The Therapeutic Teaching Podcast with Shahana Knight
Episodes
The story behind my Therapeutic Classrooms
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Classrooms are outdated, overwhelming and cluttered and often create barriers for children. It is normal to walk in to a classroom full of display boa...
What is trauma informed practice?
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody is talking about trauma informed practice in schools but what does it actually mean? There are a lot of misconceptions about what trauma inf...
Dave Mcpartlin: Teaching children to dream big, raising self-belief, being brave enough to try and going beyond the curriculum
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am joined by Dave Mcpartlin, Head Teacher of Flakefleet Primary School. Dave has been in leadership roles for 16 years and has been...
John Magee: Living with childhood trauma, teaching, kindness, happiness and positive psychology
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You have to listen to this episode! John Magee is the kindest coach and the UK’s kindness ambassador for schools. He shares kindness with teachers a...
Daniel Croft MBE: Raising standards in foster care, living with purpose and making a difference
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast episode is with Daniel Croft, the CEO and vice chair for fostering and social work organisations across Europe, Australia, New Z...
Dr Poppy Gibson: Helping others, raising children, self-care and creating connective caring relationships
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the first episode of the Inspiring Leaders series with the amazing Poppy Gibson. Poppy, a senior lecturer and course lead in primary educa...
SPECIAL: Paul Dix Interviews Shahana Knight
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you been following my Therapeutic Classrooms Approach? Last Year the amazing Paul Dix interviewed me on Teacher Hug Radio! We managed to get a co...
Episode 20 - Reinventing break and dinner times
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dinner time and break time is a chance for children to blow of some steam and have a run about, right?.. Hang on.. Is that right? Or is it a time wher...
Episode 19 - Random acts of kindness in the classroom
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It has been a rough year for our children and sometimes happy hormones have been hard to come by. This week's episode is all about doing random acts o...
Episode 18 - What lockdown has taught us about trauma
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lockdown has been a rough year for us all, we have felt anxious and powerless. We have felt alone and at risk.. many of us have battled with our wellb...
Episode 17 - Teach children to express themselves and not just for a week
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week is children’s mental health week and the focus is expressing yourself. It is a great time to do lessons and assemblies on this with the ch...
Episode 16 - 3 behaviour management strategies that don't work with children
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The number of children with some sort of attachment disorder in school is rising. You may well have had many an inset day on attachment over the years...
Episode 15 - 4 ways children manage stress that you might not know
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s podcast, we are going to look at 4 ways children communicate stress that you might not know. As a collective, children’s stress leve...
Episode 14 - What is leadership and how can you become an inspirational leader?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I am not a leader" you might say. But you are!! It is so easy to forget that we are all leaders in our own unique way. Whether you are an Executiv...
Episode 13 - New Year Eve Intention Setting Challenge
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year's EVE!!! Today’s episode is really special because we are going to set our new year's intentions together! This year has been roug...
Christmas Message
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Christmas! This year has been a crazy one, full of ups and downs but as we walk into the Christmas holidays. Let us remember that Christmas is ...
Episode 12 – 10 tips to focus on your wellbeing this Christmas break
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Things have been really tricky this last year and you have worked pretty much all year without a proper break. It's been emotionally draining and Chri...
Episode 11 - Supporting children on the run-up to Christmas
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever noticed that some children really struggle with their behaviour and concentration on the run-up to Christmas? Do you find them strugglin...
Episode 10 - Helping children who have been through trauma begin to heal through play therapy
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is childhood trauma and how does it impact the children at school? In today’s episode, we are going to unpick what trauma is and how it pres...
Episode 9 - How to help a child who is kicking off
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I often hear teachers commenting that a child in their school has “Kicked off” and I want to dive in today’s episode and unpick how we can help ...
Episode 8 - Let’s talk mental health in schools
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does mental health mean for you? I think we all have slightly different takes on it. Some think it means there is a problem in your brain, some l...
Episode 7 - What we really need to teach children about technology and social media
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults, we often talk about the impact of technology on children and young people, after all, it has a huge impact on their development and is part...
Episode 6 - Does your classroom and school environment support mental health and wellbeing?
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk about your classroom! Did you know that children who are stressed, anxious or struggling with childhood trauma find it difficult to learn...
Episode 5 - Triggers Triggers Triggers: What is a trigger and how does it impact the children at school?
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know that child in your class who struggles with their behaviour and gets angry or volatile at the smallest thing? Sometimes you find yourself ...
Episode 4 - The secret to understanding the behaviour and emotions of the children in your class
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am going to let you into the BIGGEST and most important piece of science about the brains of your children. If you understand and apply this simple ...
Episode 3 - Why teaching mindset can have a long term impact on children’s outcomes
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I love talking about mindset and the power of thought. In this episode we will explore how powerful mindset is and how being aware of our mindset can ...
Episode 2 - The Therapeutic Teacher
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is a therapeutic teacher? How can you develop your skillset to embed a therapeutic, child-centred approach to education? How can you ensure posit...
Episode 1 - How we can use the coronavirus to re-evaluate what to teach in our classrooms
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to my first ever episode! I am so excited to share this with you. In this episode, I am going to share some of my own stories with you before ...