Dr Chris Moore
Nurture Principle 4: The Power of Communication
As we delve into the second half of this series of blogs on the whole-school application of the Principles of Nurture, this one looks at...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jan 26
- 7 min
Nurture Principle 3: The Development of Wellbeing
This blog considers the third of the six Principles of Nurture: “The importance of nurture for the development of wellbeing”. This is...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jan 4
- 7 min
Nurture Principle 2: The Classroom offers a Safe Base
Continuing the series on the Six Principles of Nurture, this blog will examine the second principle: “The classroom offers a safe base”....
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Dr Chris Moore
- Nov 22, 2021
- 7 min
Nurture Principle 1: Learning is Understood Developmentally
This new series of blogs will look at the Six Principles of Nurture and how they are relevant not just to Nurture Groups and nurturing...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Oct 20, 2021
- 6 min
Staying within your Window of Tolerance
Dan Siegel refers to the Window of Tolerance as a span of harmonious functioning. He likens it to a middle ground between chaos and...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Embracing your Circle of Influence
It can be difficult to put plans in place and take appropriate action when we are flooded with anxious thoughts. Shifting our focus to...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Mar 31, 2021
- 10 min
The High-Rise of Reason: Part 3 of the 3 Rs
In the final part of this series on Dr Bruce Perry’s 3 Rs (Regulate-Relate-Reason), I’m now looking at Reason. Too often we leap over the...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Mar 3, 2021
- 8 min
Relational Routes: Part 2 of the 3 Rs
In my previous blog, I wrote about part 1 of Dr Bruce Perry’s sequence of engagement (Regulate-Relate-Reason)....
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jan 27, 2021
- 10 min
The Constellation of Regulation: Part 1 of the 3 Rs
At the end of 2020, I wrote a blog about the Arousal Continuum and how a child’s ability to learn and cope with different experiences...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jan 12, 2021
- 10 min
"We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails"
There’s no getting away from stress. It’s part and parcel of everyday life and it’s an important factor in helping us to learn, grow and...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Dec 30, 2020
- 6 min
New Year's Affirmations for Self-Care
Rather than making some New Year’s Resolutions and inevitably failing to meet any of them, this blog will look at some positive...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Nov 3, 2020
- 7 min
Compensate for my Brain State: The Arousal Continuum
From undertaking the “Introduction to the NME Training Series” and having read much of Dr Bruce Perry’s work on trauma – including his...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Oct 28, 2020
- 9 min
Troubleshooting Self-Care: Having a R.E.S.E.T.
Self-care is difficult. I think it’s important to say this, as someone who has struggled for a long time to give myself permission to...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
Promoting School Readiness with Descriptive Commenting
The Incredible Years Programme by Carolyn Webster-Stratton is designed to promote children’s academic, social and emotional competence....
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Dr Chris Moore
- Aug 31, 2020
- 12 min
Returning to School using the 5 Principles of Recovery
Research findings from Stevan Hobfoll et al (2007) offer five essential elements of intervention for disasters and mass trauma. Everyone...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Aug 11, 2020
- 7 min
Language Matters: Words which Connect, Soothe & Nurture
In times of stress and uncertainty, our choice of language matters. Thinking beyond how we deliver instructions or provide information,...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jul 22, 2020
- 7 min
What is the behaviour communicating? The RETHINK Model
Following on my most recent blog on Heather Geddes’ Learning Triangle, this post looks at another innovative model for considering...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jul 6, 2020
- 9 min
The Learning Triangle: A Model for Attachment & Learning
This blog post explores the Learning Triangle, a model of attachment and learning developed by Heather Geddes. She promotes a three-way...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
Processing Speed: Ideas for the Classroom
What is Processing Speed? Weiss et al (2019) liken processing speed to a clerk within an organisation; someone who job it is to carry out...
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Dr Chris Moore
- Jun 23, 2020
- 6 min
Working Memory: Ideas for the Classroom
Susan Gathercole and Tracy Alloway describe Working Memory as the ability to hold and manipulate information in mind for a short time. It...
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