For more information please check out my book: The book you wish your parents had read and your children will be glad that you did. amazon.co.uk/Book-Wish-Your…

First day back on placement and it felt great! Denaby Main Primary #traineeartpsychotherapist #arttherapy #fingerknitting #yarnbombing #staffwellbeing #Denabycan

This recent #IJATInscape paper shares views of #schools pupils & teachers on primary-school-based art therapy 🖍🖌✏

‘Art therapy can help make children more confident. It can help make you stronger in many things, for example, maths and literacy. It can also help make you calmer’. #School #pupils share their views on art therapy🖌️Read this article Free Access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

He’s an inspirational lad, that Theo Madden

‘In art therapy children make and think about art. It can help with schoolwork. Doing art can make you comfortable, then when you go back to class you’re still comfortable.’ #School pupils share their views on #arttherapy🖌️Free Access for the article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My book is now available in paperback: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did. Sunday Times No 1 Best Seller List. amazon.co.uk/Book-Wish-Your…

Targeting acadmeic recovery alone won't support young people to recover "Schools need a targeted mental health recovery plan so teachers can be trained & encouraged to recognise &support the growing number of mental health problems" ow.ly/zI3E50DieZa standard.co.uk/news/health/ch…

Meet Jack Coulter, the young artist with synesthesia who 'hears' colour independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Our first paper, 'Primary-school-based art therapy: a review of controlled studies' is now the 9th most cited article in International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape🖌️ #arttherapyresearch #children Access the article and summary here: tandfonline.com/eprint/giP9z5S…

As the wider opening of schools approaches, some childen & young people may display some puzzling changes in behaviour after so long in lockdown. These may indicate anxiety. Even those keen to return may experience this. Some signs for parents to look out for and how to respond

The Co-SPACE study hilights how families have coped during COVID Latest findings indicate children's mental health symptoms have increased again as has parental stress whilst managing the demands of home learning, working & lockdown. Read the report here cospaceoxford.org/wp-content/upl…

A crackdown on behaviour without addressing what lies beneath will further disadvantage those children & young people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic and lockdown. What is needed is high expectation alongside relationship, support & compassion amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.thegua…

“We have evolved to stop paying attention when nothing changes, but to pay particular attention when things do". The sameness and trauma of the pandemic has increased stress & cortisol levels, lowering attention, concentration & memory. ow.ly/OliY50EobVg

It's Learning Disability week and this years theme is 'Art and Creativity'🎨 Creativity and art making can be such a powerful way to express and communicate. To find out how you can get involved with #LDArtWeek visit Mencap 👇 mencap.org.uk/get-involved/l… #LDWeek21

Another amazing workshop in Penistone Grammar School heartspace with year 7/8/9 students. Tomorrow we turn the art into music!

Seeing colour, hearing music exhibition launch 8th May - tickets on sale now via Barnsley Civic website

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So excited for the launch of Seeing Music, Hearing Colour at Barnsley Civic next week. A joining together and celebration of women, of community and Project14DV It’s been truly amazing ❤️💙🤍 #BeReyt #art #music #community #Barnsleyisbrill