Today, we remember the life and enduring legacy of Stephen Lawrence, an aspiring architect who was murdered by racist strangers as he made his way home 30 years ago Rest in Eternal Power, dear Stephen 🕊 Stephen Lawrence, 13.09.1974 - 22.04.1993

Behaviour management is not about the young people, behaviour management is about the adults. A regulated calm adult can regulate a dysregulated,anxious child. But,a dysregulated adult can never regulate a dysregulated child.They need to be met in their nervous system states.🧠🌱

Trauma isn't about the event or what happened to us. THE TRUTH ABOUT TRAUMA A THREAD 🧵:

If you’ve seen the new John Lewis advert 🛹 - here’s some more info about what the company are doing for the care experienced (#CEP) community: a thread✨ 1) @JohnLewisRetail will be making donations of Christmas decorations, food & gifts to people leaving care ❤️ (part 1/5)

Many people have a consistent fawn trauma response. Fawning is: people pleasing, appeasing, or just going along with people to avoid conflict. HERE’S WHY WE DO IT AND HOW TO HEAL FROM IT: 🧵

Three webinars on our website 1. activating lived experience in child protection work 2. transforming child protection services using co-production & co-design 3. implementing parent advocacy in local authority settings https://t.co/h42mNm3n0S ty all helped to produce 🙏

BASW has an anti-poverty practice guide which we continue to update to support social workers working with people living in poverty. ⬇️ https://t.co/kpwHom829S

“If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up - lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.”

Trauma is passed down from generation to generation. It becomes a cycle. Here’s how you can become a cycle breaker A THREAD 🧵:

Muscle Mass & Muscle Strength are major determinants of how long you will live and the quality of your life as you age. Here's why. 🧵👇 /1

The first bank of Historian quotes posters are now in my Google drive and fully editable should anyone want to use them in their classrooms or corridors. Featuring the insight of @DavidOlusoga @sarahchurchwell @FernRiddell & Hilary Mantel.

7 essential coaching questions from the coaching habit - by Michael Bungay Stanier. #QITwitter #Coaching Avoid the advice monster

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Many of us grew up in enmeshed families where we didn’t get a chance to know who we actually are. And we were expected to be someone we weren’t. HERE’S THE IMPACT 🧵:

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For #WorldMentalHealthDay a new Research in Practice guide aims to support social care practitioners to repair, maintain, grow and sustain their mental health and wellbeing.

Earth's rotation visualized in a stunning timelapse that follows a fixed point in the sky. Credit: Martin Giraud https://t.co/JG0IcOxWvO

Many of us grew up with emotionally immature parents and deal with the lifelong impact. HERE’S SOME OF THEM (🧵):

This is why it is very unhealthy for teachers to "SHOUT" at young people with a traumatic developmental history. Their home environment was abusive ,lots of shouting,their brain will make associations,visual images and threat activating their Fight,Flight,Freeze response.🧠🌱

A child who wasn’t able to emotionally develop, becomes the adult who: takes everything personally, is highly defensive, & struggles to voice what they actually feel. HERE’S WHY (🧵):