I want to thank the following schools, orgs & staff for actions you have taken in implementing relationship-led practice. gave examples of practice from each of you in my presentatn today to t @BEPvoice Conf to school leaders in Birmingham. You create paths others can follow.
2. @PitteucharE - I spoke, as I so often do, of your language change, from 'challenging behaviour' to 'distressed behaviour', and its transformation for your school. I recommended this @ACEAwareNation talk from your head @JKnussen .
3. @PortobelloHigh I spoke of yr practice of personal greetings for pupils as they step into a classroom - and considered t challenges posed by COVID, substitutng handshakes w/ other greetngs. I recommnded ths @ACEAwareNation video frm Head @ruthsmckay .
4. @bainsfordht - I spoke of yr use of Connection Bracelets to help children manage partings and the Relationship Agreement you introduced to replace your Behaviour Policy. I recommended this @ACEAwareNation video w/ your Head @bainsfordht.
5. @clydebankhigh - I spoke of your Nurture Hub and the international interest there has been in your mindfulness activities at secondary level. I highlighted the message on the door in this news article with Nurture Lead @gerrydiamond71 . clydebankpost.co.uk/news/18615384.…
6. @MonkseatonHigh in North Tyneside - You won't even know I was talking about you! I was talking about the way you have helped schools to think about adolescents' sleep patterns & how they relate to self-regulation (and thus exam performance). chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…
8. @lullabynursery - I spoke to @BEPvoice today of your daily practice of mindfulness & yoga w/ your young children. Breathing is fundamental! I shared ideas like those in this video from you. I know you hv plans afoot to help other nurseries learn this!
9. @BurnsidePS - I spoke of the work you have done to create a trauma-informed school culture, and of the enthusiasm there was to hear your story when shared by (then) Head @scotsleadership at the 2018 @ACEAwareNation Conf, captured in this video.
10. @St_monicas_prim - I spoke to @BEPvoice school leaders of your whole school project to help children explore their emotions during COVID lockdown recovery, using #TheLittleIceberg. Feeling alone in the rain is definitely tough!
11. @BoclairAcademy - I shared with @BEPvoice school leaders the difference that toast is making in helping your pupils to connect & emotionally self-regulate. Yes, everyone, simple TOAST! Thank you Mrs Morgan @CMorgan_1 for that insightful story.
12. Dad & Mum @briancar1983 & @kellydeans3003 , I once again shared t photo of yr precious lockdown baby, to help others see the ability to connect with which all human beings are born & that goes on to shape emotional regulatory capacities. Thank you for sharing yr photo w/ me.
13/end. Thr are so many other schools whose relational practice I cd hv named! But I only had 40 mins. I'm saving you for nxt time!
Meantime, thank you @BEPvoice for t opportunty to contribute & for yr kind email abt my "giving people permissn to stop 'fixing' others' feelings".
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On Sunday, I did something unusual for me: I went to the shops & bought a *hard copy* of @heraldscotland because I wanted to read @NeilMackay Big Read in print & sit with its message: "Adults, we need to step up." A THREAD
2. "They fuck you up, your mum & dad. They may not mean to but they do." @NeilMackay cited the same Larkin poem in his article with me earlier this year. I'm glad. We hide from this idea. We are ashamed, offended, askance. We are overwhelmed. So we leave our children to suffer.
@NeilMackay 3. "One of the most important things we can do for our childrn is validate their feelings." Yes. When human children feel heard, their stress-biology changes. So does their behaviour. @garethkthomas said this all last week on Twitter. Lots of teachers felt offended & overwhelmed.
Yesterday I talked about the links between childhood fear/distress and the appeal in adulthood of authoritarians like Trump. Some respondents thought this was a silly idea. I'm far from the only one talking about this, tho. So I thought I would keep talking about it. THREAD
2. Here are researchers Milburn & Conrad talking about their recent studies. Quote: 'We talk at length about childhood punishment and its effects on the development of authoritarianism along with its negative impact on the political system." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/authoritariani…
3. Here's more:
- "Our research points to a distortion of adult political attitudes as an addition to the list of negative outcomes from spanking."
- "The effects of childhood punishmnt on authoritarianism remained significant after controlling for parents' political ideology."
I hear many people asking: "WHY do people support Trump? WHY are so many Americans willing to support his extreme positions (like the collapse of democracy)?" That willingness begins with childhood experiences. Let me remind us what happens in many American childhoods. A THREAD
2. Corporal punishment. It is still legal in state schools in 17 of America's 50 states. It is actively practiced in 12 of them, mostly in the South. Approximately 100,000 children & young people (mostly African American boys) are subjected to paddling every year, by this:
3. What about private schools in America? Corporal punishment remains legal in private institutions in 46 states. Only New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland & New York have banned it for all children. Lots of Christian parents send their children to private schools. @no2hitting
"What is it that we still don't get?"
This is t title of an insightful article writtn by Cliffe & Solvason in 2022 an academc journal called 'Power & Education' @PowerandEd . That quote is frm me.
This is a THREAD highlightng the important qstns they ask. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…
2. "In t opening speech for @TIGERSEYAcad 2017, Zeedyk asks 'what is that we still don't get?' Her point is that EY educators are often still not gettng the importnce of relatnshps, at policy or practice level."
Yep. I still think this. Well done @TIGERS_UK for opening up debate.
@TIGERSEYAcad @TIGERS_UK 3. "The dilemma Zeedyk alluded to emerges clearly when human development is closely scrutinised....Relatnshps are key to a child's learning, developmnt & resilience - inside & outside EY provision."
Delighted to see the theorists cited: @grahammusic1, @MoralLandscapes, Trevarthen
A #BabyThread about the sophistication of baby teasing.
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3. Second, this is an example of what developmental psychologst Vasu Reddy calls 'infant clowning'. These are "acts which infants repeat deliberately in order to re-elicit laughter from others". He's learned something of emotionally managing his mama.😀
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How the new challenges faced by women footballers help us in thinking about responses to increased “school violence”. An analogy I didn’t have time to draw on today in my intvw w/ @Fionasstalker on @BBCRadioScot . THREAD.
2. A piece in this weekend's @guardian describes the increased hamstring injuries faced by top female footballers. Playing more often in elite matches places new demands on them. "Coaching methods are failing to keep up." The article explains how coaching has to adapt & change.
3. The @guardian article explains clearly how hamstrings work. We get a helpful schematic drawing & a Quick Guide. "Injuries tend to occur during sudden movements. Footballers are at high risk." So we've linked t biology (physiology) of hamstrings to real life (football). Grand!