Frequently asked questions
who is paul dix?
Paul is a behaviour specialist, author, education reformer and advisor He helps teachers and headteachers across the world with transformational relational behaviour practice.
Paul has delivered training and spoken on large stages all over the world, advised the English Department for Education on Teacher Standards, given evidence to the Education Select Committee and carried out extensive work with the Ministry of Justice on Behaviour and Restraint in Youth Custody.
His book When The Adults Change, Everything Changes published in 2017 by Crown House has sold more than 150,000 copies. The follow-up After the Adults Change was released last year and has been a best-seller on Amazon.
Who are his team and how to do they work with him?
The training team have worked together for many years. They are steeped in relational practice as teachers and leaders. This is the A-Team. The very best behaviour specialists I know. Each with their own style, sharing the same values with incredible experience across all settings. Trauma-informed, attachment aware and champions of children.
You can meet the team at https://www.whentheadultschange.com/our-people
How are the team working with Southend?
Southend City Council has commissioned a bespoke version of Paul Dix’s Behaviour Change Program, including access to the Online Behaviour Change courses. To register members of your staff for the 7 hours of online learning please send their email addresses to Bookings@WhenTheAdultsChange.com
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HOW DO WE USE OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN?
Following your Relational Review with Anna, you will be provided with an Implementation Plan that is tailored for your setting and in line with your progress with embedding relational practice. The plan will give you a practical steer on suggested next steps, focusing on specific 'blocks'. The time this takes to embed will vary setting to setting, and the support staff will also be unique. We can help at any point on this journey - book a time with Anna when you need strategy support.
How should we study the course?
The Online Course is 7 hours of practical learning that is split into three sections; What to say, What to do & How to be. You will have access to the course until the end of the 2024/25 academic year and we recommend consuming the course is bitesize chunks to create an appropriate pace of change and consistency across the whole school.
Where possible we recommend working in school groups - ideally cross-sectional so that people are able to learn from staff that work within different areas of the school and create a wider sense of community. It is also useful to blend resistant adults among the groups.
Our suggestion is to study for 30 minutes at a time, once a fortnight. We have added some guidelines to the course around how you can best split the course. Be mindful that the most learning happens in your day-to-day practice, adapting, trying and developing the skills that we discuss, share and showcase in the course.
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Your setting's tailored Implementation Plan will point to parts of the training suites. Your school leaders may design whole school sessions based on these training materials as well.
should i have read the book?
The texts, ‘When the Adults Change, Everything Changes’, ‘After the Adults Change, Achievable Behaviour Nirvana’ and 'When the Parents Change, Everything Changes' sit at the core of our work. It is useful to read both texts but this does not have to be done before the completion of the online course - content is complementary rather than sequential. Your Implementation Plan will refer to specific chapters and excerpts from the books
How can we get some extra support?
Our School Support Lead, Anna, is on hand to offer you tailored support as you move through your relational practice journey, whatever your starting point. To book a time to chat with her, please click here.
For information about Southend Inclusion Review please email sarahgreaves@southend.gov.uk
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