Lynn How

Lynn is a busy single mum who loves spending time with her family. They are always seeking out new and exciting outdoor adventures!

With 20 years of primary teaching and SLT experience, she has been an Assistant Head, Lead Mentor for initial teacher training and SENCO.

Lynn holds an MA in Education, NASENCO and NPQH. Her particular areas of interest are wellbeing (staff and pupil), SEND, children's mental health, leadership, mentoring and coaching. Recently she has started an Educational Consultancy business for SEND (SEND support) and Teacher Wellbeing (The Wellbeing Lady).

You can also find her teacher coaching group on Facebook; a group for those wishing to improve their work life balance in school or who need support in moving out of teaching: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforteacherwellbeing.

She has won awards for teacher well-being work and writing in support of changing working conditions in schools.

Lynn loves to write and also has her own award-winning SEMH and staff mental health blog: www.positiveyoungmind.com.

After making the difficult decision to exit the teaching profession, she decided to go self-employed. She has also been writing non-fiction books for the publisher Hinton House about being a special needs coordinator in a school, as well as a second book on social and emotional health in the early years. Coming soon!

Lynn is also the editor of the most influential education blog, @TeacherToolkit. You can see some of her articles at: https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/author/l-how/

If you would like to contact her, please visit www.positiveyoungmind.com. She is also very active on social media: @Positive_Y_Mind on Twitter, Positive Young Minds on Facebook and LinkedIn.