💜 Congratulations Rebecca MacIver 💜
I’ve been a primary school teacher for 22 years, first in Glasgow and now in Inverness. Over the years, I’ve witnessed a significant rise in anxiety, school refusal, anger management issues, and more. These challenges affect not only the children going through them but also their peers who witness them. I felt a strong desire to specialise in something that could genuinely help.
I had been following Relax Kids for a few years and loved the concept. I booked my training for May 2020—but, of course, the pandemic struck. Thankfully, an online alternative was offered, and I’m so grateful I took it. I was welcomed with open arms and fully supported and cheered on by the Relax Kids team.
While many of our local schools don’t have the funding for regular Relax Kids sessions, I’ve been fortunate recently to be invited to several local schools to deliver blocks of sessions. Combined with my community classes, I now coach up to 170 children each week. I love the flexibility and being able to work around my own children.
Some children have been attending my community classes for almost three years. Watching their confidence grow and seeing the trust they build in me is incredible. I’ve seen children go from non-verbal to chatty, from unable to follow instructions to participating confidently, from severe separation anxiety to walking into sessions with ease, and from really shy to excitedly running in to greet their new friends.
The best part of this job is hearing children say things like:
“I used my breathing yesterday to calm down.”
“I love it when we do our relaxing.”
“I’ve been looking forward to seeing you all week.”
Relax Kids classes are special because they give all children the chance to pause, breathe, and simply be. I’m incredibly proud to be part of something that makes such a difference.
Parent feedback…
Yours is the only class my child has continued to enjoy and wants to attend after trying many others.
It’s been a struggle to find classes he will enjoy but he absolutely loves Relax Kids!
She loves everything that’s done in classes and comes out buzzing.
There is so little offered to support children like mine. What you do here is amazing.
Class teacher feedback…
“Relax kids was just wonderful for my class (a P1 to 4 composite). Rebecca is a very experienced teacher and led the children through 7 steps of relaxation with skill and confidence. The children developed relaxation techniques that we are continuing to work on after the course finished.
After each session the entire class were deeply relaxed. I would recommend Relax Kids and Rebecca to any school and class.”
Follow Rebecca’s journey here.
