Such advocacy for babies as so many of us joined together this week for #IMHAW2024. We need to move forward collectively to drive action even if the general election manifestos seem to have forgotten about babies, again….there is more to early education than increasing ‘places’.

Lynn Taylor Sharon Imray James Cook James McTaggart Certainly has made a significant difference to our ‘literacy for all’ approach in The Highland Council

Megan Dixon What an interesting paper, Megan. I was especially interested in the gaps in teachers' confidence & expertise around some aspects of comprehension that seem very important, as in your findings below:

We really need to balance the discourse, especially about children, as “fragile” “damaged” etc. Often they are adapting to circumstances with courage and skill There’s a small & growing research signal on “hidden talents” - strengths in adversity, e.g., cambridge.org/core/journals/…

An absolutely must attend session if you are free on 4th July. A wonderful opportunity for everyone working with and for our wee ones to hear from Sam and Rachel. #Beingme. Please share widely James McTaggart Catriona Gill Kate Johnston दिव्या जिंदल स्नेप Prof Divya Jindal Snape Aline-Wendy Bex Ewart

This thread ❤️ the power of relationships and the little things that make the biggest difference.

Inspired study design demonstrating biological impact of psychological therapy with children aged 2-6 years old. I note that biological markers of trauma were easily detected in children at the start of the study. Trauma leaving its mark.

Useful paper showing that high quality friendships support mental health in children who've experienced #Trauma So much that schools, families and others can do to nurture friendships for children & young people - it's a significant intervention in itself

Here is an easy to understand summary of a study we conducted, which found key differences in the brains of people without PTSD, people with classic PTSD, and people with the dissociative subtype of PTSD. See the results here! 1/3 #PTSD #Research #Psychology #Trauma #Neuroscience

I'd like to do a blog on books TEPs have found useful to support their training/ would be helpful for AEPs, applicants or even EPs to reconnect with some basics around Educational Psychology practice. Have a few up my sleeve already but #edpsychs any recommendations I can add in?

What a good idea

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Parents, teachers... do you have prematurely born children starting at or returning to school? Access FREE training on how to support prematurely born children who need it. Please help us improve support for these children & their families Bliss Baby Charity The Smallest Things Tes

Privileged to be at Highlands Trauma Summit yesterday supporting a partnership commitment for trauma informed organisations and services ⁦James McTaggart⁩ ⁦The Highland Council⁩ ⁦NHS Highland⁩ ⁦The Promise Scotland⁩ ⁦High Life Highland⁩ Improvement Service @#traumainformed

Rob identified active ingredients that led to Early Talk for York working well for York’s children. He warns against project tourism, looking for silver bullets or other areas copying what York have done. Developing approaches that fit local context are key. #PEDALconference2024

Everyone who offers appointments & wonders why people don't come or don't take advice needs to consider this! EF is more efficient when we have smooth schemas for action & representing e.g., time. So professionals think easily in time/date formats; not everyone does

It's often not that people are "hard to reach" or unmotivated, but that the organisational/practical demands of turning up/using advice overwhelm a capacity already stretched by the problems they want our help with in the first place We need to simplify, support & reduce shame

A fantastic session on trauma informed practice with James McTaggart this morning. Positive relationships are so important to help everyone feel safe! 💙