Thank you Brian Wilson for giving us such beautiful melodies and evocative songs. Each track a masterpiece, immediately conjuring up golden sun and joy. There’s nothing like it. Rest in peace. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.

It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project . @oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can. Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k

Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder. (* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)

Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025 Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social

📣Free webinar 📣 Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners. June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....

It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project . @oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can. Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k

Last chance to join our iHV Spotlight Learn: Supporting Parents Workshop - Supporting the #Perinatal #MentalHealth of #autistic mothers and birthing parents taking place online Thu 5 June (1:30-4:00pm) ideal for the Multi-disciplinary workforce ihv.org.uk/training-and... #HealthVisiting

One week left to apply for the fully-funded 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in my @soneatlab.bsky.social, Dept. of #Psychology, @universityofessex.bsky.social (#Colchester, #UK). Deadline: 01.06.2025 Start: 01.10.2025 vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... #fNIRS #attachment

Excellent blog about high quality longitudinal studies tracking psychological distress in adults over 30 years. Only small ⬆️ over time. Peaks potentially linked to: Social media Austerity I would suggest the 2016-2018 peak might be related to deep social division caused by referenda

#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma. 👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m... #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain

A must read

1/ The myth of the only child: a thread on the unjustified bad reputation of only children 🧵👇 #OnlyChildMyths #ParentingTruths #BreakingStereotypes

New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You can now get 10% off our short courses using an early bird discount code: EARLYBIRD25 Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training

May the 4th be with you. Celebrating a day when fighting off an empire bent on destroying communities seems relevant

For #MayThe4thBeWithYou we've got a perhaps surprising amount about Darth Vader in our archive www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...

I had a fabulous day of walking near Thirlmere yesterday as training for the big challenge walk I’m doing in June. I could see the Solway Firth and Scottish hills over Bassenthwaite. It’s so peaceful yet invigorating.

This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that 1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators. 2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.

Claire Eason, UK artist, recently created a tribute to the #SycamoreGap tree, in Northumberland UK using light from drones in the space where the much loved landmark once stood #WomensArt

My second time presenting to Council Lead Members today, on Early Years & Lifetime Outcomes. On both occasions, councillors were engaged & supportive. I hope to see more councils adopting the language of “Babies, Children & Young People”. Thanks to the LGA & @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social.

Crummock Water #LakeDistrict - Day 5 of 7 posts showcasing its beauty which will be lost forever if United Utilities carries out its plan to reduce the water level by 4.6 feet. Find out more here and sign the petition: change.org/p/stop-unite... ...please share to raise awareness

Bluesky has gone very quiet again. I still miss the early days of Twitter when folk chatted about various interesting topics and shared knowledge across different specialities. People were mostly respectful and curious and liked a gentle laugh together.

Like many others, it’s my first day back from 2 weeks’ leave. The gear change from holiday mode to chewing through 2 weeks’ worth of emails is a leap into hyperspace isn’t it!

Delighted to meet my compadres in the 25-26 cohort of the Clore Social Leadership Established Leaders course this morning. I can see I’m going to learn loads from and with these folk, so I’m really looking forward to getting cracking next week.

Many parents think they aren't doing enough with their children, but there are so many little things they are already doing everyday - without even realising - which builds love, trust, connection & confidence. Let's celebrate and shout about the great job that parents are doing! ❤️ #parenting

Today, together with brilliant Dr @ananeurogeek.bsky.social, we do some more #MythBusting: "So happy together: Deconstructing the right #brain / left brain #myth". www.neuroscienceandpsychotherapy.com/post/right-b... #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #Psychotherapy #Neurobollocks

Your face is an endless source of fascination and information for your baby. Watching this beautiful video, shared to IG by gerookerbs, the first thing you’re likely to notice is baby’s adoring gaze and unbroken eye contact. 🧵

Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

For me, these new findings are exceptionally useful for suggesting we should stop universal MH interventions in schools, and focus on one-to-one, targeted and directed interventions instead. @jackandrews.bsky.social and I argue this is more detail below doi.org/10.1111/camh...

Published today in Nature Medicine. In one of the world’s largest RCTs of its kind (n=3,936), a smartphone app teaching 5 key cognitive-behavioral therapy skills improved subthreshold depression—and the effects lasted 6 months. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Want to nurture your baby’s early language? It’s really not rocket science, but it does require your time and attention. 🧵

Have you seen our External Opportunities webpage? We've recently added the details of a tender from Kent County Council for the creation of a new, ground-breaking multidisciplinary parent-infant service in Kent. Deadline this Wed 16/04 for registering interest. 👉bit.ly/4jpnKd4

There once was a time that you didn’t yet realize you had hands. It’s a funny thought, but 100% true. In fact it’s not until somewhere between 2-4 months of age that babies fully “discover” their hands. (Thread 🧵)

I recently spoke about #Attachment and #ChildDevelopment, including #CHATS developed with #Babygro, at 2 events organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Thank you so much again for the kind invitation. The second talk was recorded and is freely available here: pvrticka.com/presentations/.

I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion

Finishing my week full of gratitude: the charity sector is replete with people who are keen to help, provide advice, share resources, work together. I’m delighted to have found @acevo.bsky.social and grateful to ppl from @nspcc.bsky.social for various bits this week. Have a lovely weekend all.

Former Mental Health Fellowship award holder, Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe, is launching a new study to improve mental health support for young parents under 25: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/support... #MentalHealth #Research @ruthndwrites.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social @ashmore1973.bsky.social

Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...

We’re giving away one free copy of Sue Gerhardt’s new book. Re-tweet the post below to be in with a chance. Winner will be chosen at random on April 8th. Good luck!

We have a few places left on our Watch, Wait and Wonder (an introduction) training day on May 2nd (online, £271) Learn about WWW theory and understand how to facilitate parents' capacity to observe, recognise and understand their baby's cues Info/book: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events...

Disturbing. Someone just liked one of my Bluesky posts from November 2024. Except, I’ve never posted this. I’ve never had a clinical teaching fellowship at Warwick. Looks like me, but definitely wasn’t me. Not happy.

Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health". We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April. Available to purchase from today.

4 publications I co-authored are on The Atlantic’s database of copyrighted items allegedly used without permission by Meta to train AI. The link to the database is below. AI is such a thorny issue. Terrible for the environment + creatives, but useful for sharing knowledge & expertise. Complex.

It’s relationships, social fabric and nature that improve wellbeing. So let’s invest time, effort & focus in those.

She heard the magic words! This month I’m partnering with the UK’s Royal Centre for Early Childhood) to help unpack some of the major concepts in The Shaping Us Framework, an important new document released by the Centre to help promote social/emotional development (linked below).  🧵

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Sharing again this video from Blackpool's parent-infant relationships service (PAIRs) It acknowledges that parenting can be hard and requires adjustment (I love the idea of finding a new version of yourself), the value of talking & of having someone notice strengths. youtu.be/EyHnc-RcWFY?...

Navigating Psychosocial Aspects of Pregnancy Care After Baby Loss: A Roadmap for Professionals Ana Todorović, Aoife O'Higgins, Shona Johnston, Nathalie Hilton, Guinevere Webster, Brenda Kelly obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social #PregnancyAfterLoss