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Last week, the DfE released further guidance on ‘Mental health issues affecting a pupil's attendance: guidance for schools’ and a ‘Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance’. See: tinyurl.com/2p98ekcs
Initial thoughts, a thread: 🧵👇
Initial thoughts, a thread: 🧵👇
1.This builds upon Working Together to Improve Attendance guidance for Schools, academies and LAs (May 2022) the changes of which become statutory from September 2023. See: tinyurl.com/54dyyxjj
2.This guidance applies to any CYP displaying any social, emotional or mental health need affecting attendance. Feels like a welcome focus solely on the presenting need – barriers to school attendance (and wellbeing). It promotes curiosity for all, is my hope.
Lots of TEPs use twitter as a way to connect with potential research participants - but I think also unwittingly make is much harder for people to engage.
Some tips (a thread) 🧵
#TwitterEPs #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
Some tips (a thread) 🧵
#TwitterEPs #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
Twitter is a digital platform...it's not a print platform. Research posters turned in to PDFs might look pretty - you've got images, fonts, colours, but as a digital call to action they're pretty unhelpful
Including an image in your tweet with links makes those dead links.
Including an image in your tweet with links makes those dead links.
Any link in an image can't be clicked, or copied and pasted. Similarly, there is probably very little point putting a URL (web address) in a research recruitment image. How many times have have you ever manually typed out a long web address?
Long Covid in children has been the elephant in the room for far too long. It's time we heard from the children: exhausting, painful, never-ending, lonely, scary... @LongCovidKids #ShineALightOnLongCovid #longcovid #childrensvoices #twittereps longcovidkids.org/post/exhaustin…
Children with Long Covid describe their pain and physical symptoms @LongCovidKids #LongCovid #childrensvoices #voiceofthechild #twittereps
Children with Long Covid describe their fatigue @LongCovidKids #LongCovid #childrensvoices #voiceofthechild #twittereps
If you can be anything, be kind.
What if your version of kindness does more harm than good?
10 ways that you may be misusing kindness.
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What if your version of kindness does more harm than good?
10 ways that you may be misusing kindness.
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1. You use kindness to support the route that is simple, easy, and obvious.
True kindness is doing what a person needs and what is best for them.
Often this involves deep consideration of what that might really be.
True kindness is doing what a person needs and what is best for them.
Often this involves deep consideration of what that might really be.
2. You only validate others’ emotions rather than also exploring the situation further, even when the emotions are based on inaccurate or unhelpful interpretations.
True kindness can involve a gentle challenge that can lead to authentic connection & possibilities for change.
True kindness can involve a gentle challenge that can lead to authentic connection & possibilities for change.
