Cathy Betoin's I Matter Blog and Videos
Why I Matter Training? #7 I am a hopeless idealist - are you?
I have to admit it - one of the reasons that I have kept going with this project is that in the face of lots of reasons to stop, I am one of those people who still wants to believe that we could/can as a community more effectively address what is happening for children in our community if we worked together in our homes and schools to make a difference.
One of the things that I have loved about this project is that I get to meet a lot of remarkable people who also hold onto similar ideali…
One of the things that I have loved about this project is that I get to meet a lot of remarkable people who also hold onto similar ideali…
Why I love my logo!
I really love my logo! It was designed for me by Ronnie Mullin at Mullin Design in Kendal, UK and it just sums up perfectly what I Matter is all about. I get to use my logo lots on this site, or on letters and reports and each time I use it it feels good!
The logo shows adults and children with steps as in the way of ladders and this in essence is what I believe has to be the starting point in any work with complex children. Both adults and children are learning.
More than this, I be…
The logo shows adults and children with steps as in the way of ladders and this in essence is what I believe has to be the starting point in any work with complex children. Both adults and children are learning.
More than this, I be…
Why I Matter Training? #8 In sum
So why would I like you to consider I Matter Training? Because I believe it can help you whether you are a professional, a parent or a young person to get your bearings in very confusing times and around confusing challenging behaviours and experiences.
It is not that you HAVE to have a map, because as when you do a jigsaw puzzle, you still have to work things out yourself, but it often helps you to be a bit faster if you have a picture to look at on the box.
It is not that you HAVE to have a map, because as when you do a jigsaw puzzle, you still have to work things out yourself, but it often helps you to be a bit faster if you have a picture to look at on the box.
I Matter Tra…
Why I Matter Training? #3 Diagnoses that overlap.. How come?
The third reason I decided to develop I Matter Training was that I had become increasingly interested in the overlaps between the difficulties in the children I was seeing in schools and in clinics and the diagnostic categories that were being used to describe them.
Have you noticed how we are using more and more diagnostic terms to describe children? Look for example at the rise in the use of such terms as ADHD, ASD, ADD, PTSD, OCD, PDD, PDA - The list can go on and on. Elaborati…
Why I Matter Training? #2 We have so many struggling children and adults
The second reason I decided to develop I Matter Training was the sheer numbers of children with mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour in schools, clinics and in my own community, and the growing numbers of young people entering our criminal justice system. Click here to see a recent summary of Mental Health Statistics from Young Minds UK. Notice the important link between mental health issues and children who are ending up in the criminal justice system. I felt in the conte…
Why I Matter Training? #1 How does it all fit together?
So I want to tell you about why I decided to put together I Matter Training and why I think it may be helpful to you. The first and most important reason was that 20 years ago I was trying to understand a very confusing picture myself. I trained at a very interesting time as a clinical psychologist. Ideas were changing and there were fierce disagreements between psychologists about what was the proper task of a psychologist and what was not. How to resolve the confusion was a very persona…
Adoption Support should be like good dentistry
It is always exciting to find people who are on the same page and making a positive difference. Last week I spent a fun morning in Blackburn with Adoption Matters NW, an important local charity. We were sharing coffee and trying to work out how to improve the mental health and confidence of professionals, parents and young people involved in adoption via the provision of psycho-education and support.
In the face of the plans to expand adoption as an option for children and families, we al…
In the face of the plans to expand adoption as an option for children and families, we al…
Schools? How will you spend your pupil premiums?
Did you know that I Matter Training can be used to help you meets the new requirements set out in the draft SEN Code of Practice, and though budgets are tight, this could be a cost effective way of investing your pupil premiums?
Key messages for schools embedded in the new code are for joined up planning and for the understanding that knowledge of SEN should not just be limited to a small cohort of specialists. Another key change places a much greater emphasis on meeting the underlying needs of…
Key messages for schools embedded in the new code are for joined up planning and for the understanding that knowledge of SEN should not just be limited to a small cohort of specialists. Another key change places a much greater emphasis on meeting the underlying needs of…
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