How to support your child during exams

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Lee Parker

This blog is based on a training that I deliver to parents in schools to help them provide exam support to their children.

As we all know the exam season is very stressful for children. However, it is especially stressful for parents! Often parents don’t know what to do and how to help and this is an extremely painful experience for them. They’re desperate to help their child and really want to see them doing well and feeling good during the exams but all too often students are going into crisis and having meltdowns. It is excruciating for parents to feel that all they can do is stand on the sidelines helplessly.

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Why Superheroes Matter

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Lee Parker

What is most helpful is identifying our strengths and building on them.

Most of the time we can be really focused on our negative aspects and what we are not doing, or achieving. In terms of the performance literature we know that this isn’t a helpful approach. What is most helpful is identifying our strengths and building on them.

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How to Study Smart and Do Your Best Work.

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Lee Parker

How often do we actually stand back and assess the way we are going about things and ask ourselves if this is the best way? This is particularly true of how we study. Many students tell us that they just haven’t been taught how to study. They have been taught what to study and shown how they will be graded on it – but not how to go about learning it in the best possible way.

Focusing on the process of studying rather than the results can improve our motivation, confidence and ultimately our grades.

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Procrastination – Shall we talk about it now or later?

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Lee Parker

In our performance coaching and training sessions with students the number one problem that they raise is the issue of procrastination. It is the first thing that comes up when we talk about the barriers to good performance. We find that procrastination is often triggered by one of these thoughts or beliefs:

“It’s too much” – Leading to overwhelm and shut down.
“I don’t know where to begin” – Leading to making another beautiful revision plan/ essay plan/ career plan etc.
“I don’t need to start yet, there’s still plenty of time” – Leading to putting off the start time all together.

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