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Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Well Being and Safety
“I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.” Lionel Shriver, 2005 "The important role of ‘safety’ in...
Why I’m Having A Rebrand for 2020
My strapline for around five years has been Lisa Cherry Trauma | Recovery | Resilience but I felt compelled to move forward into 2020 with a rebrand. But what was I going to change or add or lose that felt more fitting with my goals for 2020 and beyond; Relational...
A Decade To Remember: Where do we go from here?
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS I sat down to write this post with a firm focus on reflecting not just on the past year, but the past decade and it has certainly been a decade to remember! As we prepare to leave behind a time that has seen the world change so profoundly, we have...
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
When I was 20 years old, a few weeks shy of my 21st birthday, I found myself in the midst of learning that my soul was a dead space. While I presume others were celebrating 'coming of age' I was slowly awakening to my desperate need for healing through the love and...
5 Non Fiction Books You Must Read
I could write a number of posts (and I might well do just that) on books you must read over the Summer for those of you who are passionate about relationships, children and young people and creating a better society for all. But for now, here are my top 5. (Click on...
MA Education Research Slides
Here is a slide presentation of the research on the intersection between school exclusion and being in care in the 1970's and 1980's and the impact of that across the life course. For a short 7000 word article of the original research, please go here....
Tracey Farrell on Social Work, Trauma and Resilience
This is a transcript of an interview I hosted recently on my podcast with Tracey Farrell.......
8 Top Podcasts on Trauma Resonance Resilience
Who knew it was going to become all about top podcasts? Having been very much a part of the blogging culture from the get go, I've found myself moving away from blogging and from reading quite as many blogs as I once used to. When I started my own blog, over ten years...
Why Has There Been a Rise In ADHD and Dyslexia?
Diagnoses of ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia, to name a few, appear to be rising. Why? It looks like a complicated mixture of so many factors; the way we now live being one of them according to the understanding of Primitive Reflex Specialist Niki McGlynn. Niki of Organised...
What impact on education and employment has school exclusion had on care experienced adults who left care in the 1970’s and 1980’s?
I completed a piece of research for my MA Education and had what I am about to share with you accepted for publication in a journal. However, the amendments required by the journal left me feeling that they ought to just rewrite it! I have therefore decided that I...
School Funding Cuts and Inclusion
This month on the podcast I'm in conversation with Jules Daulby, Inclusion and Literacy specialist exploring the Timpson Review, punitive approaches to behaviour and the concern that inclusive schools are punished financially and in inspection categorisation. How do...