Naming Elephants

... is playfully pragmatic
 

Naming Elephants is all about practice-based evidence. Take a look at some of our CASE STUDIES here...
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Community Feasibility Study

May 2012
Naming Elephants were asked to undertake a Feasibility Study to examine the possibility and sustainability of setting up an arts-based centre in Exeter, principally for people with disabilities.

Consultation process to determine the feasibility of developing an arts-based project for disabled adults.
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How the emotional health and well-being of children referred to the Community Paediatric Service in Kendal, Cumbria was improved by a new approach.

June 2011
Children were referred to the Community Paediatric Service with behavioural and developmental difficulties with a view to the referrer looking for diagnostic reasons for the child's difficulties.
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Your Amazing Brain

June 2011
Westhaven School is a special school for 82 students aged from 8 – 16 years with complex barriers to learning.
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Developing Emotional Health to Improve Learning Outcomes

June 2011
An increasing percentage of students being admitted to Westhaven exhibited social communication needs (SCN), that is, they had a diagnosis of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Care, Guidance and Support in School: One Secondary School’s Journey from Good to Outstanding

June 2011
When Ofsted inspected Worle Community School in 2005, Care Guidance and Support were judged to be good.
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The Way Aidan Thinks

June 2011
Telling Aidan not to be rude and aggressive, to behave ‘well’ in groups and within the family; telling him not to storm off, to concentrate, to participate...

What a young boy with a diagnosis of ASD, aggressive behaviour and a negative outlook on life needed in order to get off the sofa, reconnect with friends and family and enjoy himself again.
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Naming Elephants

is a social enterprise, which helps individuals & organisations make positive changes. We work on a not-for-profit basis to enable more effective, healthy and meaningful living.

Case study tags:
amygdala,
anxieties,
ASD,
attendance,
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD),
behavioural difficulties,
body and mind,
Care,
challenging behaviours,
cognitive reframing,
community development,
Community Paediatric Service,
complex barriers to learning,
complex needs,
creativity,
developmental difficulties,
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD),
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD) needs,
emotional health and well-being,
emotional needs,
exclusions from school,
family support,
fight or flight,
Good to Outstanding,
Guidance and Support,
how the brain works,
individual therapy,
induction of teachers,
leadership enhancement,
mentoring (House Personal Advisers – HPA),
Ofsted,
paediatrics,
parent support,
pastoral structures (house system),
pastoral support plan,
peer mentoring,
policy review,
project development,
relationships,
relaxation,
school improvement,
school improvement planning,
self esteem,
self-confidence,
skills development,
Social,
social communication,
solution focused,
special school,
staff training,
strategies for change,
stress,
therapeutic practice,
trauma resolution,
unresolved emotions,
young people,

Naming Elephants is evolving!

We're applying what has been successful for others to ourselves, and are developing and extending what we do - and how we do it.

Please continue to 'watch this space' ...

We are a group of people with extensive and eclectic expertise in education, coaching, community work and therapeutic practice. We share a set of values and our main purpose in working together is to contribute to a healthy and exciting future.

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‘Not bad, room for improvement’
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