Alison Bennett

I’m really enjoying listening to this Podcast #EducatedGuess

What a wonderful, inspiring day. Thanks #edpsy and all of the wonderful speakers.

346 of you, from around the world, and across disciplines.

Wow....

Enjoy today's festivities

#epfest2025 #edpsychs

A brain?!

A Wicked allegory — Rolling for Initiative There’s a cool moment in the movie and musical Wicked when Elphaba arrives at Shiz and is seen for the first time by everyone around her. To begin with everyone expresses shock at her green skin, but ...

"We are disabled, but primarily that means that we are unable to be churned by the economic machine, and maybe we are through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game." www.rollingforinitiative.com/blog/a-wicke...

“Language matters. Listening matters. And above all, compassion matters.”

Trainee educational psychologists face ‘unprecedented financial challenges’ Grants have not been increased since 2018, with trainee educational psychologists saying financial pressure is ‘immense’ and ‘life feels bleak’

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Absolutely this though ♥️

Should be on every single educationally setting wall in the largest print possible!

#Edpsychs #Edusky#Inclusion #PositiveChildhoodExperiences

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,201,633, Alison Bennett ‪@alihb.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 19, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,201,633! Loving the positivity over here.

Downsides of the job this week: child protection concerns & a freezing school where I lost the feeling in my hands! Upsides of the job this week: sharing school visits with colleagues which is quite rare, but a joy & working with the loveliest SENCos.

It’s that time of year again - the start of a new school year. Sending love to all those who find transitions & change difficult.

Anxiety: School on Fire I'm writing this blog as the father of a twelve year old girl who has been consumed by an anxiety disorder this year. This is our lived experience and it's a journey we're still navigating. I'm writin...

“You can offer the child less time in school but it’s still on fire. You can offer the child a different room or a particular member of staff but the building is still on fire”

Fantastic blog about how debilitating anxiety can be.
#EduSky #EdPsychs

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I have noticed a role above assistant psychologist which is called ‘clinical associate in psychology’ for the clinical route. Wondering if this will happen eventually within educational psychology too. Thoughts? I can see some potential positives & negatives.

I like this one from Box Clever Press as there’s space for morning, afternoon & evening appointments/activities plus a ‘today’s crucial tasks’ section each day 😊

Hi 👋. For my first post I wanted to recommend this great book. It is written by an author with lived experience and is so accessible. I just love it! (I have no affiliation or links with the author).

I’m keen please :-)