Educational Psychologist working in the Highlands. Views are my own. She/her
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Just Ask, the enquiry line for families, young people and professionals in Highland now has a new phone number, 0300 303 1365. It is running on Tuesday and Thursdays 1-4pm. Various Allied Health Professionals and Education Professionals are available for advice.
ALT Poster with a white mobile phone with a dark screen and orange speech bubble on a blue, green and white background. There are logos at the bottom of the page for https://bumps2bairns.com/, Highland Children and Young Person Allied Health Professionals, Highland Council and mi Medical Illustration. The test says Just Ask is an enquiry line for our parents, carers, children, young people, and those who work with them. The phone line is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm. Staff usually available are: Dietitians; Educational Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Physiotherapists; Pre-school Home Visiting Teachers; Primary Mental Health Workers; School Nurses and Speech and Language Therapists Please call us on 0300 303 1365.
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Fab posters from @EChildhoodMaths to help develop spatial reasoning for young children through #play
Spatial reasoning underpins not just maths but much abstract thought (e.g., just think that *through*) via conceptual metaphors - also #resilience
earlymaths.org/spatial-reaso…
Late to the party but this is an issue that is close to home. Nice one @BlokeOnWheels 👍
#DisabledNotDisposable
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I am a passionate campaigner for disability rights. I am #DisabledNotDisposable
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Useful for all the maths teachers out there too, to bring the concepts of wellbeing and care into wider curricular areas. @thompo71
I know lots of you have already been using this in your presentations so I've had a designer spruce it up a bit. Download. Add it to your presentations. Make some noise. Please do make sure its referenced as my work tbough ❤️ #belonging #education #relationships
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Don’t call it diversity if it does not include disabled people.
Don’t call it equity if it does not include disabled people.
Don’t call it inclusion if it does not include disabled people.
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Many learners will shortly be sitting National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams for the first time.
‘Your Exams 2022’ provides info on how to prepare, as well as what to expect on the day.
Download a copy from our website 👉 bit.ly/36gTeSI
This should go without saying but just in case, don't touch random people or their mobility aids without permission, even if well-intentioned. This described incident is not well-intentioned though, it is shockingly selfish and dehumanising.
Me, a wheelchair user: “What are you doing?”
Man on bus: “I’m hanging my groceries on the back of your wheelchair. I don’t want to put the bag on the floor.”
Me: “Please take if off now.”
Hanging anything on someone’s wheelchair without consent is unacceptable.
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Me, a wheelchair user: “What are you doing?”
Man on bus: “I’m hanging my groceries on the back of your wheelchair. I don’t want to put the bag on the floor.”
Me: “Please take if off now.”
Hanging anything on someone’s wheelchair without consent is unacceptable.
This is a really important issue. Whole thread is good and this reply stands out to me as I agree with it so strongly. There needs to be appropriate and accessible sex education for disabled people and those with additional support needs, including info on consent and autonomy.
Absolutely right. In addition, there is an urgent need for more attention to be paid to sex education for people with special needs. I myself work in the sector (institutionalized care for people with an ID) and I see enough how the subject is taboo. (1)
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Absolutely right. In addition, there is an urgent need for more attention to be paid to sex education for people with special needs. I myself work in the sector (institutionalized care for people with an ID) and I see enough how the subject is taboo. (1)
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The National Conference for Educational Psychology will be sharing research and practice from the profession around improving outcomes for children and young people affected by poverty and inequity. @Aspep1 @EducationScot
For info and booking click here:
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If everyone who has ever been grateful for the NHS followed and retweeted we would reach a million by midnight.
We will all need the NHS at some point in our lives, so let's all come together to protect it.
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Early attachment is not a single event .It results from hundreds of patterned, repetitive physical and emotional experiences
These experiences shape the human brain .This provides the programming of responses and impacts our most psychological and physiological needs.🧠🌱
Useful thread about ND communication. As a professional, I do try to be clear and recap in a direct way, especially when speaking to those who communicate more literally. It is so easy to slip back into relying on subtext and context, which is vague. Good reminder for me.
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The window of tolerance is an important factor to be aware of when working with children. When a child is within their window of tolerance, they are better able to think, learn and play - via creative.clinical.psychologist on Instagram #edutwitter #windowoftolerance
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Notes for advanced higher physics. Sharleen shows how it should be done with some lovely wee posters which have helped her get over 80% in the last test! This layout is useful at any stage.
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This bulletin display has an important reminder for Ss – and Ts:
(📸 via T Britt)
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Specific Executive Functioning skills are needed to enable learners to access learning content. Here are some definitions to make these terms clearer.
#executivefunctioning #education
Thanks to Pathways2Success for this great infographic!
