After holidays, many children and young people are grappling with the return to school. Parents are sharing the struggle to get them there. Let's LISTEN, let's SUPPORT. Dr Jerricah Holder EBSA Horizons offers essential training for schools and educators to understand & effectively

I Wonder If You See Me - A Poem about Childhood Trauma. Please find just 3 minutes of your time for this powerful, absolute must-watch, it comes with a trigger warning for anyone who has experienced any sort of trauma. We’re all just kids that got older. youtube.com/watch?v=5qZ4-I…

Please share & RT @drbeckymorgan's insightful new blog about ways to support autistic girls to thrive in school. With such focus on #AttendanceCounts , understanding and advocating for a compassionate child-led approach has never been so important 1/2 #notaschoolskiver

UNDERSTANDING Attendance, counts! Amidst the growing pressures on schools & families to ensure consistent attendance, we're delving into crucial strategies edpsyched.co.uk/ebsa-schools-r…. Our aim is to empower schools with extra tools, insights, & resources to support & understand the

A very exciting partnership indeed and we've already had some stimulating discussions with participating schools through the course reflection and comment sections 🤩

Thank you to EdPsychEd for publishing this article on #PANS and #PANDAS. Square Peg Cath OBE, FCCT Dr TINA RAE Steve B Association of Educational Psychologists Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Louise Selby Jo Joyner nurtureuk nasen Georgina Durrant Helen - Twinkl CPD edpsyched.co.uk/blog/pans-and-…

Wonderful TinaC looking forward to further collaborating together, such an important area for us to be considering as EPs ☺️

If you are an EP watching the SEND system in despair, wondering why it is so stuck and what you can do about it, then grab a cuppa and take a read. It’s time for a revolution! Who’s in? edpsyched.co.uk/blog/we-don-t-…

Some of the Amazon Gifts are not working, so we now also have a Just Giving page: justgiving.com/page/spectrum-… Thank you so much everyone for your generosity!

What a fantastic response already to Joanna Stanbridge's blog!! With a call for collective action & systemic change, Joanna urges EPs to join a movement toward a more inclusive and effective education system. Who's ready? bit.ly/3T1fiX2 #educationrevolution #twittereps

FREE RESOURCE - The Checklist for Attendance Tracking and Support (CATS) is a tool to efficiently & compassionately explore the reasons behind student absenteeism bit.ly/3wcAbFK #understandingattendancecounts

Anxiety and Part-time Timetables - A Thread When children are unwell and struggling to attend school due to anxiety, one of the approaches often taken is to put them on a part-time timetable. This might, for example, be as part of an EBSA pathway or within a Pastoral Plan. 1/

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to present UCL Leading Edge Day on Extended School Non-attendance, sharing my 'Moving from Recovery to Rediscovery' Model. Great presentations from David Heyne Caroline Bond Matthew Fletcher & Adele Tobias #ebsa #schoolburnout #Attendance

Thoroughly enjoyed Matthew Fletcher presentation and can't wait to collaborate on a video exploring the role of #AV1robots in supporting children who experience extended school non-attendance for the #EBSAHorizons course 😀 #schoolattendance #creativesupport

Updated resource 💜canva.com/design/DAF7gM1… Including reference to Haydock, A., Harrison, L., Baldwin, K., & Leadbitter, K. (2024). Embracing gestalt language development as a fundamental neurodiversity-affirmative practice. Autism, 28(5), 1055-1059. 💜doi.org/10.1177/136236…

Absolutely blown away by the response to my blog posted this week! Thank you to edpsy for giving me the platform to share the action planning tool and to everybody for their lovely comments! Please do let me know if/how you use it in your practice! 😍

I will be sharing my 'Moving from Recovery to Rediscovery' model, for CYP who experienced extended school non-attendance #EBSA #schoolattendance #recoverymodel

Please share widely with secondary SENDCOs, heads, HoY and pastoral teams who possibly don't know this is an available option Square Peg Not Fine in School Steve B Ben Davis SEND Warrior Mum making a difference! Ginny Bootman Dr TINA RAE Dr Jerricah Holder sendagenda findingtheflex.com

Going back to school may be a challenge for some over this coming week so resharing my Sunday evening and Monday morning plans to support the process. #mentalhealth #intervention #twittereps #Wellbeing #positivepsychology #EBSA