Pleased to share that our paper on parents’ experiences of EBSNA is now published! It’s a bit of a ‘pinch me’ moment to see my thesis research in print! Special thanks to @NikkiCollingwo1 for all of your support along the way! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Attendance Matters! But so do children… Perhaps you've seen a similar poster? Well, I propose a few changes; if we're going to award attendance I think we should at least be honest about what we're awarding. #attendancematters #edutwitter #childism #SEND

You can read the letter in full here and share widely in your communities to demand a SEND revolution 🙌🏼 #TwitterEPs #SENDrevolution shorturl.at/5g93E

Beautiful flowers and card from my wonderful Year 1 TEP who finished her placement with us today 💐 I have loved every minute of being a TEP placement supervisor this year and am excited to see what a fabulous EP she will be 🥰

Absolutely blown away by the response to my blog posted this week! Thank you to @edpsyuk for giving me the platform to share the action planning tool and to everybody for their lovely comments! Please do let me know if/how you use it in your practice! 😍

🌟New blog post @RachelS_EP shares with us the SPIRAL framework and action planning tool, designed to be used by practitioners to support school attendance. Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/actio… #TwitterEPs #SEND #Wellbeing #Schools

Waking up today still reflecting on the wonderful sessions at yesterday’s Eastern Region Conference! Special thanks to @teamsquarepeg for the lovely shout out to my research! Feeling very blessed to have caught up with my amazing colleagues across the region 🥰 #twittereps

"Avoiding school" is such a misleading term. The school attendance crisis? It's a mental health crisis. It's a SEND crisis. It's a school funding crisis. All of which began long before Covid but has been profoundly exacerbated by the pandemic. theguardian.com/society/2024…

After holidays, many children and young people are grappling with the return to school. Parents are sharing the struggle to get them there. Let's LISTEN, let's SUPPORT. @DrJerricah EBSA Horizons offers essential training for schools and educators to understand & effectively support emotional-based school avoidance. Join us in creating a more compassionate approach to improving attendance💙 #attendance #EBSA #edutwitter

Well done Leicestershire NHS! I don’t know who wrote or complied this resource but it’s so valuable! Lots of really great #TraumaInformed advice and carefully chosen signposting #SchoolAttendance #AutisticBurnout leicspart.nhs.uk/autism-spac…

Well said 👏🏻 #Saveourservices

I have made the difficult decision to strike today, not solely due to pay, but rising workloads and a broken system #saveourservices

⬇️ A timely reminder of why EPs are making the difficult decision to take industrial action: to reverse the vicious circle destroying EP services and protect them for children, young people & communities in the future. #SaveOurServices #TwitterEPs #EduTwitter

As I'm not eligible to take industrial action (not Soulbury paid), I am aiming to support the action by raising awareness and showing solidarity. I created this infographic to highlight some of the key issues in our profession currently. #SaveOurServices #TwitterEPs

📖New book review: Square Pegs Delighted to publish this fabulous review of 'Square Pegs'. #TwitterEPs Reviewed by @RachelS_EP, @BeccaJC91 and Susanne, its been great to get a range of views on this thought provoking book. Read the review here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2023/book-…

The role of the GP around school attendance notfineinschool.co.uk/home/f… via @NotFineinSchool Brilliant blog by NFIS team member Claire Barrett here. @educationgovuk @DHSCgovuk @wellatschool @aewm1917 @publichealth @CMO_England @ChildrensComm @ncbtweets @SEC_Tweets @CYPMentalHealth

Even though I’m now entering my second (!) year as a qualified EP I still resonate with every word. Time really does pass in a blink!

Excited to be joining @DrJerricah and @molliehiggins20 at this online event discussing all things EBSA! Still have that ‘pinch me’ feeling when I think about how lucky I am to have opportunities like this to share my research. Please come along if you can! #EBSA #twittereps

EARLY BIRD AVAILABLE - '“I’m not going & you can’t make me!” – How to support children & young people with #EmotionallyBasedSchoolAvoidance' With Dr. Mark Bowers, @DrJerricah, @molliehiggins20, Dr. Rachel Sawyer, and Fiona Stiff. Book: bit.ly/3q6Acbx . #EBSA #EdPsych

Finally made it official 👩🏻‍🎓 Getting to graduate alongside my wonderful cohort yesterday was the cherry on top of the last three years! We did it! #uea #edpsyd #educationalpsychologist #twittereps