Matthew Evans
@head_teach
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head-teach on BlueSky l CEO I Coauthor of #TheNextBigThing and author of #LeadersWithSubstance I Blogger I https://t.co/PdsAsfSpRT
Swindon, England
Joined May 2013
This looks like it could be interesting…
After 2 yrs’ work & thanks to generous support from @NuffieldFound , the Centre for Education Systems today launches a new library of international comparative research. It’s been carefully designed so that everyone can get what they need. Take a look! https://t.co/skkYVuYf21
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1) confounding stress and distress with mental disorder; 2) ignoring context 3) the rise of internet self-diagnosis; 4) loose and fuzzily defined diagnostic criteria; 5) careless diagnosis 6) marketing; and 7) tying benefits to diagnosis rather than level of functioning.
My letter today to The Guardian describes the 7 causes of massive mental disorder overdiagnosis & the consequent harms to our patients & to society. https://t.co/TF9EINnHFL
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Is this evidence that the diagnostic criteria, such as ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, and other diagnoses used by psychiatrists are wrong?
newscientist.com
People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so far suggests many have shared biological causes
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New post. Enjoy. 🎄
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100% Assessment https://t.co/rOSPokhyA7 Creating people: How tests shape the way pupils see themselves
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Experts ponder the causes of the rise in ADHD diagnoses, but this is the expected consequence of treating distressing or aggravating habits as if they are medical conditions
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100% Assessment https://t.co/rOSPokhyA7 Creating people: How tests shape the way pupils see themselves
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@tombennett71 Read this one Tom thats the best one and accurately makes the point there are 'strong feelings about the terminology being used incorrectly by others'. I personally loathe neurodiverse, I don't mind neurodivergent but I prefer autistic! https://t.co/lp79uaEgXo
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Background: Neurodivergence refers to people with ways of behaving and thinking that diverge from the norm. Examples include Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperacti...
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Neurodiversity is a common term in education- and society. But it lacks precision both in definition and usage. And that really matters in the real world. For a start 'neurodiverse' is not a clinically recognised or used term, eg in the DSM-5. It was coined by the sociologist
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NEW BLOG: Dyslexia: How a Narrow Clinical Phenomenon Became a Catch All Label https://t.co/JrP73nSodm
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There are some good graphs for assemblies here.
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“you cannot remove complexity; you can only choose where it lives and how to absorb it. And if you don’t make that choice consciously, it will find its own habitat anyway, usually somewhere dysfunctional and with a high cost”
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New post on my Substack: Will the Machine Ever Learn How to Teach? https://t.co/0TRWnX0T2M
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An interesting piece on what the characteristics of the highest achieving secondary schools are.
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