with ADD and their families, attend by five such families, one having come all the way from Scotland because there is no such support up there! Even within the brief time available on such workshops, we witnessed some remarkable changes.

Networking and Referring

People are hearing about us and contacting us; we are being approached by a growing number of individuals and organisations who are seeking help, advice and support; this has provided an opportunity to refer them to people on our Network.

Modelling and Transferring Excellence

We know that this is how NLP began, and that modelling provides the basis for the development of NLP. Even more to the point, I believe that modelling could - and will _ provide such wonderful information to Education, to learning and teaching, that it will introduce NLP in all its glory and in a positive and empowering context.

We would love to obtain some funding to for us to undertake some modelling projects.

Modelling Excellent Heads is an obvious starting point. Imagine the impact such a modelling project will have _ the information plus the `model' it will provide _ yes we can get beyond behaviour, to understanding `how' people do what they do, and then transfer this `how' to others!

The same approach provides the basis for understanding all sorts of behaviour, for example in special educational needs: what goes on inside the heads of children with the symptoms of ADD that results in their behaviour? `Modelling Children/Young People with the Symptoms of ADD' would provide a wonderful way to introduce teachers to the idea that we can find out what underlies behaviour and therefore help them understand it in a way that leads naturally to helping and supporting.

This thought recently led to me recognising the obvious - that NLP provides a means for differentiating and including (ie not separating) - what an innovation for an education system that usually separates!

NLP and Special Educational Needs (SEN)

There are a number of people within our Network who are working within the `SEN' field _ in Dyslexia, ADD, Autism, Disaffected Young People …. Imagine how empowering it would be to build on, share and combine their individual experience and expertise to make an even bigger impact?

SEN is often used as a device for separating people _ send them to a `special teacher' or `special class' or special school' - even excluding them: the knowledge within various branches of SEN often seems to be used only within that field _ rather than being shared across boundaries.

Perhaps NLP _ both as a model for understanding and interpreting behaviour, and with its tools and methodologies for responding _ provides a means for coherence and collaboration. I would love our Network to provide the foundation and means to achieve such coherence and collaboration!

Jeff's Report on The Education Network : Summer 1999

How about starting off with `Congratulations to us!, It's our second birthday _ yes, we are two years young and still growing fast like most 2-year-olds! _ and birthdays can provide a useful opportunity to reflect on what we've done and where we're at!

So, let's look at what we have done and how we seem to be developing, and just a few dreams and plans that I hope will come to fruition:

Our `New Learning' Journal

We've had lots of wonderful feedback on the first issue of New Learning as a magazine (the previous versions were in newsletter format). Anglo American Book Company even sold copies at this year's Summer ANLP Conference.

The current edition has articles from as far afield as the United States, Argentina, Turkey and India. Isn't that fantastic _ and another demonstration that NLP provides a model and a language that embraces people, in a world that tends to separate them (certainly the educational world separates _ special needs from mainstream, teachers from managers, inspectors from schools …)

So, I'm grateful to Joe Sinclair, our editor, and to our many contributors.

As readers and contributors know, New Learning represents a truly professional and practical medium for sharing and promoting ideas and applications of NLP within the world of learning and teaching. Imagine the impact when we distribute copies to:

Ø the Education Press

Ø every Local Education Authority in the UK

Ø selected MP's with an interest in Education

Ø professional educational bodies

Perhaps you have some suggestions about particular individuals or organisations to whom we might send a copy. Please, let us know if you do.

Spring Conference & March '99 Activities

We had fifty per cent more people attending our second conference than our first (last July). It was the first time we had invited a guest from abroad _ Don Blackerby _ and he made a wonderful impression on all of us. The conference was a successful, energising and enthusing event.

One of the other March activities was a workshop for children

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Correspondents Around The World

We have a growing number of people contacting us from around the world _ from Europe to Australia and New Zealand, from North to South America, from the Near to the Far East. Isn't that exciting and probably not such a surprise given the impact of modern communications and information technology _ especially The Internet and E-Mail!

Our Network can, and is, providing a point of contact for sharing information, ideas and approaches from such wide and diverse resources!

NLP Education Workshop Leaders & Presenters

Marie Delaney is setting up the first NLP Education Practice Group in the UK - see Box. Perhaps other NLP Practice Groups (and there are many across the UK) might like to consider the possibility of holding regular NLP in Education sessions _ and we would like to assist such groups, by providing publicity, names of people who would like to lead a session, and so on.

So, if you would like to lead a workshop or would be happy make a presentation on any subject relating to NLP in Education, please let us know. We will build a database of such people and circulate it to all practice groups _ and have it on our Website, which opens up another range of possibilities!

Help and Support Our Network

If, like us, you are energised and enthused by the thought of bringing NLP to Learning and Teaching and you would like to play an active part within the team that is leading The Network forward _ please contact us _ NOW!

Editor's Note

WANTED!!!!

Why not share your ideas, your good news stories, how you have made a difference with other Network readers.

We welcome your contribution in whatever format you can provide it (even handwritten). Our preference is :

· in a PC format (eg on floppy disk or via e-mail)

· from a PC in rtf (rich text format) although we can receive documents from most word processors (Word, Corel, Lotus)

The deadline for our next edition is end of NOV 99!!

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NLPEDNET AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

We can announce an exciting partnership between our NLP Education Network and Tyssen Primary School in Hackney. This involves:

o NLPEdNet providing a range of resources, and services to the school - its pupils, teachers, parents, governing body - relating to learning and teaching and providing a wonderful opportunity to put `rediscovering the joys and wonders of learning' into practice in a very diverse, multicultural community

o Tyssen providing a London base for NLPEdNet - a contact, resource and administrative centre, a meeting and training centre

in other words a win-win project, a wonderful partnerships and practical, working relationships.

And Get Ready for the

Autumn Conference

in November!!!!

Would you like to participate, perhaps lead a session at our Conference? Would you like to use this as an opportunity to bring along one-or-two people who are new to NLP? Please let us know.

Jeff Leading at Spring Conference

NLPEDNET

LONDON PRACTICE GROUP

We can announce the setting up of the first NLPEdNet Practice Groups - in London and based at Tyssen School in Hackney.

The Manager of the group will be Marie Delaney working in partnership with Caitlin Walker.

We hope that the first meeting will take place in October, and if you would like further information please contact Jeff Lewis.

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