Walking the Talk
How Transactional Analysis is Improving Behaviour and Raising Self-Esteem

First Published in 2006. Helping teachers to counter challenging behaviour, absenteeism and bullying, this book follows on from the successful Improving Behaviour and Raising Self-esteem ( 2001) and shows how Transactional Analysis can benefit the individual, class and whole school across the early years, primary and secondary phases. The book includes: An introduction to TA concepts and a map to direct readers around the book; Case studies that highlight how TA can be implemented in different educational settings; Time-saving photo coplable resources. For SEN Co-ordinators, LSU Managers, teachers, Lead Behaviour Professionals, Behaviour Education Support Teams, Learning Mentors, policy-makers in schools and LEAs, Educational Psychologists and Early Years Specialists.

Chapter 1 TA Terminology; Chapter 2 I Teaching TA in the Primary School, LindaHellaby; Chapter 3 2 Saying Hello: Establishing a Pastoral Mentoring Service in an Inner-city Secondary School, PeteShotton; Chapter 4 3 It Doesn't Matter What Age You Are — It's What Stage You Are At That Counts, GillWong, EmmaBradshaw; Chapter 5 4 Keep Taking the TA: A Letter to Henri Matisse, PatriciaBlake; Chapter 6 5 Have I Got the Right Hat On? Using TA to Deliver High-quality Individual Tuition, AntheaHarding; Chapter 7 6 Am I In or Out? Using Imago Theory in Developing Effective Group Work, EmmaBradshaw, GillWong; Chapter 8 7 It's a Zoo Out There! Helping Children Cope with Bullying by Understanding Drivers and Permissions, BenWye; Chapter 9 8 Taking the Drama Out of a Crisis: How School Managers Use Game Theory to Promote Autonomy, GilesBarrow; Chapter 10 9 3D OK-ness for Schools: Developing Positive School Cultures through Three-dimensional Acceptance, TrudiNewton; Chapter 11 10 ConclusionAppendix I: Cycles of Development; Appendix 2: Worksheets for Chapter I; References and BibliographyIndex;

Professional Practice & Development

Giles Barrow is a freelance teacher and trainer and Educational Transactional Analyst. Trudi Newton is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst.