A renewed appeal from Catherine, #JackOSullivan’s fraught and anguished mum. Please keep spreading the word ♥️

Scenario. Secondary school. "Could you behave please & stop acting like a primary school pupil? "Trauma Informed perspective. "This young person is chronologically 12 years of age,but due to psychological wounds, could have the developmental infrastructure of an 8 year old? 🧠🌱

I started #Oliverscampaign in 2018 In that time I have worked with 5 HealthMinisters Caroline Dinenage MP Helen Whately MP Gillian Keegan Maria Caulfield CBE Stephen Kinnock 3 Chief Nursing Officers of England Prof Dame Jane Lovely DBE CBE RN @_RuthMay May Duncan Burton 2 CEO NHS England Simon Stevens Amanda Pritchard

📺 WATCH: Our President Lade Smith CBE CBE highlighting the crucial role of SAS psychiatrists in the mental health workforce, emphasising their clinical expertise, leadership, and contributions to patient care.

By failing to provide timely support for children with neurodevelopmental conditions, we're robbing them of their childhoods and potential, while wasting millions on tribunals where families win nearly every time. childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/we-are-ro…

If you have mediation - either as parent or as prof’nal to support parent - please demand in advance that mediation company ensures SEND reg 37. At start of meeting, ask question directly to LA person: “are you able to resolve this issue here & now?” If it’s no, stop the meeting.

V proud to have just submitted my 7th children’s workbook. Taya the tortoise. The v important often neglected topic of children who protect, survive, adapt, navigate by disconnecting, retreating, going inwards, bottling/up, &/or dissociating. Been a labour of love & I wrote it as

Upsetting to read 😭🥲

Are there any speech & language therapists that have capacity to support a client with aphasia in Southeast London? Urgent! 🚨

Indeed

But grief is a stone in your shoe, it hurts like toothache, persistent as tinnitus - it’s ALWAYS there, my heart will ALWAYS be bruised and broken by the loss of Laura and I will never ever be the same person I was before we lost her. 2/

One Year Without Jack Today marks one year since Jack disappeared. One year of unanswered questions, of searching, of hoping. One year of his family and friends living with the unimaginable pain of not knowing where he is or what happened.

1/4 Proud to co-deliver today with Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou for #annafreud about ways to support (and prevent future trauma) for autistic people. We talk about:

There is NO safe way to strangle someone. It’s a criminal offence. It raises risk of homicide by 800%. It kills. It’s abusive. Bridgend CB Council

Kids being brilliant. ❤️

The Education Secretary is wrong about teaching "grit". 🧵 She's wrong in her perception that anxious children lack grit and she's wrong to think that those with mental health issues lack resilience. It's vital that we challenge this narrative. 1/

It was a privilege to be invited onto Radio 4 Woman’s Hour yesterday morning to share Alice’s story & our experiences:

Anonymous Post: How do primary schools effectively manage persistent pupil lateness? I’m looking for examples of supportive, yet firm and effective policies or approaches that balance pupil welfare with accountability.

Maltreated children are nearly 10x more likely to exhibit symptoms of three or more neurodevelopmental conditions. Yet trauma is often prioritised in assessments, while underlying neurodevelopmental traits remain undetected. Find out how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and

Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 Stephen Unwin parent of pugs