Early Years SEND - a guide to all Key Stages: As a nation slightly addicted to shopping, in an educational climate which tempts us with product-based solutions, it is essential that we remember… (continued on the link below👇) bsky.app/profile/dominicgunn…

Lining up stuff! Is ‘organising’ an uncreative act or just a particular neurotype’s authentic, orderly parts play, preparing to seek the symbolic but from a different direction? Will enjoy discussing this and gestalt processing with KCC Equality and Inclusion team tomorrow

The Unique Child or SEND? Solving this conundrum means concretely defining SEND as a management tool, doesn’t it?

PLAYCHOLALIA I’m enjoying saying this, in advice +training, attempting to clarify the value of NeuroDivergent repetitive, mirroring or parallel play, as in ND speech. But I can’t find any reference to the word, and might have invented it? Let me know any advice or opinions! 

The Brain Story Certification @AFWI_News @HarvardCenter @SebdaOrg William Beardslee MD Harvard University, Module 9, ‘Mental Health Prevention and Promotion for Children of Depressed Parents’ reminding that ‘targeting family adversity’ is particularly helpful.

VOTE! Today’s the day…when, in the interests of our children’s future health, success and happiness, we can choose to reject a culture of conflict, contempt, contradiction, derision, fictional threat and other fuels of extremism. Please urge everyone to vote.

Enjoyable discussion with schools in Ashford this morning about understanding children’s play from EYFS through KS1. That’s ALL play! No erosion, or deficit perspectives #LiningUpCars

@charliehacking raising her serious concerns about the erosion of play for children in schools tonight while talking about the new study, with @Dominic_Wyse , on the Balanced Approach to reading and writing #DoubleHelix

‘Guessing is bad: an erroneous damaging myth’ ⁦@Dominic_Wyse⁩ speaking tonight ⁦@clpe1⁩ about his and ⁦Charlotte’s landmark study, necessitating policy change on the teaching of reading and writing ⁦@HHCP_UCL⁩ #TheBalancedApproach #DoubleHelix