Dr Catriona O’Toole 🍉
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Associate Prof @MaynoothUni 🧠 | Psychologist (PSI) 💫| Putting compassion at the ❤️ of Education | #Traumainformed #EduForAll #socialjustice 👊 | 🏃♀️🇵🇸
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Our website is live!🌟
It aims to support educators embed trauma-informed approaches in their schools & settings. Check it out!
Thanks to
@MaynoothUni
@AlcoholIreland
@IrishResearch
#RelationshipsCentred
#education
#Compassion
#traumaInformed
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Happy Friday fellow women of childbearing age 🥂 😆
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That Dolores Cahill video though…an absolute insult to everyone who has actually experienced rape or sexual violence 😡🤬
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Unless we develop the capacity to sit with students who are upset or distressed, all our school wellbeing efforts are just toxic positivity and gaslighting
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Reminder, suicide is not a crime; people don’t ‘commit’ suicide
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I am at my wits end 😩 trying to get
@HSELive
to provide service for my brother.
Mental Health won’t provide service ‘cos he has intellectual disability.
Intellectual Disability won’t provide service ‘cos he has complex MH needs. 1/
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I really don’t want schools to close since they are a lifeline for many children & a staple in communities.
BUT with cases and hospitalisations skyrocketing, it seems madness that children and staff would go back next week
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The absolute gaslighting of teachers, principals & SNAs by govt. ministers today 😳
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It’s hard to imagine school buildings reopening (for all children/for any) on Jan 11th with covid now so rampant
So what’s the plan
@Education_Ire
@NormaFoleyTD1
?
We have such competent, committed school personnel, if only they were given some advance, realistic guidance
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I’m gobsmacked TBH
What’s the logic for removing essential workers from prioritisation list?
They think they’ll win public approval? They are out of touch. The public want teachers, SNAs, ECEC staff and Gardaí protected. I suspect this will b reversed, but damage already done
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I am beyond EXCITED to announce the fabulous
@DrGaborMate
🤩 will join us for a conversation on trauma, education, relationships, compassion💗 on Oct 26th.
Registration (free) & further details of our stellar lineup to follow...
@MU_Education
@AlcoholIreland
#LoveIrishResearch
🚨 Education professionals interested in trauma-informed practice, relationships, nurture, compassion, wellbeing 💕
Save the date: October 26th 2021. We’re organising an exciting online festival 🤩 Details to follow. Watch this space!
@AlcoholIreland
#LoveIrishResearch
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Please look out for your migrant and ethnic minority students tomorrow. Show solidarity and be robust in addressing any racism or hate.
@ashjclery
Acknowledge it happened, share a little of your own shock/concern if that makes sense for you, reassure them this is isolated-it’s not normal, things will be ok, keep to normal school routines, but look out for kids who may need support, offer a quiet place, care team ready
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I’m writing up a paper on covid and school wellbeing. Here’s my 9 year old’s written commentary-she’s not particularly impressed! 🧐🙃
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I was nervous about doing this, but thanks
@noelbaker1
for covering the issues so well. We are relieved to have a positive outcome for Greg & hope this piece heralds change for other families
#mentalhealth
#Disability
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I’m looking for examples of school relationship policies (as opposed to behaviour policies), one’s that are trauma-informed & restorative. Please link me to your favs
#edchatie
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🚨 Education professionals interested in trauma-informed practice, relationships, nurture, compassion, wellbeing 💕
Save the date: October 26th 2021. We’re organising an exciting online festival 🤩 Details to follow. Watch this space!
@AlcoholIreland
#LoveIrishResearch
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I wrote this piece on why
#TraumaInformed
approaches are needed in schools, now more than ever
Why schools need resources to support traumatised children. The pandemic has increased the economic, social and psychological pressures on children, writes
@catrionaotoole
@MaynoothUni
@IrishResearch
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Meanwhile he is on remand in prison, though he has done nothing wrong, being further traumatised every day & experiencing intolerable distress
Our Dad dies a bit every day watching this 💔
Where is the humanity in our so called health service?
@DonnellyStephen
@CFOHealthIrl
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Delighted to be offering a new module
#TraumaInformed
Education as part of our M.Ed. and research progs next year
@MU_Education
I think it is first of its kind in Ireland!
Inspiration from authors of these great books and lots more besides
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I’m really concerned by images of re-opened schools abroad & talk here of bans on soothers & comfort blankets in crèches. Small children have developmental needs for nurturance, comfort, proximity, touch. We need to put children’s wellbeing at the centre of decision making
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.
@GaryGannonTD
is the first politician in Ireland I’ve heard advocating for trauma informed approaches in schools 👏👏
I’m excited to start a trauma-informed education module in
@MaynoothUni
next week. But CPD needs to be more widely and freely available
@Education_Ire
I heard this interview yesterday by
@GaryGannonTD
He mades a point that has been on my mind too
SNAs will need to provide trauma informed support for many children when schools reopen. I hope
@Education_Ire
take cognisance of that.
#Respect4SNAs
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What a phenomenal response, I’m blown away! Genuinely heartened by all your comments. You got
#WhereTheLightEnters
trending today!
Let’s build on this to ensure trauma-informed practice, attuned, responsive and compassionate relationships are at the heart of education 💞👊
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In some good news...
Meet our adorable new addition, Holly, she’s already brought such joy and laughter 🐾🐶 🥰
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#CatherineCorless
is a national hero. The state owes her a debt of gratitude or her tireless work bringing to light what happened in
#MotherAndBabyHomes
Amazing woman 🙏
#LateLateShow
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I’m inviting participants to take part in a research interview with me on the impact of COVID on the wellbeing of students, teachers and wider sch community
Teachers, principals, guidance counsellors... if you have something to say, please get in touch. Thank you 🙏
#edchatie
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What a fantastic marathon, tough conditions, showers, sunshine, rainbows 🌈 ☀️ 🌧️ but delighted with 4hr finish
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@ashjclery
Acknowledge it happened, share a little of your own shock/concern if that makes sense for you, reassure them this is isolated-it’s not normal, things will be ok, keep to normal school routines, but look out for kids who may need support, offer a quiet place, care team ready
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Anyone in education interested in
#ACEs
#traumainformed
schools...
There’s space for a few occasional students on our 10 credit Masters module in Childhood Adversity & Trauma-Informed practice
@MU_Education
6 week module running Feb 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 25 from 5-8:30pm
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Wow 1,000 attendees now registered for our trauma-Informed education festival! Have you signed up
#edchatie
?
We’ll have the fabulous
@DrGaborMate
@sharonlambert0
@_LisaCherry
@kimschon
@CrookedHouseTC
& more… 😃
@AlcoholIreland
@IrishResearch
@MU__SSI
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May be of little comfort, but so many people (I include myself) do not do well in in school or
#LeavingCert
, ‘cos of other more seismic sh*t going on in our lives. LC is definitely not the only route into desired course or career
#LCdoesNotDefineU
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Caring for family member with complex mental health difficulties, learning disability, complex trauma..wish it got easier, but 20 yrs of this, still the lack of joined-up thinking across MH and ID services & so little trauma awareness…so disillusioned right now 😖
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Delighted to share this paper which combines 3 of our passions: nature/outdoors, trauma-informed values & education 🌳💗 🏫
When it matters most: a trauma-informed, outdoor learning programme to support children’s wellbeing during COVID-19 and beyond
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🙌 Absolutely love this 😍
Research shows proximity, touch, interaction with dogs benefits emotional and psychological wellbeing.
I wonder is there research being done on this pilot project..?
More school dogs please 🐾💕🙏
A Co Meath secondary school is enjoying the benefits of its newest arrival - a three-year-old black Labrador retriever. The dog joined the ranks of St Peter's Community College as part of a 'Community Dog' pilot scheme from the Guide Dogs for the Blind |
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The ‘schoolification’ of childhood is a BIG issue, contributing to ⬆️ anxiety and other MH issues
It’s kinda ironic that instead of letting kids free play, we sit them in classrooms & teach them about ‘wellbeing’ adding to an already packed curriculum
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I’m absolutely thrilled to receive a New Foundation research award, collaborating with
@AlcoholIreland
to build capacity for
#TraumaInformed
approaches in education. So excited to share our plans!!!
Huge thanks to
@IrishResearch
🙏
#LoveIrishResearch
@MU_Education
76 New Foundations awards announced today by Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
, supporting collaboration between researchers and community/voluntary organisations. Congratulations to all our new awardees!
#LoveIrishResearch
@The_Wheel_IRL
@Dochasnetwork
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Are you a teacher/education professional in Ireland?
Please complete our survey! We want to find out more about the educators' quality of life.
Teachers' wellbeing matters! Link to online survey here:
Please RT
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Into the woods I go, to lose my mind and find my soul 😀
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Just published! Our new article speaks to the benefits of placing compassion at the heart of education
@MiraDobu
@MU_Education
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Hope everyone has been watching, this is such an important & heartbreaking documentary. Travelling community need allies, we are all part of the response
#Patrick
💔
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Not a fan of the deficit-based ‘catch-up’ narrative.
If this goes ahead can we affirm and celebrate young people’s strengths, ingenuity, coping strategies thru difficult circumstances and be responsive to their social & emotional needs, not just academic
An education catch-up programme for young disadvantaged students is being looked at by Government, the Tánaiste said tonight.
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‘Same storm, different boats: impact of covid in wellbeing of school communities’
Just published, open access
Thanks to everyone on here who participated in this study last summer. I hope the paper is useful
#edchatie
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Thrilled to be awarded
@IrishResearch
funding to work with
@KyrieFarm
researching progressive alternatives in
#MentalHealth
care
@MaynoothUni
#LoveIrishResearch
💞
with Mac MacLachlan
@RebeccaMurphyIE
@ProfMcGilloway
@galavpsychology
@JohnMcKeonIrl
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I’ve such respect for
@Mick_Finnegan
It’s so hard to imagine the courage, tenacity, pain, vulnerability it takes to do this; putting yourself out there day after day. Our institutions treat survivors appallingly
2 weeks standing outside St John Ambulance HQ, and I feel like shit. One of the lads this morning told me he couldn't do it anymore. I respect his honesty, but I also think the public can do more to ensure this report is published. Write to your local politician
#BreakTheSilence
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My dad, who is 85, has tested positive for covid. His symptoms are mild and he’s doing well. So grateful for vaccinations 🙏
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Heading in to teach first session of a new micro-credential course in trauma informed care. Looking forward to meeting participants and creating brave spaces for discussion & exploration
@MU_PostGrad
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I’m fine.
But turn your phone upside down to read what this young person is actually saying !
Our own discomfort with difficult emotion can prompt kids to suppress their true feelings, but holding it all inside leads to much bigger problems
Thx
@CorkLifeCentre
Superb 📖 ❤️
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There must be no better feeling as a mother than when you look at your teenage daughter and think; wow, what a human, if only there were more like her in the world. And you know that she looks to you with similar admiration and respect 💖 🙏
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Really important piece by Mac MacLachlan
@MUpsychdept
challenging the entrenchment of medical model in
#SharingTheVision
& the need to include professions beyond psychiatry
#WeHSCP
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Great to present our conceptual framework for trauma informed education at
#PSIConf23
@TraumaSIG
tnx to great colab with
@AlcoholIreland
@IrishResearch
Now to write up the paper!
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Big news!!! We are launching
#TraumaInformedEducation
to support collaboration, innovative research, & provision of accessible resources.
Register to attend launch here:
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This is the last thing the victims, families & school of this afternoon’s attack need.
They need reassurance that the world is safe, that people are essentially good, and that they will have time & space to process what happened. This only compounds their trauma 💔
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Resilience is often considered an individual trait. It’s not. The basis of
#resilience
is having a good network of support. It’s all about
#relationships
!
Article also highlights the value of communities of support for teachers
#ReflectiveSupervision
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My kids have been advised to bring all their books home before Easter, just in case...😳
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All set and excited to present my paper shortly ‘Toward a
#traumainformed
praxis in education’
#esai20
@esai_irl
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League tables are a curse. Education is fundamentally about our relationship with ourselves, others and the world. It cannot be reduced to points and percentages
Students in fee-charging schools more likely to progress to courses with high points
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Great article
@HollyCairnsTD
Proposed 3 tier payment system to people with disabilities is utterly myopic & demeaning. Govt need to
> address barriers to people engaging in work/education, incl transport
> address the recruitment problem in disability services
#systemsthinking
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Delighted that my paper on
#MentalHealthEducation
won
@EmeraldGlobal
Outstanding Paper Award. Freely available here
@MU_Education
@MU_Research
#literatiawards
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In more positive news, last week I gave a keynote and one of the attendees responded to say my work was a *blessing* And I think that’s actually the loveliest comment 🙏 ✨
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The suicide rate is ~7 times higher for Travellers than for settled community
Join tomorrow’s protest and help end systemic oppression of the Traveller Community
If you are in Dublin tomorrow, join the the protest!
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Really powerful contributions at today’s
#AD4EFestival2021
Dr Margot Sunderland was amazing on school trauma-informed approaches. She shared some stuff that students wished their teachers knew:
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If we take the British vaccine do we lose the O’ and Mc in our surnames?
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Hallelujah! It’s Spring!!!
Happy
#Imbolc
#LaFheileBride
It absolutely should be a national holiday!
Spring and hope are intertwined. Here are some buds from my garden, carrying the promise of better of better days to come 🪴🌸💗
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Update: in Court today, Judge v sympathetic but no commitment from
@HSELive
to fund a service
My brother there too, hugely distressed, agitated, confused, he’d ripped his clothes to shreds, took off his shoes, insisted that we bring them home with us..1/
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Special ceremonies
@MaynoothUni
to celebrate those who were conferred online. Huge congrats to this particular graduate, my 1st PhD student,
@MiraDobu
on her 2020 award. Proud moment!
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Congratulations to my PhD student Tara Ćirić, awarded the Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence for being the top-ranked postgraduate researcher.
Her research will illuminate the experiences and needs of
#CareExperienced
young people in school in 🇮🇪 through youth-led story telling.
Introducing our 2023 Government of Ireland medal winner Tara Ćirić, who has won the Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence for being the top-ranked AHSS postgraduate student.
@MaynoothUni
@MU_PostGrad
Read more about our medal winners here 👉
#LoveIrishResearch
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It is not possible to teach wellbeing or social-emotional skills in a meaningful way, without first engaging in deep and sustained exploration of one’s own inner landscape
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Raw but beautiful interview -
@Mick_Finnegan
is an absolute hero and an inspiration for other survivors of childhood trauma.
His voice and perspectives absolutely need to be heard by psychiatry (and indeed psychology, education, social work...etc)
#tommytiernanshow
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Time to teach the politics of mental health...? My piece available soon in
#CPF
considers the implications of the
#PTMFramework
for
#Education
Thanks
@ClinpsychLucy
for the invitation
@BPSOfficial
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Congratulations Dr Roisin Devenney and Dr Sinead Matson
@montigirl
both graduating today from
@MU_Education
& making waves with their research, so proud
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Important thread on the low cases reported amongst school children last wk & why these reports are so wrong
#ProtectOurChildren
I sincerely hope that this means also reviewing and retracting the numbers around antigen positivity presented last week. A 🧵:
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Special issue on Adverse Childhood Experiences: Translating Research into Action
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This is a fabulous episode of
@2NorriesPodcast
that will be of interest to everyone in education.
Lots of practical craft knowledge from sch principal
@CashmanD
in conversation with
@JamesLeonard85
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Getting set up to record our presentation for
@PsychSocIreland
Online Conference. I’ve only time for one take, wish me luck! 😬
@MiraDobu
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Happening tomorrow!!
Where the light enters: Hope and healing through trauma-informed education💫✨
Featuring world class speakers:
@kimschon
@sharonlambert0
@DrGaborMate
Youth theatre 🎭
@CrookedHouseTC
Mindfulness with Dave McCormack
@EventbriteIE
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Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools - Great review & recommendations: A systemic, whole-school approach to mental health and well-being in schools in the EU -
Hope policymakers take note!
@NormaFoleyTD1
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#Kintsugi
the Japanese art of fixing broken objects with gold, my favourite metaphor for healing & recovery 💗
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Hearty congratulations to Roisin Devenney on passing her PhD viva this morning, on the topic of school refusal. Huge thanks to her wonderful examiners
@conormcguckin
@celine_healy
and chair
@Linda__Connolly
@MU_Education
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Thinking of all the children, women and men for whom home is not a safe place. I really hope
@LeoVaradkar
and co are putting contingencies in place to support our vulnerable families
#IrelandLockdown
#selfisolating
#traumainformed
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💯 Let’s just give our kids space to BE this summer; not to DO, not to achieve, not to catch-up, not to learn this or that, just to BE who they are. And if we can do this for our kids, their future wellbeing will look after itself x
While some of these ideas are excellent - visit museums, read more etc- the basic premise underlying it is infuriating.Children need holidays, need unstructured play, they need time to explore,be bored & do nothing. Relentless comparison & competition is unnecessary & damaging.
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The resignation letter of Craig Mokhiber, top UN official in New York:
“This is a text-book case of genocide…what’s more, the government’s of the US, the UK and much of Europe, are wholly complicit in the horrific assault”
#CeasefireNOW
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Congratulations to my Departmental colleagues
@rosedolan
@ToddSharon_ed
@AnthonyJMalone
@oylerj
who all received Research Ally Awards for mentorship and supervision
@IrishResearch
What a team 🙌👏👏👏
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Do you like our trauma-informed education logo?!
Echos the ‘wishing hand’ sculpture outside
@Education_Ire
buildings.
Our take is that safe holding, compassion & community need to be at the ❤️ of education
Tnx to Ruth & team at Zinc Design
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Trauma informed peeps
What are the biggest misconceptions you encounter about trauma-informed practice?
Eg.
Misconception 1. TIP accepts/ excuses behaviour difficulties in schools leading to chaotic environment,
2. We cannot be trauma-informed, we’re not therapists/psychs..etc
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Very important letter on the educational needs of children in care
Trauma-informed and attachment-aware policies are needed. Attention also needed re admissions policies, therapeutic supports & more robust tracking and monitoring
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To add, yes we should address harm caused by alcohol; no, we don’t do it by controlling women.
This is one of the problems with traditional approaches to health promotion-the focus on changing individual behaviours rather than the determinants of health, like trauma poverty etc
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How many more children do we need to see plucked from rubble, terrified, screaming for their mamas, and these are the ‘lucky’ ones who’ve survived so far. How many more before our world leaders say enough 💔💔💔
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It’s harrowing. People with ID and MH issues deserve appropriate care
@HSELive
@DonnellyStephen
@AnneRabbitte
@MaryButlerTD
@MichealMartinTD
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Covid presented a golden opportunity to reform this grossly unfair, outdated exam. It should have been the silver lining
But no, our minister of education thinks the Leaving Cert is what education is for. More important than life and death it would seem 😫🤦♀️
Did Norma Foley just say ‘the leaving cert is what children are being educated FOR’ out loud?
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A move to continuous assessment & reduced emphasis on final exams are welcome, but if we continue with the messaging that students’ self worth depends on their achievements, then we just drag out the stress over a longer period
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See you soon folks 😃
We’ll be using the hashtag
#WhereTheLightEnters
please connect in to the conversation and share your thoughts and reflections with us
@JenniferHRos
@SheilaGilheany
@AlcoholIreland
Happening tomorrow!!
Where the light enters: Hope and healing through trauma-informed education💫✨
Featuring world class speakers:
@kimschon
@sharonlambert0
@DrGaborMate
Youth theatre 🎭
@CrookedHouseTC
Mindfulness with Dave McCormack
@EventbriteIE
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Very important study. 1 in 6 children come to school from homes where there are alcohol problems. Report recommends a framework for trauma-informed schools in Ireland.
Call for national plan to help children of alcoholics via
@rtenews
@AlcoholIreland
@UCC
@sharonlambert0
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Received this. Delighted it’s happening. Has anyone here been part of a Citizens’ Assembly and if so what was your experience?
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I’m honoured to be invited to speak at
@AERA_EdResearch
Presidential Session, ‘Critical conversations on mental wellness’ happening today
So looking forward to meeting everyone
#AERA21
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The pandemic has illuminated many fault lines in our education system. Reliance on outdated Leaving Cert is certainly one of them. Would love to see a citizens’ assembly to focused on this
Letter to the Editor
@IrishTimes
. The
#LeavingCertificate
, like many areas of education, is the subject of contentious debate. As a society, we need a space to openly discuss how we can reimagine a LeavingCert for the 21st century. Surely it’s time for another citizens’ assembly.
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New article:📢 When trauma comes to school: Toward a socially just trauma-informed praxis
Drawing on the Power Threat Meaning Framework
#PTMF
and anti-oppressive education, to move us toward more socially just & culturally responsive practices in schools
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Proud to stand with Travellers today calling for action on
#Traveller
mental health and wellbeing
Protest underway at Leinster house.
Traveller Mental Health is a Human Right.
#HumanRights
#MentalHealth
#Travellers
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Applications are now OPEN for
@maynoothUni
John & Pat Hume phd scholarships!
If your interested in pursuing a phd with me in area
#TraumaInformed
education or
#Wellbeing
, check your eligibility below & DM me.
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