What looks like behaviour
is almost always
a nervous system.
The STILL Method gives schools, residential homes, and care settings a clear, structured framework for understanding what young people are communicating through their behaviour. And what to do about it.
Talk to usThere is a tangible difference in the children who have taken part. There seems to be an inner calmness. They are less worried and do not get as phased by changes to their routine.
Teacher, UK School
Staff are working harder than ever.
With the wrong tools.
Across schools, colleges, and children's homes, staff are supporting young people who feel anxious, overwhelmed, shut down, or constantly on alert.
What looks like refusal, aggression, or disengagement is often a child trying to cope with fear, uncertainty, or past experience. Most behaviour management systems were not built for that. The STILL Method was.
It replaces guesswork and sticker charts with a structured, trauma and anxiety-informed framework that gives every member of staff a consistent way to respond.
That is not defiance.
That is a dysregulated nervous system.
Three parts.
One consistent approach.
The STILL Method, The STILL Model, and STILL Skills for Life work together to support settings at every level. From individual staff development through to whole-organisation culture change.
The STILL Method
The foundationThe STILL Method explains how anxiety, overwhelm, and trauma affect thinking, learning, and behaviour. It uses five practical steps that help adults and young people understand fear, reduce panic, and reconnect with a sense of safety.
Used across education and care because it is simple, memorable, and grounded in real experience. Staff training courses covering anxiety, emotional regulation, therapeutic art, grief and loss, and sleep are all available as CPD or inset day delivery.
View all training coursesThe STILL Model
Whole-setting culture changeThe STILL Model is the full organisational system for schools and residential care settings that want consistent, whole-team practice.
It replaces behaviour-focused systems such as PACE, Thrive, and reward or consequence-based policies with a structured, trauma and anxiety-informed framework. Every staff member responds in a way that supports regulation and long-term emotional growth. Every time.
Settings that complete the full pathway become a Certified STILL-Informed Organisation, giving them a recognised standard they can evidence to Ofsted and commissioners.
Explore the STILL ModelSTILL Skills for Life
Direct work with young peopleSTILL Skills for Life brings emotional and social learning directly to young people. Used in schools, alternative provision, residential homes, and by virtual schools.
Programmes are practical, hopeful, and built to help young people develop the tools they need to manage anxiety, communicate, and imagine a life beyond fear.
Enquire about this programmeLeadership to accreditation.
Three steps.
For organisations ready to move beyond behaviour management and into emotional safety, the STILL Model provides a complete system. Each step builds on the last. The outcome is a setting that is certified, consistent, and confident.
Leadership and Foundation Training
School leaders, managers, and decision-makersA foundational session to align the STILL Model with your existing policies and procedures.
Outcome: A strategic plan for implementation within your school or care setting.Core Training for All Staff
Teachers, residential carers, support staff, therapeutic teamsA two-day intensive covering all five pillars of STILL. De-escalation, trauma-informed communication, resilience building, listening beyond words, and embedding sustainable regulation strategies.
Outcome: Staff equipped to reduce anxiety and trauma-related distress effectively across the whole setting.Advanced Training and Accreditation
Senior staff and in-house trainersTrain-the-Trainer programme and in-depth intervention techniques. Your setting becomes self-sustaining.
Outcome: Certified STILL-Informed Organisation status, evidenced for Ofsted and commissioners.Any setting where young people
are struggling to feel safe.
You do not need a full behaviour crisis to begin. The STILL Method works best when it is embedded before things escalate.
If your staff are working hard but the same young people keep reaching the same crisis points, this is the framework that changes that.
- SENCOs and SEND teams
- Pastoral leads
- Teaching staff
- Alternative provision
- Virtual schools
- Residential carers
- Children's home staff
- Keyworkers
- Therapeutic teams
- Social care professionals
Start with a conversation.
Not a training catalogue.
Tell us about your setting and the young people you are supporting. We will tell you what the right starting point looks like. Most enquiries get a response within one working day.