What can school staff do to support secure #attachment in #children and #youngpeople?—from @AFNCCF’s ‘Supporting mental health and well-being in #schools’ booklet. annafreud.org/schools-and-co… #mentalhealth

My wife was bitten by a radioactive owl last week and now she's making all my decisions for me. She's been given power of a tawny.

The 'Parental Relationships Spectrum' is a tool you can use with parents, using motivational interviewing and active listening techniques you can explore whether they may be experiencing relationship conflict or domestic abuse forbabyssake.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

*THREAD on Working Memory* Understanding ‘working memory’ is a valuable concept for teachers (& more) to inform them about how children learn. Put very simply, it’s the ability to retain things in your head at once. This thread shares some useful & free sources & resources... /1

Has a partner or family member ever forced you to get pregnant, stay pregnant or end a pregnancy? If so, you are invited to take part in an interview with a female researcher. For more information visit; tinyurl.com/MARAproject abhi kumar

Fantastic resource! ⭐️

Loneliness was already a growing problem before the pandemic. Since COVID began, this worsened. A white paper launched today reveals four actions governments, researchers + policymakers can take to combat loneliness, writes Michelle Lim (Swinburne University of Technology). bit.ly/3JyOeYK

A gift from my clever & talented friend, Kathryn Kallady to help explain the cognitive domains to children, parents, students & teachers. Permission to share & use. linkedin.com/in/kathryn-kal… #twitterEPs #teachertwitter #psychtwitter #psychology #AcademicChatter #schoolpsych #edchat

To celebrate 5,000 followers, I have raided my bookshelves for a few books to giveaway. To enter follow + RT. International okay.

Content notice: perinatal suicide The ASPOG team has very kindly invited me to share our grounded theory explaining the way suicidality evolves during pregnancy and the following year. Free webinar tomorrow evening! Registration info in Laura's tweet @strongerfutures

“It absolutely takes a village to keep our children safe and to care for children.” This #ChildProtectionWeek we speak with those who work alongside child protection practitioners to support at-risk children. (1/4)

I am honoured to support our community’s most vulnerable children as part of this fantastic team Karen McLean. #ChildProtectionWeek

If you’re interested in some science exploring why babies do this👇check out our work on why babies avoid plants 👶🌱 (hint: we think they’re protecting themselves from potentially harmful plant toxins 🌱☠️): mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/resea…

Every clinician should have a plan for managing crying babies in ED. The problem? Most of us are secretly terrified of newborns. Here are 10 simple steps that might help:

Fascinating! Flavour preferences from within the womb! 🥕🥬

Imagine a world where we said, what’s going on with the children? So many of them are angry and distressed after school. So many of them are shut in their bedrooms. So many of them are anxious and unhappy. So many of them disillusioned at 15. 1;

The Taliban have reportedly ordered male doctors NOT to treat female patients. So, if women are BANNED from university & can’t study to become doctors, and now can’t be treated by male doctors, then what are they supposed to do? Die from sickness?

Make maternal mental health a priority worldwide. Find more info on the global campaign here: wmmhday.postpartum.net #maternalMHmatters #MentalHealthMatters #EndTheStigma #ItsOkayToAskForHelp #WorldMMHDay