ted-Talk by Drew Dudley on Everyday Leadership. He has reconceptualised my thinking...

Anthony Sandford
Nov 2, 20244 min read
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Embracing Neurodiversity: How Language Shapes our Tamariki and Mokopuna
Here I sit listening to my mokopuna mimic his father’s words and I ponder about the language we use. I listened to the RTLB Realities...

Louise Woodhead and Leonie Philburn
Oct 25, 20243 min read
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Confessions of an RTLB: How Inclusive am I Really?
Inclusion. It's a word that I passionately spoke about in my interview to become a Resource Teacher: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB). Five...

Tracey Richardson
Oct 8, 20244 min read
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Drama or Empowerment? How do you resolve conflict?
Whether you are working alongside colleagues, working alongside kaiako or having a conversation at home with whānau, do you ever find...

Sue McIntosh
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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Unlocking Reading Success: A Journey Through Structured Literacy
Mā te kimi ka kite, Mā te kite ka mōhio, Mā te mōhio ka mārama Seek and discover. Discover and know. Know and become enlightened This...

Corrinne Devitt & Ve Grant-Lawlor
Sep 20, 20244 min read
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Seduced by Flash Templates? Exploring the Potential of Te Whare Tapa Whā in RTLB Practice
As I approach the final phase of my Master of Specialist Teaching with Massey University, I find myself diving into Te Whare Tapa Whā...

Tracey Richardson
Sep 15, 20245 min read
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Neurodiversity: To Be or To Have? That is the Question!
As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, language plays a crucial role in how we perceive and understand each other.

Louise Woodhead and Leonie Philburn
Sep 6, 20244 min read
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