Suzanne Zeedyk
@suzannezeedyk
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Helping build a society that's trauma-informed. We all need strong internal teddy bears to fight the sabre tooth tigers. Speaker, trainer, researcher, agitator
Scotland
Joined March 2011
The Parents Circle is a group of bereaved parents from both Palestine and Israel, who seek to end the cycles of loss & blood shed. You can read more about their courageous efforts here.
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RT @lathan_miss: Young people in Scottish schools often get a lot of negative press, especially at the moment. Delighted to see these boys…
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This piece from the leading research journal 'Developmental Science' gathers together the evidence showing how the pandemic affected all periods of children's lives. We cannot talk about 'behaviour' without reference to this developmental context.
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While the press focuses on badly behaved young people, I thought I would remind us of the book that Children's Commissioner Al Aynsley-Green published in 2018. The British Betrayal of Childhood: Challenging Uncomfortable Truths and Bringing About Change
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3. 2018 Welsh Report: "Training in ACEs was perceived by participants to be invaluable especially in regard to: the science behind trauma and the impact trauma has on child development and behaviour in the classroom."
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"They've appointed this nutter - Tim Brighouse." I returned home from an inspirational day with @ElliotSchools wanting to remind myself about the intersection of innovation, resistance & insistence. Nuance is so powerful. @realdcameron
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RT @DalrympleWill: A letter to Donald J. Trump from Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a Saudi prince and former government official who serv…
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The determination of the @GiveTimeScot Team is remarkable. It is shameful that they need to use that energy to create equity for children.
Another hefty week of absorbing the concerns of parents and families across Scotland. For nearly 7 years, we’ve campaigned to expose local authority failures affecting children. But no one can hold councils, senior officers or councillors to account
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@garethkthomas @bainsfordht @ElliotSchools I found this week's session with the Heads of @ElliotSchools to be inspirational, hearing such informed conversations around relational practice, as a whole Trust
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It was a pleasure to include memories of this event in the story told in #ScotlandsACEsJourney. Much energy was circulating at this event from @clydebankhigh !
7 years ago today, @clydebankhigh we organised our Nurturing Positive Relationships Festival, discussing trauma, relational approaches.600 people attended. 14 workshops and 42 stalls. Our 2 guest speakers on the day were @suzannezeedyk @Prev_Justice
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4. I spent yestrdy workng with the 30+ Primary Heads of @ElliotSchools Trust. I included the work of lots of colleagues in my slides. I wanted to be sure those colleagues knew I was speaking of them. Thanks, all. @realdcameron @RosneathPrimary @lullabynursery @davewhitaker246
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I spent the day with the 40 Headteachers of Academy Trust @ElliotSchools. We talked all day about biology - about where uncomfortable emotions & trauma are trapped -- and about how societal systems & school environmnts exacerbate that. We talked about what schools can do to help.
Why do humans get stuck in Trauma while wild animals recover naturally? In the 1970s, Dr. Peter Levine noticed something remarkable: Wild animals face death daily yet don’t develop PTSD, depression, or anxiety. His discovery revolutionized how we understand trauma forever:🧵
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Hey look @CrownHousePub @realdcameron. It's another Tim Letter Recipient! This is Jo at @ElliotSchools , who remembers getting a letter as an NQT. "It came on headed paper, which made it important. He told me I would make a great teacher. Yes, of course I still have the letter!"
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RT @realdcameron: Thank you for sharing this. You are absolutely right to highlight the importance of this sort of simple humanity and gene…
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