Category: young people

  • Listening to the voice of experience

    Listening to the voice of experience

    I was talking to a 13 year old and two 16 year olds about Adolescence (Netflix) yesterday. They were saying…

  • Hierachy can kill…

    Hierachy can kill…

    🦁 Hierarchy can kill……the contribution, knowledge, experience, skill of those who don’t have the title, the status, the position to…

  • Hear real experiences from Care Leavers

    Hear real experiences from Care Leavers

    If we are making decisions that affect other people, we really need to understand their experiences and the impact of…

  • Bringing in the Experts

    Bringing in the Experts

    🔗 Research and Practice. The best research projects I’ve been involved in have been when the practitioners and those with…

  • Positive Uncertainty

    Positive Uncertainty

    My 30 minute reading challenge is paying off. 30 minutes a day reading ‘Youth and Positive Uncertainty by Vicky Johnson…

  • Hearing their voices

    Hearing their voices

    How do we get to hear young people’s voices? How do we listen well? What can we learn? What changes…

  • Building Strengths

    Building Strengths

    Isn’t it great when you can help someone build their strengths? Children and young people with ADHD have some amazing…

  • When I Grow Up

    When I Grow Up

    What do you want to be when you grow up? I’m almost 50 and I still don’t know. Maybe I…

  • Collaboration Magic

    Collaboration Magic

    I love working in Teams. Bringing together a range of people who can share different perspectives and skills, and build…

  • By Staff for Staff

    By Staff for Staff

    Timeliness – autonomy – contextualised. It’s estimated that there is, on average, one child in every classroom with ADHD (1).…