Trauma-Informed Practice Isn't Something You Do — It's How You Lead

Trauma-Informed Practice Isn't Something You Do — It's How You Lead

Key reflections from Dr Asha Patel's TES SEND Show 2026 presentation: A Whole School Approach to Trauma-Informed Practice

By Asha Patel

What Has This Child Experienced? Reframing Trauma in Schools

What Has This Child Experienced? Reframing Trauma in Schools

Key reflections from Dr Asha Patel's TES SEND Show 2026 presentation

By Asha Patel

Why Curiosity Matters Every organisation has a story. Data tells part of it. Practitioners tell another part. Families tell another. Leaders tell another. Curiosity brings these perspectives together.

Curiosity: The First Step Most Services Skip

When services begin exploring trauma-informed practice, the natural instinct is often to move quickly towards action. Leaders want plans.

By Innovating Minds

From Firefighting to Prevention: How to Commission So Practitioners Can Actually Help Families

How to Commission So Practitioners Can Actually Help Families

Every local authority leader I speak to wants the same thing:A system that stops firefighting and starts preventing harm.

By Asha Patel

58% of children who died from knife injuries had experienced domestic abuse at home, yet none received specialist, child focused domestic abuse support.

Why trauma informed early help is essential to reducing knife crime

There are moments when evidence lands with such clarity that it becomes impossible to “unsee”. New national findings by Dr Tom Roberts and...

By Asha Patel