By Roshelle Weir and Phil Slade We were honoured to be a part of the Queensland Association of State Schools (QASSP) 2022 conference last...

5 common traps people fall into when implementing a new system We humans really dislike changing our routine, even when we know it’s for...

By Phil Slade It’s one thing to be able to see the data, it’s a whole other thing to know what to do with it at times. When it comes to...

By Phil Slade Control agents Maxwell Smart and 99 lead the battle against Chaos in the 60’s TV show Get Smart, which is one of my all...

By Phil Slade In short, yes, significantly. In five major ways, research shows the positive benefits to us cognitively, and to our...

By Phil Slade Bullying is a word that gets used quite a lot nowadays, but what does it actually refer to. Well, it’s basically a...

By Phil Slade In 2007, researchers at Oxford University discovered that babies have 41% more neurons than the average adult1. 41%! With...

By Phil Slade, as featured in the latest edition of the QAASP March Journal. We all know of the importance of emotional intelligence (EI)...

By Phil Slade “Our emotional responses shape our experience of the world. Emotions can feel profoundly enriching and painfully...

By Roshelle Weir Being resilient is the ability to quickly get back up when life knocks you down – to be better and stronger than you...

by Phil Slade I hear a lot of people talking about change or decision fatigue nowadays. Neither concepts come from the psychological...

When is it okay to be angry? by Phil Slade There is an old Japanese proverb which describes anger as a sharp clawed tiger, raging and...

By Phil Slade There is a common misunderstanding that leading with empathy is somehow a passive style of leadership, one that always...

Phil Slade interviews Noah Cunningham, Student and Teacher Behavioural Support ROCKET program founder from Education Queensland, on the...

Video Transcript Phil: When i think of calm people Katie you're one of the calmest people that i know and yet i know that there are times...

By Phil Slade and Gemma Burkett The three critical areas emotional intelligence develops in school student's social and cognitive...

Video Transcript Katie: We know that we're wired with emotional systems from birth, you just have to look at Ed Tronick's still face...

Video Transcript Phil: Doctor Katie Kjelsaas. Now, Katie, we were students back in UQ days. We were undergrads. We were mates that bonded...

By Phil Slade Prior to becoming a psychologist, I trained as a primary school teacher. During my practicum placements I saw first hand...

By Phil Slade & Roshelle Weir There is a certain irony that people who will clearly benefit from strengthening mental health and...