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This was a recent video created with support of the NW Innovation Agency that I took part in as part of the NW DIgital Pioneers Scheme
I Matter - September 2019 Update
September 2019 has been an exciting unexpected very hardworking month!
On the 19th September we hosted a multiagency conference funded by Morecambe Bay CCG sharing some of the I Matter Framework learning from Kendal ICC
The conference title was: WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE REALLY SAY ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING?
The intention was to explore with a multidisciplinary group the question of what the evidence is really telling us about children's wellbeing.with a...
About Dr Cathy Betoin and Adult-Child Relationship Health
Welcome to my blog! I am just in the process of moving it over here from another site.
My name is Dr Cathy Betoin. I am a clinical psychologist , an experienced teacher and a parent myself.
What do you do when something doesn't exist? Something that seems should be there but isn't?
There is an awkward process of trying to put thoughts into words - of arranging and rearranging ideas.
It is a rather messy process but there are markers on the way. Ah ha...
My name is Dr Cathy Betoin. I am a clinical psychologist , an experienced teacher and a parent myself.
What do you do when something doesn't exist? Something that seems should be there but isn't?
There is an awkward process of trying to put thoughts into words - of arranging and rearranging ideas.
It is a rather messy process but there are markers on the way. Ah ha...
Thinking Strategically in Health and Education Practice. Have we got a Missing Model?
The I Matter Framework was drawn together as a response to my professional concern that something pretty serious was missing in child and family practice.
There were so many different approaches that families, and front line practitioners, especially those with the most challenging and complex behaviour often found themselves feeling completely bewildered about what to do and why to help their child.
The I Matter Framework offers a practical easy to share integration of...
There were so many different approaches that families, and front line practitioners, especially those with the most challenging and complex behaviour often found themselves feeling completely bewildered about what to do and why to help their child.
The I Matter Framework offers a practical easy to share integration of...
Intent, implementation, impact - How I Matter Training can help support you with the new Ofsted Framework
What exactly are you going to focus on teaching in your school?
How are you going to ensure consistent implementation?
How are you going to demonstrate impact?
We have a package designed to introduce a different perspective on school priorities and we are putting it forward as there is an elephant in the room when it comes to schools practice and improving outcomes - infact maybe there are two or even three elephants.
I drew the I Matter Framework together because after many years in...
How are you going to ensure consistent implementation?
How are you going to demonstrate impact?
We have a package designed to introduce a different perspective on school priorities and we are putting it forward as there is an elephant in the room when it comes to schools practice and improving outcomes - infact maybe there are two or even three elephants.
I drew the I Matter Framework together because after many years in...
A Big Thank You to the John Horniman's Trust
We have just been writing a thank you letter to the John Horniman Quaker Children's Trust. I feel quite excitied to see how things have been able to be progressed with their support. Here is our letter Here is their gorgeous website These grants really do help us make a diff
Reflections of a Headteacher
'I stood at the school gate and saw it all. I saw children going through a personality change as they left our premises and it wasn't just a few families. Something is off track in the adult-child relationship. How do we start to address this?' These were the recent reflections of a Headteacher of a school that has recently become one of our licensed I Matter schools embarking on our next culture change programme which aims to help staff and parents revisit...
Would you like an Ofsted Letter Like This?
Here is a very very exciting Ofsted Letter. Hope school in Liverpool. Oh fantastic!! Finally it seems that sensitivity is starting to develop. With team work we can make a difference
The British Psychological Society - Power Threat Meaning Model
It is exciting to see that there are others who know that the diagnostic grip on mental health practice in adult and child services is damaging and needs resisting and that this resistance is now coming together via a range of pyschologsits and psychotherapists across the country. There is the Cumbria Resliience Project and now we are having conferences run in the are of the British Psychological Society Power-Threat-Meaning Model. I think the The Adult-Child...
Easter Week in the Life of a Digital Pioneer
Easter 2019. It's been quite a week. I have been developing the next steps for my NHS supported Digital Pioneer process from a location in the heart of the Scottish borders where my family have been helping out with the annual lambing adventures.
There have been early morning starts, blustery and sunny hillsides, large amounts of food for the working team and lots of good conversations, In between times I have been researching digital options and wrestling with...