When a child struggles in school, their behaviour is telling you something. EMspace helps schools and families look beneath the surface — and do something about what they find there.
From one-to-one mentoring through to digital tools and practitioner resources — EMspace works at every level of the support continuum.
The Resource Bank brings together SEMH and SEL tools that school-based professionals can use directly with children and young people — no clinical background needed, no jargon. Just practical, relationship-first resources grounded in 25 years of direct practice.
Across schools we see the same pattern. A child struggles. The behaviour policy is applied. There may be a brief improvement — then the same child, the same issues, the same escalation. The reason this cycle persists is not a failure of will. It is because behaviour tells us what a child does, but not why.
Our conviction — supported by research with Birmingham City University and Nottingham Trent University — is that a significant proportion of these figures represent needs that could have been identified and addressed earlier. That is where EMspace works.
EMspace was founded by Robert Aymer, drawing on more than 25 years of direct experience working with children and young people in primary and secondary schools. Every resource, tool and framework we produce comes from that lived practice — not a training manual.
The service is grounded in the CASEL Social and Emotional Learning framework and informed by original research conducted in partnership with Birmingham City University and Nottingham Trent University.
EMspace is currently being incorporated as a Community Interest Company — a structure that reflects our commitment to children and young people, not profit.
Whether you want to refer a young person, explore the Resource Bank, or just have an initial conversation — we are here.
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