Free Masterclass for School Professionals: Before It Escalates

Before It Escalates: a free regulation-first masterclass for school teams

Spot dysregulation before it becomes an incident, and ease the demand load driving it. Free CPD for SENCOs, SEND leads, and classroom teams.

Some children "kick off over nothing." The support plan escalates the harder it's applied. And the more firmly you hold the line, the worse it gets, until everyone's exhausted and nothing's working.

If that's familiar, it isn't a discipline failure. It's a sign the model needs to change (not the child, and not you).

This free masterclass shares the regulation-first approach I teach school teams: how to read the early signs of dysregulation before they become an incident, and how to ease the demand load that's quietly driving it. It's neuro-affirming, grounded in behavioural science, and built for real classrooms, not ideal ones.

What's inside

Six short video modules (around 75 minutes in total) that you can watch in a single staff meeting or across a few sittings:

• The reframe: what behaviour is really telling you
• The three states: why you can't teach a dysregulated brain
• Reading the early signs: catching amber before red
• Assent in the classroom: what to do the moment a child slips
• The demand load: your single most powerful lever
• The one action: where to start this week

You'll also get five print-and-pin resources for your team:

• an early sign map,
• a demand audit,
• a declarative-language swap card,
• an assent card,
• and a "regulate before educate" staff card

Plus, a CPD certificate of completion once you've finished all six modules.

Who it's for

SENCOs, SEND leads, teaching assistants, and teachers supporting children with demand-avoidant profiles (PDA, autism, ADHD), and anyone who wants a calmer, more effective way to meet behaviour before crisis point.

The details

Free, self-paced, and yours to keep. Around 75 minutes of guided CPD you can do alone or run as a team. Created by Leticia Tomsik, a behaviour analyst (UKBA(cert) and BCBA) who works with schools across Berkshire. No jargon, no shame, and nothing you need to implement perfectly, just one small shift to try this week.

It's here whenever you and your team are ready.