"CalmBrain, developed by Sarah Taylor, is a very well made intervention package for schools. I am impressed with the thoroughness of CalmBrain, incorporating Sarah’s extensive experience in education, clinical psychology and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. I expect many children, teachers and parents will profit from CalmBrain, I certainly recommend it!"

"Our approach is that at the beginning of each morning the whole school spends 5-10 minutes in class undertaking CalmBrain to place the children in a receptive state to learn – this is to capture those children who enter school in a state of flight or fight and to rebalance their emotions in order that they can access the curriculum. We repeat Calm Brain activities at key points throughout the day – break time, lunchtime and end of school.

"During 2017-18 all children at St Peter’s began to access CalmBrain – the impact of this has been positive. The staff have found the system extremely easy to utilise and navigate. The pupils clearly enjoy their sessions and are fully engaged. The atmosphere within the school is calm, purposeful and respectful. Whilst this has always been the case at St Peter’s, we do believe that the impact of Calm Brain has been to compound and expand this.

"There has been a noticeable change in the demeanour and levels of anxiety exhibited by those children who have emotional needs – for example one child, who was exhibiting significant stress where Educational Psychology services were involved and parents were reporting significant concerns at home, following regular and repeated Calm Brain sessions no longer requires Educational Psychology intervention and is now working well alongside his peers. His family report that he is much calmer at home too."

"It helps me to calm down and it helps me to go to sleep and it helps me not to be stressed."

"Excuse me, did you create CalmBrain? Thank you. I love it so much ... I love how it makes me feel."

"At Shrewsbury Cathedral Sarah has worked closely with us to support a child with complex needs who is in receipt of top up funding through the graduated support pathway. Sarah identified quickly through exploration of how the pupil presents and his development that he cannot regulate his own body temperature which denotes a state regulation issue. She shared ‘Phase One CalmBrain movements’ which home and school have delivered systematically. This intervention has coincided with an improvement in the pupil’s ability to self-regulate. He did have a modified timetable but now successfully learns with his peers and accesses un-structured times successfully."

"We feel that the addition of calm brain to our school has had a positive impact on both children and staff. It calms the children down from play/lunchtime and gets them in a more focused frame of mind, we have seen an increase in attentiveness and a positive attitude displayed at the start of lessons.

"It is very easy to use and easy to follow.

"The children enjoy it and respond very well to it. Our KS1 children clapped after the first few times they used, obviously enjoying the movements very much. Our key stage 2 children generally engage very well, some of the older pupils enjoy learning about the impact on their brain. Some SEN pupils or those with challenging behaviour found it hard to engage with initially but after two terms are generally participating or engaging by watching the movements and enjoying the calm time. Both the more able and less able really enjoy seeing new calm brain exercises introduced and feel this keeps it feeling new and exciting although some of the younger children do find the crossing over movements tricky.

"For staff, the training delivered was one of those light bulb moments – a clearer understanding of the behaviours and challenges faced by our pupils. Calm brain is a great tool, easily embedded into the busy day with long term benefits for all engaged in it."

"Our daughter has consistently struggled to obtain emerging standards in her literacy. We have been doing the CalmBrain movements with her and stopped all other therapies. We have been doing this for 8 months, and unbelievably this term she has achieved meeting expectations, and been entered in for a writing competition...... She has also learnt to ride a bike!"

"It as if a light switch has been pressed and the light is getting brighter…using CalmBrain Phase 1 movements. (He) is showing more feeling of empathy (which he has never shown) toward others, myself and our pet dog and cat. This has only started since the Phase 1 movements started...he told us he loved us without been told first or prompted – the first time I've heard him saying it willingly - wow a big moment."