Just love this song ❤️

“3 in 5”
That’s at least SIXTY PERCENT in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿’s prison system are care experienced.
They deserve so much better than a system that consistently fails them.
They deserve to grow up loved, safe and respected.
They deserve better than this.
Would this be ok for your child?

When a young person is in a dysregulated state, this is not the time for reasoning & questions. What happened? Why did you do this? You should have known better?.The highest part of the brain(Pre-frontal cortex) thinking,reasoning,decision making & learning memory is offline.🧠🌱

A #MondayMemory from #HiddenVoices ❤️

This time the enigmatic Darren McGarvey reading a poem written by a resident of HMP Edinburgh.

Ian Rankin Val McDermid martin compston Humza Yousaf Faith Spear FRSA Fiona Bain ScotGov Justice Scottish Prison Service Faculty of Advocates
Stephen Watt 💡

Well, this is a pleasant surprise and also shows there is an appetite out there for relational practice Independent Thinking Independent Thinking Press

“Chapter One: Unconditional Positive Regard”
A great start for a book on behaviour management. Chapter ONE. Thanks for your leadership in thinking David Whitaker . #Kindness
Thought you would like to see this Ricky .
#rEDBrum John Murray

#SaturdayMemory

Worlds apart, yet minds aligned, one a world renowned author, the other a resident of HMP Edinburgh.

The words of Ian Rankin Ian Rankin and P Sue Denim our resident poet from the #SaughtonSonnets anthology.

IR - 'Writing for me has always been a form of

Epione Trauma Training & Consultancy celebrate #InternationalWomensDay2024 and stand with all survivors.

Here is our friend, colleague, survivor and published author Debbie Fanning on 8th March 2021:

‘Speaking the unspeakable – finding her voice and taking her power back’

Read her blog here:

A really recommended watch to see the state of public services in this country and see how broken they are . Tonight s episode focused on the justice system . This is what matters to voters not bribes such as tax cuts #ToriesOut602 #GeneralElectionNow

The state we are in .... very interesting Darren McGarvey

The brain grows to 90% in the first 5 years of life.

Our brains build Neural Pathways that our shaped by our relationships and experiences.

The brain is malleable. Change is always possible, it just gets harder as we get older.

Investing in Early Years is preventative ❤️

My next read .... looking forward to the delivery Graeme Armstrong

This article 👇 shares Fraser McKinlay’s view on the progress that is being made to #KeepThePromise , holding hope alongside complex challenges, commitment to change & the work still to do to ensure systems are transformed & resources are shifted to where they are most effective

Remembering the lovely Tina Hendry today, what inspiration and knowledge she brought and makes me the practitioner I am today ❤️
Only a couple of days ago I spoke of her wonderful influence .... I speak about her often ❤️ 4 years GBNF

Good information about seeing child, tuning in and always remembering All behaviour is Communication ❤️ Thanks Rachel ❤️

Good to meet with Early Years Scotland Chair Marion Burns and CEO, Jane Brumpton to discuss issues relating to ELC. It is very important to me to listen to voices across the childcare sector to understand and address the current challenges and in planning for further expansion.

Terrifying .... when will it change?