Cathy Betoin's I Matter Blog and Videos
Professionals
A New Way Forward for Children's Wellbeing?
Here is the common pathway we see for children and their parents and carers. Is it time to imagine a new way forward?
Is there a Gap in Practice Models?
In psychology, a practice model is a way of organising observations in a manner that supports decision making. However when it comes to child mental health are we missing something?
Intent, implementation, impact
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?
What is an I Matter Action Research Project?
There is a significant crisis in the provision of mental health services for children and families. The needs are growing and services are being cut. So maybe there is a need to think laterally?
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 …
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…
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