Offering insights and solutions, this book acts as a practical guide to coach practitioners in their personal and professional development, helping them to raise the achievement of children exhibiting challenging behaviour. It draws practitioners towards a holistic understanding of ourselves and how we impact on children's learning and behaviour.

Offering new insights and creative solutions, this is a practical guide to coach practitioners in their personal and professional development, helping them to raise the achievement of children exhibiting even the most challenging of behaviour.

Introduction
Part One Blue Sky Thinking
Chapter 1 Laying The Pieces Out : Why a Whole Brain Approach?
Chapter 2 Sorting And Grouping : Theoretical influences
Chapter 3 Identifying the Boundaries : Recognising your CAB profile
Chapter 4 Seeing The Picture : Introducing the Competency Wheel
Part Two Examining the Pieces
Chapter 5 Grouping the Yellow: Psychological Application
Chapter 6 Grouping the Blue: Professional and Specialist Knowledge
Chapter 7 Grouping the Grey: Organisation
Chapter 8 Grouping the Green: Communication
Chapter 9 Grouping the Lilac: Emotional Literacy
Chapter 10 Grouping the Pink: Self-Efficacy
Part Three Solving the puzzle
Chapter 11 The Whole is Greater than the Sum of it's Parts
Chapter 12 Applying the Model to Practice