Lot's of educators very keen to shut down parents having an opinion on schools despite never being a teacher Wonder how many had an opinion on England's football team despite never being a football manager 🤔

www.buzzsprout.com/2546557/epis... It was a pleasure to be a guest on the TICs podcast, even if the content isn't the easiest thing to talk about

Empathy, Grief, and Partnership: Shifting Home-School Dynamics from Conflict to Collaboration with Graham Chatterley - Trauma Informed Conversations

How can schools and professionals move past performative empathy to build genuine, supportive partnerships with the parents of children with SEND? Far too often, the intense pressures within the educa...

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Of all the slides I've put together, this is the one that seems to be the most requested In a world where so many want to see behaviour as simple It's great that this is landing and is getting put up in staff rooms

open.substack.com/pub/changing... Listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social last week talking about why young people are NEET last week, I felt I needed to organise my own thoughts on it. We seem more comfortable with blame than acknowledging the complexity of the issue, especially the role of schools

Why are so many children NEET

The elephant in the room

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@grahamchatterley.bsky.social, author of #ChangingPerceptions, is now on Substack! Be sure to subscribe for useful guidance on building strong relationships between schools & parents of children with #SEND, plus practical advice on treating those parents with empathy & understanding:

Bridging the Gap between Schools and SEND Parents

Does Lonely do it justice?

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I delivered my first session of my new training on Understanding and Supporting Parental Challenge and SEND Parents in Liverpool this week (working title) Rarely have I experienced a bigger energy shift in a room....

Two features in our new newsletter from Scotland's ACEs Action Community. You can sign up to receive it on: connectedbaby.net/scotlands-ac... @drpam.bsky.social @anam-alba.bsky.social @grahamchatterley.bsky.social @margl24.bsky.social @lynburnnurture.bsky.social @alexrenton.bsky.social

It's interesting that someone who has consistently pushed negative reinforcement, and has no issues with publicly shaming children Doesn't think it motivates adults

Is there a truer statement in education? If we view discipline simply as manipulating children to conform, we aren't teaching them anything other than survival strategies

Had a meeting with the owner of a children's care organisation, I raised concerns that profit was being prioritised over the child's needs They got very defensive and offended by this, before confirming that they were a business, they didn't care about the rest of the child's family...

We seem to have forgotten somewhere that every child with an EHCP was once a child without one, most of which had a failed mainstream experience Every child in SEMH has a failed m/s experience If we only make reasonable adjustments post failure, its not the child's fault?

Here's yesterday's event in Leeds. #TheNextDecade Conference attracted more than 1100 delegates to talk about how we create truly relational cultures in schools. I felt delighted & relieved to be amongst such a large number of people who are committed to this vision.

We're at the @thenextdecadeuk.bsky.social Conference today, where the brilliant Matthew Syed is live on stage. A powerful keynote on humility, leadership and diversity in education💡📚 #IfNotUsWho #TheNextDecade #FutureOfEducation

The behaviour arguments about aggression run on and on Behaviourist responses still favoured by many Arguing against these is immediately making excuses for the behaviour I'll often argue that we are actually doing is explaining it But should we be excusing it? 🧵...

I've written a new blog for @bloomsburyed.bsky.social ahead of the publication of my latest book on adaptive teaching. Hope you find it useful! #EduSky www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching︱Author Sue Cowley talks Adaptive Mindsets

One of the most important aspects in successful teaching is actually about our attitude and our mindset as educators.

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There is undoubtedly a better awareness of SEND than in decades gone by But we aren't great at looking how different needs interact with each other, often in conflict We are even worse at looking how low self esteem and shame interact Until we do, SEMH needs will never really be understood 🧵...

So I was sat in the car today, next caller to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk Unfortunately I never got the chance because time ran out, but the topic was the issue of record low men teaching secondary and what is the impact So here's my thoughts on 🧵 form...

What would a trauma-informed analysis of the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting look like? I think it would pay attention to body language. It would consider what was happening biologically. Here's my THREAD tracking changes over the 50 mins. Here's the link I'm working with: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOv...

‘Pupils are in fear every day’. Parents raise alarm at Essex schools taken over by Mossbourne before inquiry into allegations of emotional abuse launched. One secondary boy wet himself in front of class after toilet refused. Left in wet clothes all day. Disturbingly familiar allegations.

changingperceptions3.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/c... I think it's time we realised how much we place on appearance If you are outraged by what happened to President Zelensky in the white house but okay with what happens to children on Monday It's time to reflect a bit

Connecting the Dots

I think by this point everyone will have seen the treatment of President Zelensky in the White House, the talk of bullying and mistreatment. Now we could do a number of blogs about the different be…

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Look at this picture through the lense of the school uniform message we give children Guy on the left is, - more respectful - more employable - more trustworthy - more hardworking Then there's the reality! It's 2025 it's time this nonsense stopped, a blazer and tie does none of those things

www.early-years-reviews.com/play-matters We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this. Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳 “Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood. #PlayMatters

And yet we continue to tell children they can't challenge adults Due to some twisted 'stiff upper lip' view of resilience many will think this young man should have 'just got on with it' or 'learned to deal with it'

Louise Coigley@lisntell.bsky.social · last yr.

Young man with moderate #intellectualdisabilities tells me he'd told GP trying to put him on meds: "I'm not depressed!I am SAD." He's at last been heard & allowed to change placement.He's so much happier. We'd worked for many weeks on assertion skills, voicing needs/wants. I'm in awe of him #SaLT👏🏼❤️‍🔥😮

Not surprised by this If you have a behaviour policy that focuses on surface behaviour and lacks curiosity, then you see misbehaviour not struggling children Good SEND identification requires curious adults

Independent Thinking@itlworldwide.bsky.social · last yr.

‘pupils attending academies – rather than schools maintained by local authorities – or those living in heavily academised areas were less likely to be identified as having special educational needs when compared with other pupils.’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This wasn’t an easy article to write, as it involved dredging up memories of a very difficult period in my life. However given the vitriol in Parliament being poured on current attempts to deal with this long-running situation, I thought it was time. #EduSky #AcademicSky

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✍️ Corporate greed in education: “we felt like pawns trapped in a maze” The corporatisation of education has enabled financial abuses for decades – Labour must act now to ensure transparency and accountability Dr Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social

I'm not gonna lie, after a week that has consisted of training courses, consultancy, 2 days as headteacher, unusual job offers and Daniel's care home serving notice on him My head and my multiple hats are frazzled

Watching Katherine Birbalsingh's current decent is entirely predictable KB has manipulated children and the curriculum unchallenged for some time and has been encouraged and lorded for it rather than held to account KB can no longer manipulate the same way and that fear of losing control was...

The prevalence of hypermobile #EhlersDanlos syndrome at a gender-affirming primary care clinic: 2.7% of the 2180 #TGD patients had a diagnosis of hEDS. Sample had high rates of comorbidities, plus anxiety, depression, or ADHD, consistent with emerging research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...