Pooky Ponders – Big Questions with Brilliant People
By Dr Pooky Knightsmith
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Informal but informative.... Dr Pooky Knightsmith explores questions related to mental health and special needs. Sometimes it's deep, sometimes it's funny, it will always make you think...
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Overwhelm in the Classroom: How Can We Make a Difference?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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What Strategies Support Self-Discovery for Masked Autistics?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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What is ARFID and How Can We Support?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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How Can We Support Neurodivergent Students to Thrive in a New School?
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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What Words Shape a Child’s World?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Is It a Tantrum or Is It a Meltdown and How Can I Help?
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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How Can We Support Neurodivergent Children’s Executive Functioning Skills?
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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How Can You Be a Good Friend to Someone Who’s Autistic?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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How Can We Build Friendship Skills In 5-7-Year-Old Boys?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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What Does Supportive Parenting Really Mean in the Teenage Years?
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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How Can We Create a Home Environment that Helps ADHD Kids Thrive?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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What is Selective Mutism and How Can We Help in School?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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What's the Role of Play in Nurturing Young Minds?
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Can Where a Child Sits in Class Really Make a Difference?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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How Can We Help Anxious Children Thrive in Social Situations?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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How Can You Learn to Cry and Release Big Feelings?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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What Practical Tools Can Help Children Master Assertiveness?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Could Understanding Kids' Needs Transform Behaviour?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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How Can We Empower Neurodivergent Students with Effective Homework and Study Strategies?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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How Can We Help Children Express Their Anger in a Healthy Way?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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How can we help children to make friends and find their tribe?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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How Can We Get Physically Active When Motivation Is Low?
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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How Can We Maintain a Close Relationship With a Child Who is Emotionally Distant?
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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How to Take the Conversation Deeper
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Should We Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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How Can Finding Our Flow State Help with Anxiety or Overwhelm?
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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How Should We Be Talking About Children Who Are Struggling?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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What's the deal with hoodies? Should we be encouraging them?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Using Transition Activities to Move Between Activities, Places or People
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Supporting Your Child to Embrace Their New Neurodivergent Diagnosis
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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What is Co-Regulation and How Do I Get it Right?
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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What To Do If Your Child Is Being Bullied
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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How Can We Support Children With Separation Anxiety?
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May 30, 2023 |
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How to Make Tasks feel More Manageable for Autistic/ADHD Children
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May 23, 2023 |
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Using a Comfort Audit to Better Meet Children's Sensory Needs
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May 16, 2023 |
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Finding What Feels Safe - A Gentle Approach to Tackling Anxiety
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May 09, 2023 |
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Using Coping Statements to Flip Negative Narratives
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May 02, 2023 |
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Building Belonging Using Connecting Questions
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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What's a To Don't List and Why Do You Need One?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Negative Self-Talk - Why and How to Make it STOP!
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Why We Should Gift Our Mistakes
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Why and How to Offload Your Worries
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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How to Appear Calm When You Don't Feel It
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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School Anxiety/EBSA - Ideas for Less Stressful Mornings
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Self-Care Ideas for Busy Parents and Carers
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Enabling Children to Feel Seen and Heard
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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How to Promote Belonging in School
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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ADHD - Ideas for Activating and Stimulating
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Ideas for Reducing Autistic Overwhelm
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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How to Get to the Heart of Your Child's Issues
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Navigating Teen & Tween Friendships
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Self-Forgiveness: How & Why
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Tips for Talking to Someone About Their Mental Health
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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How to Get Better Sleep
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Social Anxiety - 10 Tips for Meeting New people
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Ideas for Avoiding Autistic Burnout
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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How to be an Adult Who Makes Children Feel Safe
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Six Tips for Neurodiverse-Friendly Communication
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Panic Attacks: How to Support
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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What to say and how to say it to calm an anxious child
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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How to Get Out When Anxiety is Crippling
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Anger: how to keep everyone safe using anger rules
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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School Anxiety: Starting The School Day Right
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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How to Listen so Children will Talk
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Addressing Challenging Behaviour Using Recognise, Replace, Reduce, Reflect
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Why Do People Self-Harm?
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Anxiety Q&A - Replay of live session
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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School Anxiety: 5 Ideas to Help Your Child
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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I'm Coming Back!
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Why do children need to feel they belong and how can adults support? | Sarah Dove
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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How can we build bridges between home and school for children with additional needs? | Ginny Bootman
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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What can adults do to make the pain a child feels after losing a parent a little more bearable? | Ian & Phoebe Gilbert
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Why would knowing more about dying be good for us all? | Kathryn Mannix
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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How can we ensure children are happy, safe and engaged? | Paul Hodgkinson
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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To what extent could gaps in learning affect chances in later life? | Victoria Carr
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May 30, 2021 |
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How can students look after their mental health at University? | Nic Hooper
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May 23, 2021 |
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How can we build effective learning relationships with every student? | Kevin Hewitson
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May 16, 2021 |
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Why is it so hard to talk about feelings with the people we love? | Jen Dunning & Mark Baker
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May 09, 2021 |
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How can we enable teenagers to make sense of an uncertain world? | Clare Ward & James Galpin
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May 02, 2021 |
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Why does loneliness matter and how can we build connection, community and belonging? | Iona Lawrence
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Why does touch have so many benefits when combined with story? | Mary Atkinson
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Autism & ADHD: should special interests be encouraged? | Richard Semmens
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Why do teenagers grunt (and how can we engage them in learning?) | Adele Bates
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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How can we engage learners who lack confidence and motivation? | Rachel Thynne
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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How important is creativity for wellness? | Zohab Zee Khan
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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How do things change when we define a child by their strengths? | Amber Sadiq
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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How can we maximise our breathing to help our anxiety and emotions? | Mel Holliday
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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What outcomes most matter for Looked After Children? | Krysta Parsons
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Why might letting go be the secret to better student behaviour? | MarkGoodwin
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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When it comes to disability and chronic illness, is peer support risky? | Amy Dickinson
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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What should be our parenting priorities right now? | Nerys Hughes
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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How can we tackle the negative culture around sleep? | Vicki Dawson
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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How can Transactional Analysis help improve behaviour and wellbeing? | Steve Russell
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Is there really always a reason behind bad behaviour? | Suzie Hayman
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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How can we create a world in which no one is held back by mental health problems? | Miranda wolpert
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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How is a trauma informed relational approach supporting schools? | Molly MacLeod & Anna Gregory
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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How can adults help to build emotional wellbeing and confidence in children | Sarah Gilbert
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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What is solutions focused coaching and how could it drive down exclusions? | Geoff James
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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How does Western education impact on the mental health of our young people? | Val Bolam
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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How can schools build children's healthy coping skills and self-esteem? | Jo Morton-Brown
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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What are some common misunderstandings about autism?| Andrew Edwards
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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What drives us to read (and write) really twisted stories? | Mark Edwards
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Could rap be the antidote to stigma when it comes to mental illness? | Emma Charlton & Joel McIlvern
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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How can we recognise and respond to panic disorder in teenagers? | Polly Waite
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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How can we help more men speak up about rape? | Ross McGill
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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How can we use psychology's secrets to boost our wellbeing? | Aidan Harvey-Craig
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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What does every teacher need to know about neuroplasticity and learning? | Jennifer A Hawkins
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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What do recycled flower bottle sculptures have to do with wellbeing? | Kat Hall
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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What is selective mutism and how can we help? | Gino Hipolito
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Men don’t talk about mental health: myth or masculine trait? | Tim Boughton
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Does 'inspiration porn' fuel imposter syndrome for disabled people? | Charlotte Claydon
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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How can you survive and thrive after a toxic workplace? | Lynn McCann
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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Is autism a blessing or a curse? | Pete Wharmby
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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What part do the creative arts have to play in the catchup curriculum? | Helen Pitchford
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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What’s it like to design a school from the ground up? | Adam Dabin
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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What can the rest of the world learn from the Scottish approach to ACEs? | Laura McConnell
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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How can we support school staff mental health? | Amy Sayer
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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How do you go from elective mutism to public speaking? | Caroline Harroe
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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What practical steps can we all take to avoid everyday racism? | Ann Marie Christian
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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How can technology help us to help people? | Jonathan Singer
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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How can we empower girls to be fiercely independent? | Beth Dawson
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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Do creativity and confidence always go hand in hand? | Lucy Sicks
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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What is the role of the charity sector in rooting out racism? | Kadra Abdinasir
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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How much of ourselves should we bring to the workplace? | Lisa Cherry
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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How can boarding schools support children returning after lockdown? | Sue Baillie
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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How can we let go of our 'adultness' and play? | Greg Bottrill
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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How does losing your sight affect how you feel? | Kate Holden
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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Does the COVID context mean children are less safe right now? | Elizabeth Rose
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Why do some kids misbehave? | Meic Griffiths
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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How could we better support young people leaving care? | Ceira walsh
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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How can we create equality of opportunity for every student? | Haroon Bashir
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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How should we talk to children about grief and loss? | Amanda Seyderhelm
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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Can striving to be authentic about our lived experience of ADHD risk harm? | Anthony Mccann
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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How can you be a good friend to someone who is suicidal? | Joe Hayman
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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How can we support children with special needs to return to school? | Kat Lang
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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How can schools take a trauma informed approach post pandemic? | Stuart Guest
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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What do people see first, your Paralympic gold or your disability? | Rachel Morris
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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What is autistic masking and why does it matter? | Jodie Smitten
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Jun 27, 2020 |