Betsy and Ted assisting me in my prep for uni this week (by falling asleep and snoring so loud it’s hard to concentrate) 🐶🐶 #twittereps

Many of us are walking around having trauma responses that we call “personality.” This is to be expected in a dysfunctional society that demands we live in ways that are mismatched with how we evolved. For example: (🧵)

A beautiful spot for a coffee this morning in Harrogate ☕️ This is definitely my favourite time of year (as long as it stays above 15 degrees 🥶) 🍂

A beautiful autumn day in Nottingham. Can’t believe how fast this half term is going! 🐛📚 #tep #twittereps

The Anna Freud Centre @AFNCCF have developed a helpful tool for school leaders and teachers to feel better equipped to support children and young people who are unable to attend school due to underlying emotional, mental health or well-being needs: flipsnack.com/annafreud/addr…

Me and my fellow TEP (and bestie) on news night tonight talking about the impact of the cost of living crisis for children and young people

A restful weekend away in Gower to finish off a busy study week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #twittereps

Helping young children to manage their behaviors and emotions is arguably preschool’s most important curriculum. Suspending or expelling children for not yet having mastered the same skills they’re enrolled to develop is to miss the point of early childhood education. 🧵

Preparing for my first #dynamicassessment using the complex figure drawing and bringing a few other tools along. I’ve found some of the resources I made as an Assistant EP so helpful to use alongside assessments to elicit pupil views 📝🌻 #twittereps

A really insightful seminar this morning looking at the BAS3 and exploring different perspectives around the use of psychometric testing with CYP, and how further information can be gathered about a CYP’s strengths and needs from observing the process 💭 #twittereps

🗞️📢AEP General Secretary, Cath Lowther responds to the Government's SEND & AP improvement plan, published by Department for Education this morning #TwitterEPs #SENDreview #SEND ⬇️aep.org.uk/articles/send-…

Looking forward to talking to School of Psychology, University of Nottingham trainee EPs about instructional psychology & teaching reading. Will highlight key diffs btwn ATT & RTI. If not recognised many more pupils from low income families will be seen to have reading difficulties. Association of Educational Psychologists BPS DECP

If any ECT2s have twenty minutes to spare to participate in my research, I would be really grateful. Please contact me on the email below ASAP. Thank you! #ECT #ECT2 #EarlyCareerTeachers #EarlyCareerFramework #TeacherInduction #edutwitter #TwitterEPs

Time for a little name change ☺️🤍💍 #justmarried

Looking forward to an afternoon of dynamic assessment ✏️🌻 #twittereps #TEP #dynamicassessment

I am still recruiting for my doctoral research. If you are an ECT, please consider sparing 20 minutes to share your lived experiences. If you know an ECT, please share my research poster with them. Thank you. #ECT #EarlyCareerTeacher #edutwitter #twittereps

🌟 Call for Participant Recruitment 🌟 Are you a qualified Primary or Secondary School Teacher and teaching in a mainstream school in Yorkshire? If so, please read the image below. Please RT and share - thanks!😊 #TwitterEPs #Teachers #SEMH #SocialEmotionalandMentalHealth

Absolutely no words for the diabolical behaviour happening at the moment. 💔 Has anybody come across any guidance around how to talk to children and young people about the current riots? #twittereps