Recent Changes

Positive Discipline - Alice Olsher in the USA has been working with this for a while.
Clean Language in the Classroom
Jenny Fox Eades, an Alexander Technique teacher has set up a whole programme to support children's strengths, it's called Strengths Gym
I wonder if anyone know Jenny and has any experience of the programme she's developed??

Historic Reports of Research and experience of Alexander Technique in Schools.
Bringing The Alexander Technique to Children In State Schools By Sue Thame - an account of a project that ran from 1979 to 1982.
is described.
It would be great to know what happened after that programme finished in 1982.
Jenny Fox Eades, an Alexander Technique teacher has set up a whole programme to support children's strengths, it's called Strengths Gym
I wonder if anyone know Jenny and has any experience of the programme she's developed??
Get `em young and they're upright for life - Francesa Wolf
11th November 1994
Bad posture which often starts in childhood upsets the delicate balance of head, neck and torso, say teachers of the Alexander technique. Francesa Wolf reports on lessons in schools which are helping children avoid long-term problems. Last year 17-year-old Suzie, a talented violinist, won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. But she developed such crippling pains in her wrist that she could no longer play the instrument and would, it seemed, have to forfeit her place.
Her parents sought help from various specialists, with little success. But after working for some time with an Alexander technique teacher, the pain lessened and she could again play and perform in public.
"The pain was linked to nerves, physical stress and tension," says Trish Hemingway, her teacher. ...
https://www.tes.com/news/tes-archive/tes-publication/get-em-young-and-theyre-upright-life
If someone has a subscription to TES it would enable us to view this.
Here are a couple of articles that describe a research project by Wendy Nuttall at Leeds Metropolitan University, published by
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Good resources
http://hypermobility.org/help-advice/the-alexander-technique/
Children related issues
Sitting
W-shape, with bottom on the floor and legs either side as a W.
Crossed legged

Sports
Emotional support
Hypermobility
AT Resources
Props

This is quite new, but there are great books that have powerful techniques.
https://cleanlearning.co.uk/blog/discuss/clean-in-the-classroom

http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/intuition-process
Positive Discipline - Alice Olsher in the USA has been working with this for a while.
Clean Language in the Classroom

Positive Discipline in the Classroom (developed by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott) is a research-based classroom management program that empowers teachers with skills to build their students’ sense of community, prepare them for successful living, and increase academic achievement. Attend the 2-Day Training or bring the training to your school. Positive Discipline in the Classroom materials go hand in hand with the Positive Discipline Parent Education Program that can be taught at your school to increase the parent-school connection.
https://www.positivediscipline.com/teachers
Another Organization, I'm not sure if a connection
https://www.positivediscipline.org/classroom-educator-training
In the UK:
http://www.positivediscipline.co.uk/classroom-educator-training.html