Cool in School Fife Council is to develop and disseminate its Cool In School resource pack for use around Scotland, with support from the Scottish Executive. The pack is designed for teachers and pupils to use together to help children manage their feelings and communication, and develop skills to participate fully in their school and community. Cool In School for primary 6/7 pupils will be ready to launch in 04/05, and Fife will continue to build on this to develop materials for secondary pupils. Contact Mike Ciesla in Fife Education Service, mike.ciesla@fife.gov.uk. 
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Solution-Oriented Schools Moray Council has been developing its approach to Staged Intervention (FFI) and has produced a resource for schools in collaboration with Ioan Rees of Sycol. The initiative supports whole-school approaches to positive behaviour, incorporating staged intervention and solution focused approaches. Schools in Moray are now involved in testing the resources and training in practice. An interim evaluation will be undertaken in November and discussions have begun about rolling out the approach to all schools in Moray. The Moray Council, Sycol and the Scottish Executive are making arrangements to share the SOS resource in Scotland. Douglas Wilson is leading the pilot and can be contacted on Douglas.wilson@moray.gov.uk | Teacher Empathy The City of Edinburgh Council is working with Dr Richard Majors to develop and pilot an accredited learning resource for teachers aiming to enhance their skills in building relationships with difficult or disaffected pupils. Edinburgh teachers will be involved in the development and implementation of the materials, which will become an on-line resource. Ian Glen is the contact for this development on ian.glen@educ.edin.gov.uk 
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The Motivated School and SELF Glasgow City Education Service is piloting the SELF (Social Emotional Learning Framework) aimed at providing a systematic profiling system to assist early intervention and, in collaboration with SEED, the Motivated School. The Motivated School explores means by which schools can nurture pupils' self-motivation and create motivating learning environments, while the SELF tool enables schools to assess pupils' individual needs and plan appropriate, holistic responses. Both of these approaches are embedded in the authority's Framework for Intervention which reflects a staged intervention model encompassing school based and multi agency responses. This pilot will be developed in 8 of Glasgow's New Learning Communities over two years. Contact Margaret Orr in City of Glasgow Education Service, margaret.orr@education.glasgow.gov.uk | Effective Practice for Inclusion East Renfrewshire Council is developing training resources for teachers to support their inclusion of children with disabilities or social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The resources will be developed in the context of East Renfrewshire's Framework of Behaviour Intervention, based on staged intervention (FFI), and will be aimed at developing effective behaviour management for children with these additional support needs. Ian Fraser can be contacted for further information, on ian.fraser@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk 
| Supporting Inclusive Education for Children with Behaviour Difficulties Barnardo's Scotland was supported by the Executive to develop a resource pack containing practical information and techniques it has developed from Barnardo's experience of supporting inclusive education, particularly with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The resource is aimed at mainstream primary teachers, but will be of interest to school managers, and authority advisors, as well as those in initial teacher training. The resource provides information to help the practitioner consider underlying issues, while presenting easy-to-use tools and techniques for supporting children with behavioural difficulties in the classroom, many of which can be used for whole class activities. Further information can be gained from Gayle Rose at Barnardo's on gayle.rose@barnardos.org.uk |