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Alison Bennett

@alihb.bsky.social

Assistant Educational Psychologist (she/her). Neurodivergent. Interests in autism & neurodiversity, mental health, social justice. Mother of teen boys.

270 Followers  |  83 Following  |  10 Posts  |  Joined: 19.08.2024  |  1.732

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Iโ€™m really enjoying listening to this Podcast #EducatedGuess

03.12.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

19.09.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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346 of you, from around the world, and across disciplines.

Wow....

Enjoy today's festivities

#epfest2025 #edpsychs

19.09.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A brain?!

26.02.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Wicked allegory โ€” Rolling for Initiative Thereโ€™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 elseโ€™s game." www.rollingforinitiative.com/blog/a-wicke...

29.12.2024 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œLanguage matters. Listening matters. And above all, compassion matters.โ€

28.11.2024 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trainee educational psychologists face โ€˜unprecedented financial challengesโ€™ Grants have not been increased since 2018, with trainee educational psychologists saying financial pressure is โ€˜immenseโ€™ and โ€˜life feels bleakโ€™

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

30.11.2024 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Absolutely this though โ™ฅ๏ธ

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

#Edpsychs #Edusky#Inclusion #PositiveChildhoodExperiences

03.10.2024 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,201,633, Alison Bennett โ€ช@alihb.bsky.socialโ€ฌ, joined on Aug 19, 2024"

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

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

20.09.2024 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

18.09.2024 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

02.09.2024 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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...

โ€œYou can offer the child less time in school but itโ€™s still on fire. You can offer the child a different room or a particular member of staff but the building is still on fireโ€

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

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/s...

28.08.2024 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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

27.08.2024 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I like this one from Box Clever Press as thereโ€™s space for morning, afternoon & evening appointments/activities plus a โ€˜todayโ€™s crucial tasksโ€™ section each day ๐Ÿ˜Š

20.08.2024 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹. 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).

20.08.2024 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m keen please :-)

20.08.2024 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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