Hilary Hickmore

Cooo... so excited about Tim publishing this - we talk about the importance of giving students a safe accessible means of expressing troubles they're experiencing, bringing about systemic change + using CRRESmodel.com as a means to do that. #twittereps

@CathLowther @pauldixtweets @AEPsychologists @guardian Thank goodness! A child being sent out of class more than once = signal that we need to better understand what is going on, so to take action to improve the child's learning/current experience/circumstance. Repeated isolation is not an intervention - it is failing to intervene.

More compassionate and inclusive 'behaviour' approaches on the way. An educational psychologist as the new 'behaviour tsar'?! 'By all means have discipline. But there is no need to have cruelty behind it.' @pauldixtweets @AEPsychologists @guardian theguardian.com/education/arti…

Oh dear me... Is there really so much work to do to inform those in positions of influence... I wager noone can listen to this without shuddering. #twittereps bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

@WOWWpsychology Superb activity.

Mapping the school landscape is an effective tool to gain an understanding into children's learning preferences. Helps children communicate their views in a supportive way and can open up discussions about what is going well already and what might make things better. #twittereps

This is such an important reminder to me when in the midst of a monumentally frustrating situation...

@jgetaylor Hi Jo... life's been offering its full range of delights+challenges - pretty good now! How about you?

@CRRESmodel Hi Hilary, I hope you are well? This feels very important - how can supportive adults notice shame in CYP? And can we provide opportunities for them to show us, not tell us? As always, you give me so much to think about :)

"AWWW SHUCKS"😵‍💫 What evidence bases or considerations do you hold in mind, when helping children to navigate embarrassment (or shame?) Let's say: 7+ age, able to use language at the expected level. This feels like a tricky one for a Friday, but I have FAITH in #TwitterEPs

@EPonSea I think the therapeutic use of self, particularly in peer supervision, needs to be explicitly labelled - so it is seen in the dialogue, used as data, as opposed to judgement/opinion.

@CRRESmodel Hooray! A response! Thank you. I don’t really like a totally blank slate. I really like the self awareness it talks of. I’m learning 🙂

I’ve been digging around… are there any EPs/TEPS out there who have ever heard of (or even draw on) ‘Person-of-the-Therapist’ work (Aponte, 94 etc) in their work as an EP please, or have studied POTT? (Please do retweet if you feel able-appreciated). #twittereps #twitterteps

@jgetaylor Also might be helpfuly to explore the opposite - when feels strong and confident and proud and pleased with yourself... then see some beliefs/associations emerging and can look at understandings about situations when people don't feel that way.

@Helen_Tyson @LaurenHywEds Just looked it up - what fundamentally key work to be involved in. I hope you'll share further info and updates. I do think we need to grow so much better at promoting a sense of belonging in schools and actively building community in UK - much of modern life acts against both.

Hey Twitter EP community. Please show your support and participate in @LaurenHywEds doctoral research if you are an EP with experience in this important area. #twittereps

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Fully recommend this podcast series... presents a balanced set of perspectives #twittereps bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

@EPonSea I think a key point is over note taking... so there is no onerous EP workload from these sessions, yet staff have working action points/understandings they can take away with them.

@EPonSea The key things are how the sessions are publicised, convenience of time/place in their school day + ease of booking. I had schoold have a sign up notice in their staff room. I had agreed with senior staff that they would draw to staff attention in the usual moring briefings.

Secondary schools. I have a large number is secondary schools next year. What have you personally found most useful from your EP in your work with them? #edutwitter #senco

@Gateshead_GPS am - Therapeutic assessment with a yp followed by consultation and planning with the yp, parent/carers and key staff. - a break for a proper lunch pm - admin space and phone consultations in early afternoon, then after-school staff supervision/cpd

What would your perfect day be as an EP? 🧩Dynamic assessment 👥Supervision 🧑🏻‍🏫Delivering Training #PerfectDay #TwitterEPs

@Fi_Contextual @mirandarwolpert Absolutely - its the misleading headline conclusion that mindfulness doesn't work that is my issue. I'll sign out now! 🙏🏼

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@Fi_Contextual @mirandarwolpert There isn't much point in being on a grand scale if the design fails to account for a basic tenet of teaching... the teacher has to be knowledgable and committed and engaging/convincing on the subject.

@Fi_Contextual @mirandarwolpert You can look up the studies... and yes, training any teacher to deliver a program well costs money - thankfully cpd remains funded in many schools and LAs offer low cost courses... see what's on offer from EP services for example. Sometimes free/gov funded as in TAMHS initiative.