Ellie Makri

@elliemakri.bsky.social

Trainee Educational Psychologist (University of Birmingham 2024-2027)

I am recruiting participants for my study about promoting the social inclusion of autistic girls in school. The study is underpinned by the neurodiversity paradigm and centres the voice of autistic girls.

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Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead delivers 4 lectures as part of Radio 4 ‘s Reith Lectures, where she reconstructs violence and evil as a human response to - among other things - childhood trauma. Relevant implications for EP practice #edpsychs www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence, Does Trauma Cause Violence?

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if trauma causes violence.

bbc.co.uk

Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead delivers 4 lectures as part of Radio 4 ‘s Reith Lectures. She reconstructs violence and evil as a human response to - amongst other things - childhood trauma. Extremely relevant implications for EP practice. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence, Does Trauma Cause Violence?

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if trauma causes violence.

bbc.co.uk

Every time I read about banning books, I think of this: Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius. If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.

“Why did the Hungry Caterpillar make a cocoon?” #EYFS child: “So no one bothers him.” “Sorry?” I ask. EYFS child: “He needs time to THINK himself INTO a butterfly.” “Wow!” I respond. EYFS child: “Well, he didn’t do it by magic.”

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Just finished Katriona O’Sullivan’s #POOR. It is excellent! Its main strength lies in its ability to convey so vividly the reality of growing up in poverty. If every professional working with children knew the problem in such detail, one would hope that outcomes for the children would improve.

I do find it interesting when 'evidence informed' meets evidence that doesn't fit with the narrative. There's loads of evidence that movement supports learning. Just because that doesn't match how some people think education should look doesn't make it untrue. 🤷‍♀️