The framework · Trademark UK00004409866
A step-by-step way to move a child from crisis to calm, and a school from reacting to behaviour to understanding it.
Eight steps, in order
Each letter is a move. Together they take the guesswork out of the hardest moments in a school day.
Notice the signal early. Behaviour is the first thing we see, not the whole story, but the way in.
Get curious before we get corrective. What happened before, around and beneath this moment?
Look at the patterns, not the one bad day. When, where and with whom, the data that tells the truth.
Every behaviour is meeting a need. Name it, and the response almost writes itself.
Bring the nervous system back to safety. A dysregulated child cannot learn, and neither can a dysregulated adult.
Change the conditions, not just the child. Small shifts in the room remove the trigger before it fires.
Regulation is a skill, not a demand. Build it deliberately, so the child can find their own way back to calm.
Measure what changed. Review, refine and evidence the impact, for the child, the staff and the school.
Three ideas sit underneath every step, and they're why the method sticks after Nina leaves.
What's happening in the brain and body when a child can't cope, explained so any adult can act on it.
Connection before correction. The relationship is the intervention, not an add-on to it.
Strategies that survive contact with a full timetable, a tight budget and a Tuesday afternoon.
A one-page overview of all eight steps, for your staffroom wall, your INSET pack or your SLT meeting.
Training days, INSET and whole-school reviews built entirely around the R.E.G.U.L.A.T.E. framework.
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