Behaviour is Communication: Inclusion for All Staff Training PowerPoint

This engaging and practical CPD PowerPoint explores the powerful principle that all behaviour is communication, combining current evidence from the EEF Guide to Inclusive Teaching (2026) and EEF SEND Guidance with real-world classroom practice.

Designed for teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs and school leaders, this session helps staff move beyond behaviour management and develop a deeper understanding of the needs that sit behind behaviour. Participants explore how anxiety, trauma, neurodivergence, low self-esteem and unmet needs can present as refusal, withdrawal, perfectionism, anger or school avoidance.

The training introduces the EEF’s inclusive teaching model, focusing on high-quality universal provision alongside targeted adaptations, whilst reinforcing the message that pupils with SEND need excellent teaching rather than lowered expectations.

Staff will gain practical, evidence-informed strategies including predictable routines, reducing cognitive load, visual supports, relationship-based practice, regulation support and creating a strong sense of belonging for every child.

Includes reflection opportunities, discussion activities and prompts for reviewing whole-school practice. Perfect for staff meetings, INSET sessions, SEND CPD and behaviour training.

A highly practical resource that supports schools to develop truly inclusive classrooms where every child feels understood, valued and able to succeed.