Regulating the Room
Regulating the Room
A Six-Week Online Training & Support Package for Teachers
A six-week online programme designed for all teachers at any stage of their career who would benefit from support with their own wellbeing, regulation, and behaviour management in the classroom. Through practical strategies and reflective guidance, the programme supports teachers to develop healthy regulation habits, enhance classroom climate, and respond effectively to challenging behaviours in a way that supports both themselves and their pupils.
Teacher wellbeing continues to be a critical issue in recruitment and retention. National data from the Department for Education’s School Workforce in England report shows that only around 68% of teachers who qualified five years earlier are still teaching, meaning more than 30% leave the profession within their first five years. By equipping teachers with accessible tools to look after themselves and support the emotional needs of their classes, this programme aims to improve workforce sustainability, build confidence, and increase job satisfaction.
That’s why Regulating the Room exists, a trauma- and polyvagal-informed six-week training and support package that deepens understanding of nervous system regulation, teacher wellbeing, and behaviour support. Using polyvagal theory and the escalation curve reimagined as a nervous system journey, teachers are guided to recognise, track and influence their own state as well as the regulation of pupils. Each session is supported by practical strategies, real-classroom application, and reflective discussion.
The programme also supports the early identification of SEND, introducing teachers to the graduated response process; assess, plan, do, review, from the SEND Code of Practice. This provides a structured approach to recognising emerging needs early and tailoring classroom support accordingly.
How This Links to the Ofsted Framework (November 2025)
The November 2025 framework places strengthened emphasis on:
- staff wellbeing and workload sustainability
- safe and supportive learning environments
- effective behaviour culture grounded in relationships
- early identification and support for SEND
- workforce retention and ongoing professional development
Participation in Regulating the Room directly supports these expectations by promoting teacher wellbeing, building capacity to manage classroom challenges, and fostering a regulated, relationship-centred environment that benefits both staff and pupils. Schools investing in this programme demonstrate a proactive commitment to staff development, emotional safety, and whole-school culture , areas increasingly visible within inspection conversations.
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Why This Matters
This programme supports new teachers to:
- Understand their own regulation and how it influences confidence in behaviour management
- Build sustainable emotional resilience and a confident classroom presence
- Notice, track and respond to signs of dysregulation in themselves and their pupils
- Understand and manage classroom behaviour through a nervous system lens
- Identify early indicators of SEND needs in a practical, supportive way
- Support pupils with SEND within the classroom using the graduated approach (assess, plan, do, review) from the SEND Code of Practice
- Create emotionally safe and inclusive classroom environments for all learners
What’s Included?
- Week 1 (1.5 hours):
Introduction to nervous system regulation, the escalation curve, and daily tracking tools inspired by polyvagal theory.
Staff explore their own regulation patterns and identify potential triggers. - Weeks 2–5 (1hour per week):
- Guided reflection on self-monitoring
- Data analysis and pattern spotting
- Developing personal regulation strategies
- Planning classroom adjustments and supports
- Preparing to apply the same approach with children
- Identifying emerging SEND needs that can be underlying CYPs dysregulation (Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Social and Emotional and Mental Health and Sensory and Physical)
- Week 6 (1.5 hours):
- Review and reflect: what worked, what still needs support
- Next steps
- Optional moderated WhatsApp group for in-between support and Q&A
Facilitated by Brenda
I love learning, discovering or figuring out things that fill me with awe and wonder.
For 10 years, my passion has been exploring the brain-body connection and how it can improve quality of life, both my own and others’.
I’ve been a teacher for 21 years, starting in mainstream secondary education and then moving into SEND in various roles, including Strategic Lead for a SEN post-16 school and SEND Lead for a teaching school. I was awarded SLE status in SEND in 2016.
For the past four years, I’ve worked as an advisory teacher for a local authority, supporting schools in embedding whole-school inclusion and supporting with behaviour.
I’m also a qualified Dru yoga and mindfulness teacher.
I’m the Education Director at Forming Connections, which I have founded with the mission to share knowledge and practical tools from neuroscience to support children and adults in education, rehabilitation, and wider community settings.
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Dates and times - Spring Term 1
Next programme dates
There will be a six week course every half term
Spring 2 dates coming soon!
If you would like to book this as a bespoke course, get in touch. for bespoke pricing.
Do you have questions?
If you have any questions about this offer, please get in touch.
If you’re part of a teaching hub, academy, school, or university and would like a bespoke version, for example, different dates or an alternative format such as two twilight sessions, we’d love to discuss this with you.u
Price £245 Includes VAT
Take part in this 6 week package and help revolutionise your teaching practice and wellbeing!