SEMH and Global Majority Children

This session will include what SEMH is, how this condition occurs in our students & how it intersects with the Global Majority experience. It will also explore the latest statistics around Social, Emotional & Mental Health needs (SEMH) students & why it is vital to engage them before they enter ‘The School To Prison Pipeline.’ The session also establishes how to recognise the ‘fight-or-flight’ responses of SEMH students in the classroom & learn the brain science of why this happens. It will finish by identifying the power of the ‘Pygmalion Effect’ & how this strategy will help you motivate & engage your Special Educational Needs (SEN) & SEMH & Global Majority young people in the long-term.

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Karl C. Pupé FRSA is a qualified classroom teacher, leader and education consultant with over decade's experience in the primary, secondary and Further Education sectors. He is also the author of the award-winning books The Action Hero Teacher: Classroom Management Made Simple, The Action Hero Teacher 2: Teachers of the Lost Class and founder of www.actionheroteacher.com.  

Specialising in behaviour management, he worked as a Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs) Coordinator and Alternative Provision Lead teaching students with severe Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. His main focus was to help challenging learners re-engage & reintegrate into mainstream schooling. 

In September 2021, Karl was awarded a fellowship into the prestigious Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (The RSA) for his work on the Action Hero Teacher & his workshops on the wellbeing of young people.