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The BOUNCE Approach® Lens

Behaviour is Communication.

We Help You Read It.

Using the BOUNCE Approach® Lens, we help you understand the whole child through evidence-informed training, tried and tested practical tools and ready-to-use creative resources that create meaningful change.

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Social, emotional and mental health need is growing in schools

 
 
 
 
 
 

SEMH need is growing

The signs are already

in our schools.

Rising EHCP demand, persistent absence and exclusions are not separate issues. They can all be signs that children’s social, emotional and mental health needs are not being understood or supported early enough.

For schools, the challenge is often not recognising that a child is struggling. It is understanding what is driving that struggle and what to do next.

The BOUNCE Approach® helps education professionals look beneath behaviour, identify underlying need and turn that understanding into practical, targeted support.

Identify need earlier
Understand what sits underneath
Respond with confidence

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The BOUNCE® lens

Six pillars. One whole child.

When we only respond to behaviour, we can miss what is driving it.

The BOUNCE Approach® lens helps adults look beneath behaviour, identify emerging need and respond earlier – before difficulties become more entrenched, attendance drops or exclusion becomes more likely.

Body and nervous system
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Body

Nervous system – does this child feel safe enough to engage, or is their body detecting threat?

Attachment and connection
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Openness

Attachment and connection – how might relationships and experiences of safety be shaping how they respond?

Sensory differences
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Understanding

Sensory differences – could their sensory world be creating overload, stress or a need to protect themselves?

Navigating emotions
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Navigating emotions

Emotional development – can they notice, understand and communicate what is happening inside?

Communication and connection
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Communication

Communication and connection – can they express what they need, connect with others and ask for help?

Esteem and identity
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Esteem & identity

Sense of self – what have their experiences taught them to believe about themselves?

Behaviour, attendance, and EHCP need is where we may first see the difficulty. The BOUNCE Approach® helps us understand what sits underneath it.

More Than

From understanding to action

Everything you need to identify need, choose support and know what to do next.

Courses, assessments, interventions and practical tools – all connected through the BOUNCE Approach®.

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Everything in one place.

Access courses, Snapshots, interventions, resources and ongoing professional learning.

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Become a BOUNCE Practitioner

Become a BOUNCE Practitioner®

Build confidence beyond behaviour.

Develop the knowledge and professional judgement to identify need and choose meaningful support.

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Deliver the Learning Journeys

Deliver the Learning Journeys

Build the foundations children need.

A complete 12-month curriculum for regulation, relationships, emotions, communication and identity.

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Assess progress with Snapshots

Use Snapshots

Know what needs support first.

Identify need, guide intervention and track meaningful progress.

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Creative interventions and CPD

Access Interventions & CPD

Choose support with confidence.

Practical training, creative interventions and resources ready to use in your setting.

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Support families too

Support Families

Create consistency around the child.

Give families practical ways to understand and support their child through the same BOUNCE® lens.

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Explore KidZone

Give children tools of their own.

Free, creative activities that help children explore their body, needs, experiences and world.

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Created by experts in child development and education

Practical, proven and ready to use

Trusted by thousands of practitioners worldwide

Built to support you, your setting and every child

Your next step

One framework. Different pathways.

Choose the route that fits your role.

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Support for families

You are a parent or carer

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For Families

Understand what may be driving your child’s behaviour – and what to do next.


Where to start

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Training for professionals

You work in a school or setting

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For Professionals

Training, tools and resources grounded in the BOUNCE Approach®.


Where to start

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Talk it through with someone

You are somewhere in between

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Not sure which?

Talk it through with someone. No commitment, no pressure – just a conversation about what would help.


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Working in a specific role? There is a pathway written for it.

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Real stories from families and professionals

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“Insightful and empathetic, with actionable advice. I left feeling totally understood and really positive about life with our little boy.”

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Kirsty

Parent

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“SO important in equipping us as professionals with a range of ideas and knowledge to support children and families who feel lost.”

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Dr Claire Stubbs

Counselling Psychologist

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“It allowed me not just to understand my own son’s struggles but my own childhood struggles I never fully addressed.”

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Elka

Parent

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“Your knowledge and compassion are admirable. Any family, parent or child would be more than fortunate to be in your care.”

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Carla Mendônça

Actress & Author

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“The whole package of intervention alongside appropriate impact measurement tools is an excellent way to evidence progress.”

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Nathan

Professional

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“Your workshops were a highlight of SEND Live 2025. The feedback from attendees has been overwhelmingly positive.”

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Lydia Martin

Senior SEND Project Officer

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Cambridge Social Ventures
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Learners’ Trust

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Alongside many more schools, academies, settings and services across the UK.

From the blog

Tips, insight & ideas

 

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Navigating Emotions

EBSA – a parts-based approach

Understanding school avoidance through the BOUNCE® lens – helping children feel safe enough to reconnect with learning.

10/07/2026 · Membership

 

 

Esteem [Self + Identity]

From beliefs to values

The neuroscience of beliefs – how what a child believes about themselves is built, and how it can change.

02/07/2026 · Whats New

 

 

Activities + Ideas

BOUNCE Learning Journeys

A PSHE route for students who cannot access the existing curriculum – and what it looks like in practice.

22/06/2026 · Membership

 

 

Body and Nervous System

Body and the nervous system

Where everything begins – why felt safety in the body comes before connection, learning and regulation.

22/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Navigating Emotions

Struggling with uncertainty

Why not knowing what comes next can feel like danger to a nervous system – and what helps.

11/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Navigating Emotions

Perfectionism

What the need to get it exactly right is protecting – and why it is rarely about high standards.

11/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Body and Nervous System

Felt safety and the gut

The gut-brain connection, and why tummy aches are so often the first place stress shows up.

04/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Navigating Emotions

Meltdowns

What is happening in a child’s body during a meltdown – and why reasoning never reaches them.

04/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Navigating Emotions

Learned masking

The child who holds it together all day – what masking costs, and why it collapses at home.

03/06/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Connection

Justice sensitivity

When unfairness lands in the body – understanding the child who cannot let it go.

25/05/2026 · Navigating Emotions

 

 

Esteem [Self + Identity]

Hyperfocus

Deep attention as a genuine strength – and what happens when it is treated as a problem to correct.

22/05/2026 · Neurodevelopmental

 

 

Navigating Emotions

An alternative to behaviour management

Working upstream of behaviour instead of managing it – what the BOUNCE Approach® does differently.

24/04/2026 · Blog

 

Meet the developmental gap, not the chronological age.

The right support, at the right level, at the right time. Answer a few questions and we’ll point you the right way.

ResourcesMonthlyAnnual
🧘 Somatic Toolkit
🪟 Window of Tolerance Activity Pack
🧩 Managing Demand Avoidance Toolkit
⛏️ Minecraft Belief Systems
🧱 LEGO® Belief Systems
🧱 Therapeutic LEGO® Pack
😀 Emoji Body Map
🧠 Creating a Neuroprofile
🧍 Physical Body Scan
🗓️ Visual Timetable (Home Use)
📊 SEMH Assessment Trackers
📖 Metaphorical Stories
🧠 Sensory Profile Assessment
🗣️ Pupil Voice Tools
🗺️ Body Mapping
🛠️ Restore, Repair & Prevent Toolkit
🧩 “A Part of Me Feels” Resource
🎨 Window of Tolerance Fun Pack
📈 Assessment Trackers
📉 SUD Scale
📝 Support Plan Pack
😊😟 Positive & Negative Affect Schedule
📎 BOUNCE Strips and Fans
🧠 BOUNCE + Window of Tolerance Pack
🧱 Positive Posters – LEGO® Style
🤝 Self- and Co-Regulation Posters
🏫 Classroom Bumper Display Pack
🌈 Sensory Differences Activity Pack
👾 Mood Monsters Classroom Pack
⚙️ Executive Function Pack

EVERY resource on the website is included, such as:

🧘 Somatic Toolkit
😀 Emoji Body Map
🧍 Physical Body Scan
🧱 Therapeutic LEGO® Pack
🗓️ Visual Timetable (Home Use)
📊 SEMH Assessment Tracker
📖 Metaphorical Stories
🧠 Sensory Profile Assessment
🗣️ Pupil Voice Tools
🪟 Window of Tolerance
🧩 Managing Demand Avoidance Toolkit
🗺️ Body Mapping
🛠️ Restore, Repair & Prevent Toolkit
🧩 “A Part of Me Feels” Resource
🎨 Window of Tolerance Fun Pack
📈 Assessment Tracker
📉 SUD Scale
📝 Support Plan Pack
😊😟 Positive & Negative Affect Schedule
📎 Strips and Fans
🧠 BOUNCE + Window of Tolerance Pack
🧱 Positive Posters – LEGO® Style
🤝 Self- and Co-Regulation Posters
🏫 Classroom Bumper Display Pack
🌈 Sensory Differences
👾 Mood Monsters Classroom Pack
⚙️ Executive Function Pack
🧠 Creating a Neuroprofile
⛏️ Minecraft Belief Systems
🧱 LEGO® Belief Systems

Licence: Whole-setting use

Team Membership

  • Best for: Whole schools, nurseries, colleges, or service teams (e.g. NHS, local authorities, care settings)

Each month you’ll get an EXTRA:

✅ A professional resource

🎥 A walkthrough video

🎓 A CPD professional webinar

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