Ollie & His Superpowers

In this blog Ollie Coach Belinda Wells explains the importance of positive secure attachments in child development.

Counterintuitive behaviour has been part of being human for some time! But what’s the sense in going against our own best judgement and why do we do it? asks, Deborah Stephenson, Ollie Coach trainee.

Using Praise and Rewards, coupled with Role Modelling and well thought out and fair Sanctions and Consequences help us to teach good behaviour to our children. In this blog, Ollie Coach Belinda Wells, describes four different techniques to promote good behaviour.

Ollie Coach Belinda Wells reflects on how you attitude or mindset affects how you approach life, if you strive to be all you can be or if you just accept what you have and who you are?

Alison Knowles, Creator of the Ollie Model, tells a story about a man with a ruck sack full of other people’s problems …

“How’s your re-socialisation going?” asks Deborah Stephenson, Ollie Coach trainee. It’s been fantastic and heartwarming to meet up again but we’re not back to normal yet with some social awkardness about it.

In this blog, Ollie Coach, Belinda Wells discusses the benefits of praising and rewarding children but that there are also times when explaining and reasoning is appropriate.

Ollie Coach, Belinda Wells, gives us some tips on how to support children and young people to develop a positive identity and self-image which will improve their self-esteem and self-reliance.

Deborah Stephenson, Ollie Coach trainee, highlights that ‘what’s going on isn’t always what’s going on’. Due to our own experiences our brains fill in the gaps, making assumptions and interpretations, creating our own “map” to make sense of our world.

In this blog Ollie Coach Belinda Wells suggests some ways in which you can help a child or young person cope with the emotions that they experience due to loss.