Gareth Lewis

Neural responses to maternal criticism in healthy youth Parental criticism can have positive and negative effects on children’s and adolescents’ behavior; yet, it is unclear how youth react to, understand and process parental criticism. We proposed that yo...

I love this research because it really shows how much of an impact our words can have on young people. It looks at how the brain reacts to parental criticism and shows that it triggers the same areas linked to social pain and self-doubt. Language matters.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Things that, unfortunately, are not at all surprising…

“The suspension rate for pupils eligible for free school meals was four times that of those not eligible. Year 9 had the highest suspension rate, followed by year 10.”

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This is another painful but crucial report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research, www.ippr.org/articles/who.... As Richard has said in his post, how do we do better in the current circumstances?

Advisers: Free school meals application fee waiver guide An overview for those supporting eligible applicants applying to undergraduate courses starting in 2025.

Some good news…👏

www.ucas.com/advisers/hel...

Message to staff this week:

Adolescent Brain and Social Motivation: young persons behaviour is a response to something - social / gaining respect / self of belonging (or not).

Relational practice builds positive relationships and make YP feel valued, seen and respected.

Use of language = 🔑

More of this…

“At the same time, many children, particularly those living in deprived families and communities, are finding less time to play at home or in other spaces such as after-school clubs.”

10-25 is an excellent book / collection of research by David Yeager. It forces you to consider how to have more of a ‘mentor mindset’. Highly recommend. Will try and link to behaviour and equity over the coming weeks.