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Colette Tomlinson

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Greetings!

I established "SoundVocab" as an online campus, that teaches English communication development as a whole.

At Soundvocab, the teaching strategies create critical thinking, in order to effectively practice using the English language for educational, buisness and lifestyle engagements.

As an author, I want to inspire English learning confidence in a variety of ways that strengthen English learning abilities.

This platform aims to improve learners processing mindset through reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking in English.

This way discussions can be retained, and vocabulary is mind-visualised and understood for perspective usage and diverse speaking opportunities.

Communication is vital for everyone, and it starts with creating the process of your learning way.

During my experience of teaching, counselling and mentoring students, parents, teachers and children from all different parts of the world.

Each culture taught me, how to make English more easier to understand and create the solutions to difficulties.

My previous experience before qualifying as a teacher, was in Health & Social Care Management in supported living services

I successfully became a senior support worker as a positive behavioral mentor at South Hill

During this time, I completed my Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, and was promoted to a Deputy Care Manager position at Uxbridge Road.

I extended my experience into community care which gave me a deeper understanding of household values.

Throughout my experiences, I always wanted to know:

"How do people end up in a supported living service?"

This is were my journey began, and I started in the education system as a teaching assistant in a special needs school.

My degree helped me to become a scholar of knowledge in supporting teaching and learning.

As I choose to qualify as a specialist teacher in Learning support.

"This is were the journey began!"

The environments that I have taught, counselled, assessed and interacted in have been Nurseries, Montessori, Preparatory, Junior, Primary and Secondary schools.

Which included special needs schools, colleges and secure units also known as a pupil referral unit.

I was able to use this knowledge in productive discussions, and research projects for comparisons and conclusions to discover what effective teaching is?

Which encouraged me to gain additional work experience in mentoring.

During my second year of university, I was hired as positive behavior manager at Eastwood Grange. 

"Here I learnt about Psychology"

Eastwood Grange deepened my understanding of childhood views about, how children wished to be listened to and treated.

Eastwood Grange enhanced my mentor training, and deeper understanding about complex needs.

I supported the students to understand the importance of education and mental health.

Re-engaging students back into society, school and home life for future life preparations.

Supporting these students, made me more reflective with new perspectives about tensions, and struggles that happen in children's lives.

"Here I learnt about Creativity"

Understanding everything first, from my students' point of view, develops processing practices for understanding.

This was practiced in both of my educational and health and social care environments.

Which gave me the opportunity to perfect my skills, as my students flourished within my supportive counselling techniques.

"Here I learnt about Identity"

Creating a person centered approach to learning, is a pathway that is best for all students, because it is an excellent approach to cognitive development.

Discussions can emerge into critical thinking, and positive behaviour approaches. Students are stimulated to think, and are brought in confidence to speak.

"Here I learnt about Contentment"

Good learning guidance is what is needed for supportive progression to be maintained.

Difficulties tend to stem from the psychological effects of changes that happen in life; and non-consistence routines. 

A Schools environment can create emotional outbreaks of stress for students internally and externally. 

In my experience. I observed restraint and resilience, and began behaviour support training, in order to prevent escalations of anger turning into challenging altercations. 

"Here I learnt about Fear"

Behaviour support training helped me to prevent self-harm and provide safety, where authorised physical restraint techniques were used to calm educational environments.

The techniques were appropriate in safely responding to, and designed for supporting distressed behaviour, which focuses on maximum care and minimum force.

As I reflected on restraints in education.

I became more edified in ensuring to detect early warning signs 'triggers' that may cause outbursts or upsets in order to prevent the usage of restraints.

"Here I learnt about Popularity"

In both education and care sectors. I have worked with children and adults who were diagnosed with: 

Social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH)Attachment DisordersTraumaAnxietyBi-polarAspergersSchizophreniaSuicidal BehaviorsHigh functioning Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD)Pathological demand avoidance (PDA)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and others alike.

This led me to understand the cause and affects of:

How people end up in a care system?

My question was being answered.

I was glad to be a supportive help of recovery to remind students, that they can always continue to do their best and continue to strive in life.

"Here I learnt about Connecting"

Helping is something that everyone should do to the best of their ability.

Attention to detail helps to effectively:

  • Intervene quicker
  • Re-focus
  • Skill-build positively
  • Help towards achievements, careers, lifestyles
  • Encourage expressions and thoughts for discussions

"Here I learnt about the world"

That is why I built this platform.

Soundvocab helps to re-evaluate learning English upon my research of cultural understandings to learning, and provides a new approaches to learning.

Removing the fear of speaking, and developing a questioning perspective that establishes a life-long learning journey.

"Learning is a puzzle, so let's comprehend your pieces"

Colette Tomlinson

SoundVocab merges learning context understandings into ways of reflective thoughts.

This is to ensure that after the thought, the action in proceeding will be able to take place, because you now know what to do regarding your words for English usage.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the learning journey.