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What is I Matter Professional-Child Coaching? Why Does Your School Need it?
In the I Matter Project we have 3 training pathways: Parent-Child Coaching, Professional-Child Coaching and Professional-Parent-Child Coaching.
6 Reasons Your School or Service Needs a Parent Education Strategy
Sometimes when I start talking about the I Matter Project I can feel a little embarrassed. The thing is, the issues the project is addressing are really not rocket science. It is not as if I am speaking about things that people don't already sort of know.
The difficulty is that ideas and issues that seem quite straightforward, are not actually happening when it comes to practice. Everyone knows for example that parenting is important when it comes to helping children, but parent …
The difficulty is that ideas and issues that seem quite straightforward, are not actually happening when it comes to practice. Everyone knows for example that parenting is important when it comes to helping children, but parent …
5 Reasons Attachment Theory is Important for Professionals and Parents
Attachment Theory? What's that? In my work I regularly encounter significant lack of understanding amongst professionals and parents about the meaning or relevance of Attachments for those who work with children. However in my view Attachment Theory is one of the most important areas of psychological thinking for anyone who works with children with complex needs. It is one of the key foundations of the practical framework that I call The I Matter Framework.
Attachment Theory refers to a b…
Attachment Theory refers to a b…
Six Similarities Between Children Diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, ODD and Attachment Difficulties
As a clinical psychologist, I get to meet with a lot of families who are feeling stressed and confused, wondering about their child's behaviour.
I get to hear a lot of questions that take the form:
"Well has he got.... ASD or ADHD or OCD... or ODD?'
Sometimes when further investigations are pursued it turns out that the child in question might meet the criteria set out by one of these diagnostic labels. Then families are usually hoping that someone is going to 'do something' about it. This…
I get to hear a lot of questions that take the form:
"Well has he got.... ASD or ADHD or OCD... or ODD?'
Sometimes when further investigations are pursued it turns out that the child in question might meet the criteria set out by one of these diagnostic labels. Then families are usually hoping that someone is going to 'do something' about it. This…
First Annual Conference: How Can We Really Work Together to Improve Mental Health and Educational Outcomes? Prioritising Parent Understanding and Competence
The seeds of this conference started a long time ago from a sense of confusion and overwhelm experienced in response to the ever rising tide of need I have seen in day to day practice in health and education settings over my career of the last 20 years. How do you turn frustration into something constructive, how do you turn this sense of overwhelm and hopelessness into something that feels worth doing?
The final trigger for this particular conference taking shape was a sense of exas…
The final trigger for this particular conference taking shape was a sense of exas…
Stress in Schools: Who is responsible and why it matters
As a practising clinical psychologist and experienced teacher I have become increasingly concerned about the levels of stress I am observing amongst my education colleagues in schools. This last half term it seems that staff are more stressed than ever before and we are just at the beginning of the school year.
Teachers are by and large an extremely conscientious and hardworking bunch. My concern is that the expectations of what class teachers and senior leaders should be able to achiev…
Teachers are by and large an extremely conscientious and hardworking bunch. My concern is that the expectations of what class teachers and senior leaders should be able to achiev…
NICE Consultation on Attachment
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence have just released a draft document for consolation on attachment difficulties.
This is a very welcome development!
This is a very welcome development!
The consultation page (http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/GID-CGWAVE0675/consultation) contains the documents, background documents and instructions on how to comment.
It is possible to register as a stakeholder but the consultation will close on the 13th July 2015.
So, what do I think is missing from the draft document…
It is possible to register as a stakeholder but the consultation will close on the 13th July 2015.
So, what do I think is missing from the draft document…
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