Just collected this wonderful book. It doesn’t shy from the difficulties of losing a loved one but might really support children in your care if used with additional sensitive support. ❤️‍🩹

I happened to bump into someone I know through a choir thing I do this evening - and because we’ve briefly chatted before I also know she’s a #SpecialGuardian. I mentioned the march on Sunday. She had heard nothing about it all.

Belonging matters more than behaviour. Connection matters more than correction. Relationships matter most of all.

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I’ve managed to move across my tweets! Now to find those I followed and followed me! What do I do for that? 🤦‍♀️😨

Please do not show this in schools! Unless you have had a genuinely reflective planning meeting about how and why it fits into your already supportive culture and if you don’t really have one of those, then that’s why not to.

Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.

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If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. Repeat

The life of a Sow Mother, restricted she can barely tend to her young who will soon be taken from her and the process will start again, This is NOT humane

“I cannot see what else there is going to be in place to help improve behaviour at scale in the system," says @unleashingme.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Important to follow up on this. It also why compliance and punitive behaviour models can create dangerously uncritical yp and adults who are then more easily groomed (in more ways than conspiracies). Thank you Mark.

Had the best day facilitating an InSet day on embedding SEMH into whole school culture. Huge thanks to @rachtomlinson.bsky.social for generously sharing her experiences via video link. She’s about 16 years ahead of us today 😃

Less than three weeks until The School Mental Health Toolkit is published by Bloomsbury Education Thanks to Sarah and Clare for these excellent endorsements. Available to pre-order now, in print and on e-reader.

OK controversial post coming up: let’s focus less on SEND and wrap around care and more on broadening out what schools can nurture as the norm and creating conditions where parents can afford to work less and children don’t have such long days to endure.

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Going beyond the tick box! If you're frustrated at the lack of deep personal inquiry, no real knowledge about recovery and watching the talk without the walk, then this conference has been designed for you. www.ticservicesltd.com/conference20...

Why do we need this? This recent article by the TES shows has vastly the number of suspensions in PRIMARY schools has increased because of RACISM. So check out our resources to help challenge this! Https://bit.ly/racism2024 By @bameednetwork.bsky.social

Yes!The demands within the week must introduce space for attunement. And that’s not just for recognised SEND but many others including staff. Authenticity & congruence are replaced with masking & automatic detached compliance when demands don’t attune to natural human variations in need & capacity.

Fab trip to London today to share a focus on Co-Regulation. We started with some feel-good Emotional Contagion’ which created lots of smiles, some foot tapping and humming. Lots of interaction with the room. Thank you Phoenix School.

Taking a focus on co-regulation to a group of TAs in London. We will be starting with some positive emotional contagion 👌

Funny, other than the reason it came about wasn’t an actual intended joke.

Trying to find any EduTwitter peeps!

Are you setting the weather (emotional contagion) or bringing the umbrella (co-regulation)? Looking forward to sharing with TAs in London later this week. We will be starting with some positive emotional contagion 😀👌

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We can't learn to regulate when you don't feel safe. You can't teach resilience when you've learnt to hide how you actually feel. We do know this is not okay for us. But you keep telling us it is fine. Yes we can do lots of stuff. Yes we are bright and able.

Now that was a very interesting article! Definitely worth reading. Is there any reason not to video except the obvious contextual ones?

I did a webinar in embedding SEMH into your school culture: community.opogo.com/courses/embe...

Could you repost this for me good people? I'm hoping to reach as many folks as possible.

Hugely excited for this workshop at #PDConf25 👇 @rachtomlinson.bsky.social will be discussing how they create a feeling of #belonging for students at their #primaryschool pdconf25.eventbrite.co.uk

My next webinar is Embedding SEMH into Your School, for SLT. Tuesday 7th 4pm Register here community.opogo.com/event/embedd... It’s a wide and rich subject for such a short time but I will introduce you to my map which you can then use to anchor your journey, plus pointers and hopefully questions

I’ve registered my interest.

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Sending warm wishes to all, especially those who feel life is not where all of the hype suggests it should be. You do you, in the best way that you can. Style it out/Ham it up or Unmask/Be real…Stay safe. Whatever works best for you. Be kind (yourself as well as others)& then there’s no wrong way ❤️

I like those. This is another one in a similar vein: “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” – L.R. Knost And slightly less poetic: “Put your oxygen mask on first before helping others.” ✈️

Steering the ship of school leadership is challenging, especially with limited funds and high expectations. Have you successfully navigated this paradox? Share your story with us!

1/2Setting your Direction of Travel is the 1st step. Make it a solid one. The journey may seem overwhelming but pragmatism(both macro &micro)can help build the strengths and opportunities for resilience. My map is the anchor. The nuance will be unique to your school’s strengths & opportunities.

What is Your Direction of Travel? Join me at my next webinar on Tuesday 7th January at 4pm, to discuss embedding SEMH into your school’s culture. I am pleased to have my new digital version of my vision map to help you anchor that journey. Link in comments.

“When you’re raped there is shame, and it’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them. It’s true that I hear lots of women, and men, who say you’re very brave. I say it’s not bravery, it’s a will and determination to change society” - Gisèle. What a woman.

Very true. Full text in alt if you want to share.

Join me online on January 7th at 4pm. Lots of ideas as well as my own ‘Direction of Travel’ overview to anchor your perspective and embed SEMH into your school culture. community.opogo.com/event/embedd...

Tell me if your school(s) are rural or urban, without telling me they are rural or urban. School Xmas fair yesterday …

There are some weird (disruptive?) algorithms on here in terms of the profiles of followers - lots v similar and not specific to my psychology/education interests 🤔