Richard Daniel Curtis is an internationally renowned behaviour expert and mentor, founded in developmental psychology, passionate about helping millions understand mental health and psychology.

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He provides professional mentoring for school leaders,  special needs coordinators, families and young people amongst others.  He runs The Mentoring School.

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The former teacher is known for his impact with turning round some of the most extreme behaviours and is consulted about adults and children around the globe.

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His work with children alone is said to have personally influenced the lives of over ten million and works to help people understand and communicate better with each other. He was recently one of 3 experts to co-author the mental health curriculum for the Department of Education.

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He has appeared on TV, radio and in newspapers talking about international news stories and is an experienced and entertaining speaker.  He has appeared on the BBC, ITV and Sky, in addition to filming four pilots for different TV series.  In print, Richard has been quoted in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Mirror, the Observer, 7 Days in Dubai, as well as many magazines and websites.

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He has founded The Mentoring School, a professional development training team to help people supporting children, young people, young adults, refugees, apprentices, sports coaches, business leaders and more. Their training for support social and emotional difficulties in schools has been delivered to over 2% of schools and colleges in England alone.

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Author of The Social and Emotional Skills Assessment, a tool to assess the social and emotional development of children, Richard’s work has had an impact in 5 continents.  He has written multiple books, including AWOL: the missing teenage brain and the impact on mental health, Gratitude at Home, Gratitude in Primary Schools, Gratitude in Secondary Schools and Higher Education, The Parent’s Guide to the Modern World, The Young Person’s Guide to the Modern World, 101 Tips for Parents, 101 More Tips for Parents and 101 Behaviour Tips for Parents; he has also co-authored Boosting Positive Mental Health in Teens with children’s life coach Naomi Richards and The Gifted Introvert with Mary-Jane Boholst.

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Richard lives in Southampton with his girlfriend and their two young children.

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Richard’s professional CV includes:

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1999-2002 Mental Health Support Worker in in-patient adult and child units

2000-2003 BA (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (Sheffield Hallam)

2003-2010 Teacher, rising to lead of Pupil Referral Unit

2010-2013 Primary Inclusion Adviser for a local authority

2012 Specialist Leader in Behaviour and Attendance awarded

2012-13 worked with the Nurture Group Network to produce the Boxall-Curtis Profile

2013- Founder of The Root Of It – special needs support

2013-14 MA Education (Edge Hill)

2014 Chair of the National SEND Awards

2014 The Root Of It awarded Best New Business Award

2014 Publication of 101 Tips for Parents, 101 More Tips for Parents and 101 Behaviour Tips for Parents

2012-18 Author of the Social, Emotional and Play Development Scale (known as the Curtis Scale)

2015 The Root Of It awarded Gold Scoot Headline Award

2016 Author of Gratitude in Primary Schools, Gratitude in Secondary Schools and Higher Education, Gratitude at Home

2016 Launch of The Mentoring School

2016 Invited to become a HuffPost Blogger

2017 The Mentoring School awarded Best EISC Erasmus Host of the Year and Silver Award for Support to the Apprenticeship Sector

2017 Author of The Parent’s Guide to the Modern World and The Young Person’s Guide to the Modern World

2017 Co-author of Boosting Positive Mental Health in Teens with Naomi Richards

2017 Start of PhD Psychology at University of Southampton

2017 Inducted into the European Alliance for Apprenticeships

2017 Skills for London Apprenticeship Group Member

2018 Co-author of The Gifted Introvert

2018 Member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Mentoring

2018 Author of AWOL: the missing teenage brain and the impact on mental health

2019 Programme Director of the Mental Health Awareness Programme

2019-2020 Expert co-author mental health and wellbeing curriculum in England

2019 Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards

2020 Author of the Mental Health Tick - accreditation for successful mental health aware organisations