😂 Alright, I’m back on X after a long break…
I’ve been quietly developing something: My Voice, My Future - 80 reflective conversation cards designed to help children and young people feel truly heard.
Pre-orders now open.
Link: https://t.co/zjZYMep758
#TwitterEPs#edpsychs
Time to begin my summer jobs, first up is updating our ELSA training. Any suggestions of things to include/examples from your services? #twittereps#elsa
What does the ✨dream school✨ for good #mentalhealth look like? 🏫
At our @EmergingMindsUK workshop, we asked young people, parents, educators, practitioners & researchers.
Now @LeanneWallker has created this INCREDIBLE illustration of the ideas! Please share widely 🔁
I'm working v hard at trying to develop alternative narratives to "back to normal" & supporting thinking around "what happened." In a parallel universe a police post brags about the sentencing of an 18 yr old potentially exploited during lockdowns at 15
https://t.co/CqgP2hDA5r
Not an exhaustive list, but Most parents want to raise their children, to be honest adults, so the first time they catch their child in a lie, it may come as an unpleasant surprise. But research has found that lying is a normal part of childhood an,
Emotions: an essential part of science.
Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy – author of 'Emotional Ignorance: Lost and Found in the Science of Emotion', out now on @FaberBooks – argues we would benefit from accepting the reality.
https://t.co/dnhlUdBwuZ
RT for your chance to win a copy!
EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Exploring the things that emotionally boost us and the things that leave us zapped can help us work towards a better balance and avoid reaching burnout
This download can help us explore
PDF here: https://t.co/lIoqOYVbPZ
If you like it, please share it
@psychmag I am Ruth for the portrayal of a mother-child relationship, management of body image, disordered eating and self-harming behaviour, plus the emotional based school avoidance. A lot of psychological content to unpack in one film!
@viola_jane Thank you so much for organising this Jane. It was very useful and inspiring to hear about how GEM is being used 😊 looking forward to the next one!
Review from @KavSolder of 'When Words Are Not Enough', by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds @GoodGriefProj (with a foreword from @drkathrynmannix)
https://t.co/ToV3wLl43j
@psychmag@GoodGriefProj@drkathrynmannix I’m interested in reviewing this book please. I’m currently supporting a school through a critical incident so this book could be really useful.
🧵 🧩 Opportunities to assess problem-solving & visual spatial skills.
🧩 Language use - rationale behind answer
🧩 60 challenges so plenty of scope for a test-teach-retest approach
Using half term to play with some Dynamic Assessment tools. This one is great for primary and secondary pupils as the challenges increase in complexity…& it has the chocolate appeal!
#ad#paidpartnership#twittereps#dynamicassessment#problemsolving
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Assistants in EP Services research is now live. It comes in three formats, the full report is hosted on our website https://t.co/5q8YnQLRbs , alongside a policy brief https://t.co/vVYY3GtAdX and a blog going onto @edpsyuk. Please share & happy reading #twittereps
Validating your child's feelings is a wonderful way to increase their emotional awareness. Here's a little list of helpful phrases... anything other than "Just stop crying!" or "You're alright!" or "Is that all?"🫂
#EwellCastleFamily#ELSAsupport#EmotionalIntelligence
📣I was lucky enough to interview some amazing EPs to ask about their experiences working with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA).
I’ve created a ‘What Works with EBSA’ Padlet - loads of tried & tested resources and approaches in one place.
Spread the word! #twittereps