On the 25th Nov we're hosting our 3rd Online Conf. This year we're looking at the challenges of maintaining family links in adoption Speakers Sarah Johal MBE Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE Beth Neil Paula Coates Scott Casson-Rennie Al Coates +Dawn Harker #adoption buff.ly/3S1fTVK

Apparently you can read this in 8 minutes. I've gone edgy with behaviour: theheadteacher.com/attainment-and… #outliers #canaries

Please retweet if you, like me, want to know what exactly Steve Barclay is doing to address the horrific conditions in the NHS currently 🤷‍♀️

In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 31.3% lower than men's. The pay gap is 8.1 percentage points wider than the previous year.

In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 13.7% lower than men's.

In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 17.9% lower than men's. The pay gap is 0.4 percentage points wider than the previous year.

Live listening to Angela

Thinking about children & their behaviour how often are they reacting to our words & language. That's not to parent blame but we need to be the ones bringing solutions and creating systems around our children that are compassionate & empathic to their needs #CCVAB #CPV #APVA #NVR

Brilliant, definitely worth a listen. Fiona is inspirational.

Children in care are still children. Great timing. Thank you Channel 4 Paddy Wivell

A fascinating listen, not surprising in many ways but so interesting to hear about the children's voices.

This is one of the first people i "met" on twitter. Her story told through her tweets showed such strength and compassion. And one of my dreams is to walk the Camino. Good luck mumdrah. My Camino: the road back to myself gofund.me/3c43d8f9

Wow, fascinating. Only part way through and thinking how I stereotype myself in this mother story. How many mothers blame themselves????

After many convos with families who said their Social Workers, however well intentioned, did not know how to respond & support with their child's most aggressive meltdowns Al Coates & I teamed up to write this for BASW⬇️ buff.ly/3JLDasu

What a lovely podcast. I could listen to Fran all day. I'm definitely going to hunt down her book.

This is what I need, actual "word patterns" to use and practice with. Thank you so much for sharing

The Adoption and Fostering Podcast – I enjoyed every one of the 3,624 minutes I spent with you in 2023. Thank you. #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/show/4WeW65eUD…

Just wanted to thank Tris Casson-Rennie for his words about asking teachers to focus on achievement and not discus behaviour during parents evening on an The A & F Podcast episode a while back. It made patents evening such a positive experience for everyone.