Welcome to Motional's Support Centre
This Support Centre is designed with three things in mind: Supporting your Whole School Development through implementing Motional, supporting your use of Motional and supporting the development of your knowledge and skills. You can click on the links below or use the sidebar to navigate.
The Support Library
This area contains step-by-step guides and video content that helps you to get started and supports your use of Motional.
Getting Started
Articles and information relating to getting started with Motional
Motional Munchables
Motional Munchables is a learning resource that will develop and grow over time - we'll let you know when there's something new through the banners in Motional. They are bite-sized pieces of learning and knowledge, designed to be easily digestible...hence their name!
Reads & Research
Here you'll find a bank of useful documents, recommended reads and evidence you can download (where permissions exist) or be directed to, organised into areas of interest around understanding and supporting Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health in your setting.
Useful Downloads
A bank of useful documents and evidence you can download (where permissions exist) or be directed to. They are organised and searchable by topic and region.
The Monthly Muse is a chance to start a conversation within your team....
June - Preparing for transition: A wellbeing view
A change in classroom, teacher, peer group, or school can affect our sense of safety and security, as well as our sense of belonging. This can elicit fight, flight, or freeze responses at seemingly random moments and affect our confidence and focus.
The Motional Blog
Welcome to the Motional blog. Sometimes we want to share the latest
thinking, our thoughts, feedback from those using Motional, or ideas
from communities working to support emotional wellbeing around the
globe.
Get in touch if you have something to ask, something to share or something
you think needs to be said!
Reading for Pleasure: How to help children fall in love with books again
Reading for pleasure is falling. Learn how to rekindle a love of reading by creating low-pressure, autonomy-rich environments where children and young people can engage with stories on their own terms...
Read more
What is ‘Pupil Voice’ and why is it important?
‘Pupil voice’ is one of those buzzwords or topics that keeps coming back around – in fact, it never really seems to go away. And there’s good reason for that. For the wellbeing of students as individuals and as a collective, for engagement, motivation and belonging, for leadershi...
Read more
Neuro-affirmative Practice - A strengths-based approach
Motional is committed to neuro-affirming practice. We've introduced our Neuro-affirming 'Always-Never' descriptors to validate all neurotypes in Snapshot and Groupshot completion, supporting a strengths-based approach that sees and values the whole child....
Read more