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Positive Noticing Day ❤️ #theadultschange @pauldixtweets

“She was dying. If you said to her unless you eat, you will die. She’d [say] that’s fine I’d rather die than eat.” @JeffStelling tells #TimesRadio it was an “amazingly difficult” task to find help for his daughter who was suffering from an eating disorder. @FifiGlover

"That tells us something very important about the kind of system that we're really imposing on kids." Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on the neurobiological case for progressive education. #REPOD @RethinkingJames

Did you know that only 1 in 7 NHS areas in the UK are able to provide the recommended level of intensive community and day treatments for those with eating disorders? Read ‘There’s No Place Like Home’, highlighting the urgent need to expand access, here: beateatingdisorders.org.uk/about-beat/pol…

The SEND system is not broken. It’s doing its job  schoolsweek.co.uk/the-send-syste…

@OliverConway And then there's the quality of those admissions. If you are discharged without further trauma, you'll be lucky. Dreadful conditions, agency staff outnumber substantive staff, mistakes made and patient risk often heightened. It's downright abusive.

@AnorexiaMyths @allaboutjoules Only on Friday I said to a professional that as a Mum I wouldn't be expected to nurse cancer, so why am I expected to nurse serious mental health conditions?

@allaboutjoules It is not her fault; she is unwell. I think A&E may be your best option for now, if you can get her there. So sorry you’re going through this hell and she’s not getting the help she so desperately needs and deserves. Why are EDs treated differently from other illnesses? ❤️❤️

With the acknowledgment that my D’s weight is ‘critical’, she has been discharged from services! She can come back if she wants to engage! I really dislike the rhetoric. Her fault because she doesn’t want to recover. This upsets me so much! Left to die, but it’s her own fault! 😢

SEND mums: ‘We’re running faster and faster just to stand still’ EastEnders actress Kellie Bright told @bbcnuala that fighting to get support for her son, who has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD and dyslexia, has left her ‘exhausted’. Listen to the full programme ⬇️

I think what people don’t understand about anorexia, is that when it hits your family you find yourself in an upside down world where nothing makes sense anymore. Imagine your child suddenly being unable to eat, or seemingly not wanting to eat… how utterly horrifying is that?

Really hoping we're in an era of positive change!

Happy/supported/ thriving staff=happy/supported/ thriving pupils. Kicking off the year with team 'bake off' My summer read #puttingstafffirst @JohnThomsett @JonnyUttley @lolascupcakes

@AnorexiaMyths That's what works in my experience with my daughter, but so many professionals were not consistent when inpatient. They were often cruel. Comments like... 'just eat half if you can't manage it all' and worst of all, meals up to 45 minutes late! That's torture

One thing my daughter’s treatment team did really well initially was firmly explain that she needed to start eating and gaining weight immediately. They even insisted she eat a biscuit during the assessment. There was no room for negotiation. At all.

@Southgloshead @DestinoNadia

Need one more HT to provide a case study on improving T&L for my book. Looking for WomensED Headteacher who has improved T&L across a school through codifying practice leading to clear impact on outcomes. Get in touch if that’s you! You’ll be joining these amazing folks 🧵

Over half of children with special education needs are missing school because their requirements can't be met. That's the damning findings from an ITV News investigation exposing a crisis in provision for children with these needs. 'The system doesn't work for anyone.' Actress Sally Phillips has spent years fighting for special educational needs and disability provisions for her three neurodiverse children and says the system is frustrating.

@DavidNautilus1 @LittleMy2020

I wrote blog this a few years ago in an attempt to capture how it feels for a headteacher to move from the hustle of the school day, where everyone needs you, to the serenity of your holiday, where the silence can sometimes be deafening. 'One of the most frustrating things is that you know that you deserve to have this rest but you really don't know quite how to do it. You're just not very good at it.' Read …erythingisgoingtobealright.webflow.io/the-holiday

Any recommendations for professional books/training that can support a teacher new to year 1?

@jamesldowns Online for my daughter. Absolutely pointless!

People say “eating disorder treatments don’t work too well therefore the treatment itself isn’t very effective” Are they aware of how BADLY treatment is often delivered? We wouldn’t say “arrows aren’t effective weapons” based on a sample of archers wearing blindfolds, etc etc..

@Headteacherchat Get into schools!

Welcome to #SaturdayEduChat What would be your priority as Education Secretary?

@Headteacherchat Really good paper cited in this article. peerreviewededucationblog.com/2019/10/13/tox…

@phoenixgrouphq Tell everyone about the research based resources produced in collaboration with Dove. dove.com/uk/dove-self-e…

6/6 What steps can be taken to address the mental health impacts of social media on children? #KidsMH

Welcome to #KidsMH this evening. Our first question: 1/6 How can schools be better supported to address children's mental health?