Speaking | Nicole Henry — Keynote Speaker & Consultant

From Passion to Purpose

Creator of The Child We Miss™

Nicole Henry is a Mental Health Specialist in Education, qualified therapist, and the creator of The Child We Miss™ — a whole-school framework helping schools see, understand, respond to, and sustain support for children at risk of being overlooked.

Over 13+ years, Nicole has supported more than 6,000 students across schools in the UK and UAE, working directly with leadership teams, counsellors, students, and families to build wellbeing systems that create lasting change — not just tick a compliance box.

Nicole speaks with therapeutic depth and real in-school experience — bringing audiences practical, immediately usable tools, not just theory.

School Leaders INSET Days Conferences Governor Briefings Parent Seminars

13+

Years

6,000+

Students

UK & UAE

Regions

Framework Pillars

International Keynotes

Keynote Speaking

For conferences, INSET days, leadership events & staff wellbeing days

Nicole's keynotes are built around The Child We Miss™ — a whole-school framework for seeing, understanding, responding to, and sustaining support for children at risk of being overlooked. Each talk is tailored to your audience and leaves people with language, tools, and a framework they can actually use on Monday morning.

Keynote Topics

Whole-School Framework

The Child We Miss: Why Good Schools Still Lose Children

School leaders · Conferences

The signature talk. Why children get missed even in caring, well-resourced schools — and the four-stage system that changes that.

Understand

Seeing Isn't Understanding: What We Get Wrong About "Difficult" Behaviour

Teaching staff · INSET days

A trauma-informed reframe of classroom behaviour — moving staff from noticing to genuinely understanding what a child is communicating.

Sustain

Held, Not Just Helped: Building Wellbeing Systems That Outlast Staff Turnover

Senior leadership · Governors

How to embed wellbeing provision into lasting school systems — so support doesn't disappear when key staff move on.

Staff Wellbeing

The Cost of Caring: Educator Burnout and the Adults Behind the Adults

Whole staff · Wellbeing days

A compassionate, practical look at the wellbeing of the adults holding up the system — and what sustainable care for staff actually requires.

Formats: 30-minute conference keynote to 2-hour leadership session · In-person (UAE & UK) or virtual

📥 Full Keynote Speaker Pack

Workshops

Interactive Workshops

Smaller settings. Deeper learning. Real change.

Workshops are where The Child We Miss™ framework comes to life in the room. These aren't lectures — they're participatory, reflective, and designed so that every person leaves with something practical they can use straight away.

Nicole offers workshops for staff, students, and parents — each one mapped to a stage of the framework and adapted to your school's specific context.

Staff Workshops

Trauma-Informed Classrooms: Reading the Behaviour Beneath the Behaviour

Understand

The Repair Room: Co-Regulation & Recovery After Rupture

Respond

Student Workshops

Feelings — It's OK to Talk

Early Years–KS2

Not a Bully, Be a Buddy

KS2–KS3

Social Media & Self-Worth

KS3–KS4

Self-Esteem & Body Image

KS3–KS5

Coming Soon

Thriving Families — for parents and workplace teams

Need something different?

All workshops can be tailored to your school's specific needs — built around your student body, your staff, and your THRIVE Audit results.

Formats: Half-day or full-day · Standalone or combined · In-person or virtual

📥 View Full Workshop Menu

Panels & Media

Panels, Podcasts & Media

I'm an experienced podcast guest and panel speaker, comfortable discussing complex mental health topics in accessible, engaging ways for broad audiences — available for online and in-person events.

My own podcast, The Wellbeing Table, brings honest conversations about children's and young people's mental health to thousands of educators worldwide. New episodes every other Tuesday. Listen now →

🎙️ Featured Guest · Mama Drama Podcast · Ep. 90

"Conscious Parenting vs. Generational Trauma" — Nicole joined the hosts to discuss the principles of conscious parenting, its challenges, and its benefits, receiving praise for her professionalism and depth of knowledge.

March 2023

In response to a specific need of our school with self-esteem in our young female students, I asked Nicole to come in and run a workshop. The communication and planning was excellent in the build-up and the workshop was delivered with professionalism and from a place of really valuing the students' thoughts and opinions. We would not hesitate again to bring in Nicole for similar workshops in the future.

Martin Price

Head of Support & Wellbeing

Talks That Actually Move People