Another fantastic thread from Steve B about how we perceive and respond to on-going problems in education.

Lots of crucial insights from young people, parents/carers, and teachers in this new report from StranCREU about the transfer test and the impact of the recent non-testing year. So much stress and uncertainty which needs to be removed from many systems in education.

“She also called autistic people ‘emotionally low functioning’

Stimming was described as an attention seeking behaviour, and to be discouraged”.

Horrible to read some of the comments in this thread. More evidence that ABA and PBS are just as ableist and harmful as always.

People have a dynamic relationship with other people and environments. We need to look beyond what we see and hear, otherwise we risk more misunderstandings, unrealistic expectations, and further stress and disconnection.

“We have a human need to belong and will search for it in any way we can, regardless of whether it is what we might term 'healthy belonging' or 'unhealthy belonging’”

A great list from Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd of books about belonging.

Lovely poem from Be Inspired To Be ® for #May1st

New calendar for #MeaningfulMay from Action for Happiness
#WednesdayWellbeing #MentalHealth

However difficult your situation is right now please know that it will pass and good things can still happen even if it is just learning to find empathy compassion for others who are going through the same. Practice reframing and look for the growth we can find in the hardest…

Delighted to see my new resource from Hinton House So needed & full of evidence based tools and strategies from #positivepsychology & #CBT approaches. Totally practical & user friendly. We have already received some wonderful feedback. Do please share
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Powerful stories about #autistic experiences in education in this video from Autistic Girls Network

An excellent thread from Square Peg about the challenges and barriers within the education system and the need for change.

Great visual from lisa chapman about the nature of time in health, social care, and education.

A new week message…

Welcome the new in…. The best is yet to come,

Be Inspired To Be,
Belinda 🤍

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#newweek #newmonth #beinspiredtobe

New event from Dr Lisa Cherry on trauma-informed record keeping ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Please be kind to you when times are hard or stressful. We feel emotional pain in the same region of the brain as physical pain.
Self compassion is proven to build resilience
#Mentalhealth

“We urgently need more joined up health & educational relationships too, seeing a young person who can, not who can't”

Insightful thread from lisa chapman about systems meeting needs.

Supporting young people and families requires safe and regulating organisational cultures which look after staff. This is a great visual from Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd.

Denial can protect against overwhelming stress, feelings of shame about past or current practice and discomfort that comes from longstanding beliefs and expectations being challenged.

To be truly inclusive, we need to adapt our own communication and look beyond speech when eliciting the voices of children and young people. #FlipTheNarrative

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