Phrase no. 2 is "You can do it". Hearing these positive words and phrases make children feel encouraged, happy, good about themselves, confident, proud of themselves and believing in themselves. #LetsBuildChildrenUp Learn more at wordsmatter.org #WordsMatterCharity

The top five most helpful and encouraging words and phrases that children want to hear from adults in a recent study by Words Matter: No. 3: "I believe in you". Learn more at wordsmatter.org #WordsMatterCharity #ChildhoodVerbalAbuse #LetsBuildChildrenUp

Phrase no. 4: "I’m here for you". Hearing these positive words and phrases make children feel encouraged, happy, good about themselves, confident, proud of themselves and believing in themselves. #LetsBuildChildrenUp Learn more at wordsmatter.org #WordsMatterCharity

The top five most helpful and encouraging words and phrases that children want to hear from adults in a recent study by Words Matter: No. 5: “It’s OK to make mistakes, you can learn from them”. Learn more at wordsmatter.org #WordsMatterCharity #LetsBuildChildrenUp

All adults can get overloaded and say hurtful things unintentionally. Support can lighten the load for everyone. Words Matter has developed a set of simple resources to support adults and help children thrive. bit.ly/WordsMatterRes… #WordsMatterCharity #ChildhoodVerbalAbuse

Congratulations Sidnei Filho on your #resilience publication in the #openaccess #research #journal @CRIPCAS Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma Resilience research group (RRG) global network

That's all folks! Best wishes again to Words Matter and congratulations on their launch! Change is possible if we all work together to find lasting solutions. If we know better, we can do better. Learn more at wordsmatter.org #WordsMatterCharity #ChildhoodVerbalAbuse

This should be a super event - it’s free, tues 28th nov 2-5pm uk time. I’ll be talking about online single session interventions as an expansion to current provision - please register and share Roz The Mental Elf Psychology at Bath @matthewrbroome Belinda Platt Jess

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I've just been interviewed by the wonderful Seiara Imanova for the Behind the Stigma podcast series. Sieara ended up giving me a much needed pep talk - thank you. Catch the podcast here: open.spotify.com/show/5x0wa0Gd4… on 5th Feb.

V.😃to see our Wellcome funded #ActiveIngredientsMH work on use of remote measurement technologies in YP published today in Nature Human Behaviour: rdcu.be/dv1sv 🙏 The McPin Foundation, McPin Young People's Network, the YPAG and fantastic YP co-researchers for your support throughout.

Well done to all the brilliant Samaritans…… you’re all incredible #BrewMonday Samaritans

Congratulations to IOE's Kazuya Saito who has received the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize, recognising him as a future leader of scientific research in Japan. #WeAreIOE ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jan/…

New paper led by Claire Garnett shows around 1 in 20 adults in England both smoke and drink at increasing and higher risk levels. This group has high rates of psychological distress and mental health conditions. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We're pleased to announce that our interview with Jessica Bondy, founder of Words Matter is now available to view. Many thanks to our Masters student, the wonderful Hafsa Qureshi, for this interview! youtu.be/f_dOHhCKWJ4

And we're back! Join us for our latest podcast on childhood verbal abuse, and the Words Matter charity here: soundcloud.com/uclsound/resil…

Thank you Philip Hunt for raising awareness of the importance of ending verbal abuse of children by adults and the work of Words Matter in House of Lords yesterday evening.

Want to know more about the charity Words Matter , or childhood verbal abuse? Join us here: youtu.be/f_dOHhCKWJ4

Many thanks to our MSci student Iwona Zak for a blog post into resilience in schools and how we can achieve it. Read more here: resiliencerg.wixsite.com/mysite/post/is…

Learn more about childhood verbal abuse, the research being done on this important subject, and the Words Matter charity in our latest blog post: resiliencerg.wixsite.com/mysite/post/wo…