The Emotional Curriculum

Jun 24 2024 60 ep. 26 mins 13
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Exploring new research which promotes the emotional well-being of children and young people in schools. Dr Sarah Taylor-Whiteway talks to academics about their research and how it can be used and applied in schools.

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S06 E05 - Rethinking the Withdrawal of Playtime

Jun 24 2024 25 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Tom Clements, an Educational Psychologist, about the problems with withdrawing playtime from children and young people. We discuss why teachers may resort to removing playtime and how they view this approach touching on a realisation that this can often be making the problem worst. We discuss alternatives to the removal of punishment

S06 E04 - DNA-V and the Importance of Evidence Based Interventions

Mar 10 2024 46 mins  
Send us a text In the episode we speak to Dr Duncan Gillard, an Educational Psychologist who is using evidence informed approaches to promote the well-being of children and young people in his work. We discussed DNA-V (the Acceptance and Commitment model for youth) and how this has been adapted to universal, targeted and more specialist levels for use in schools. We discuss how imp

S06 E03 - The Power of Hope as a Psychological Resource for Young People

Jan 07 2024 35 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Clio Berry about her research which has explored hope in young people. We explore a new model of hope and how we could apply this to help build hope in young people. We discuss the malleability of hope and what can be done to try and increase hope for those that are struggling with low hope, alongside considering why hope is such an i

S06 E02- Teacher's Perceptions of Young People's Mental Health in Schools

Nov 26 2023 35 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Emily Hattersley, Educational Psychologist, about teacher's views on young people's mental health in schools. We explore how teacher's try to understand the needs of those they work with and how their insights and thoughtfulness show the level of care, and desire to help, behind the profession. However, we also discuss the difficultie

S06 E01 - How Language Has The Power To Shape Autistic Identity in Girls

Oct 15 2023 24 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Becky Morgan, Educational Psychologist, about how language can impact on the identities of adolescent, autistic girls. We discuss how words can influence how autistic girls see themselves and are seen by others and how power also feeds into this identity. We explore how different dialogues can help or hinder young autistic girls and h

S05 E11 - Adolescent Mental Health Help Seeking

Nov 06 2022 28 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Emma Barrow, Educational Psychologist, about the barriers to adolescents seeking help for their mental health. We discuss how issues such as perceived impact of the help they will receive and stigma about mental health create barriers to adolescents seeking the help they need and also consider what facilitates this behaviour. We think

S05 E10 - The Power of Dialogue in Classroom Practice

Jun 26 2022 24 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Nadia Siddique about her work which has explored the effectiveness of interventions on outcomes for students. We discuss her evaluation of the Philosophy4Children intervention in schools and what she learnt from this study. We talk about the power of using questions in classroom practice and how this can develop a range of skills abov

S05 E09 - How ASD students make sense of themselves and feeling 'different'

May 29 2022 23 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak with Dr Emma Williams, from the University of Surrey, about her research investigating how autistic pupils in mainstream school settings make sense of themselves and what impacts on this. Emma discusses her synthesis of studies which found that most autistic pupils appear to make sense of themselves as being different in a negative way to oth

S05 E08 - Unorthodocs: A Different Approach to Wellbeing

Apr 17 2022 24 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak to Dr J. J. Kelly, of 'Unorthdocs Inc.', about how she has taught young people to have the skills to love themselves. We discuss J. J.'s use of dialectical behavioural therapy to help people build the skills they need to support themselves. We touch on some of the unique approaches she uses in her own work, such as mentoring and a focus on va

S05 E07 - Emotions as an Alternative to Diagnosis in Adolescents

Mar 13 2022 31 mins  
Send us a text In this episode we speak to Dr Lawrence Howells, Clinical Psychologist, about his work which focuses on a move away from diagnosing mental health disorders towards an emotion based approach to well-being. We discuss how understanding the developmental stage of adolescence is crucial in understanding how best to support adolescent well-being. We explore how this under