Dr Duncan Gillard

National recognition for our work at Enable Inclusion Team these past years supporting young people, families and schools, from the Confederation of Schools Trusts (pgs 22 & 35). cstuk.org.uk/system/files... ❤️👊 #edpsychs

Opening para of chapter six of Beyond Freedom and Dignity. What an opener. Dripping with implications for what it means to be human, what it means to exist within human societies and what it might mean to position oneself so as to be an agent of positive change within human societies.

Opening para of chapter six of Beyond Freedom and Dignity. What an opener. Dripping with implications for what it means to be human, what it means to exist within human societies and what it might mean to position oneself so as to be an agent of positive change within human societies.

Definitely grew! Passion builds in the doing. It’s not like we feel a deep passion right at the outset of a journey. Rather, the more we do the more committed we get. That’s been my experience. That understanding helps as it means it’s ok not to be sure early on. Just try stuff & see what sticks.

In my experience having a profound sense of purpose related to making the world a better place for the communities I serve has, in turn, benefited me. This sense of purpose makes life feel worthwhile. And, of course, what I’m describing here coheres well with a eudemonic understanding of wellbeing.

Was great to attend this event. Well done organising it Simon!

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Is There A Primate In Your Bible? Where Religion And Evolution Meet How evolutionary instincts shaped the jealous, controlling God of scripture—and fueled millennia of religious misogyny.

🌱New Article! Explore how evolutionary instincts shaped the jealous, controlling God of scripture—and fueled millennia of religious misogyny. By Hector Garcia.

🔗https://www.prosocial.world/posts/primate-bible

Was delightful! Thanks for the invite 😊

Great new meta analysis on the effects of commitment therapy on adolescent anxiety and depression presentation! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39303882/

What a cracking day training #edpsychs and others in Wandsworth London in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) based coaching today! And lovely to connect with so many fabulous practitioners, including @fionacoley.bsky.social (motivational interviewing legend) and many others.

Thanks Ray 🤗

What an honour to have such recognition from our community, alongside such incredibly inspirational people. I feel grateful and humbled. Thank you @myacbs.bsky.social

@fionacoley.bsky.social @edpsyched.bsky.social @edpsychjournal.bsky.social @edpsy.bsky.social @glennhinds.bsky.social @jgetaylor.bsky.social @duncanjee.bsky.social

“If you want to help profoundly and positively change the lives of your clients, then it’s the best psychological community in the world you could possibly consider joining!”

“When feeling the pain associated with doing something inconsistent with your values, be kind to yourself. We all fall off the values horse; most of us frequently! But don’t allow that self-kindness to result in behavioural complacency. Rather, use the pain to guide you back to value”.

New RCT study on the impact of the Connect PSHE curriculum on children’s wellbeing. So great to finally get this published. More studies in the pipeline too so watch this space.

Amazing ACT CPD opportunities at silly cheap prices from brilliant trainers with all proceeds going to an excellent cause. Everyone wins!

Here's how to retrain your brain to crave movement more than screen time If you're finding yourself glued to your phone these days, scrolling the news, here's how to change your habits and get moving instead.

Keep opening apps without thinking? ACT says: pause, notice, choose.
Not about control. It’s about clarity. zurl.co/85dP8

#ACBS #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #MentalHealth

Has there ever been a greater master of words than Khalil Gibran. Almost every quote has the power to stop me in my tracks and remember what’s most important ❤️

PS what is your take on the Good Behaviour Game as a universal school wellbeing intervention. My read is that’s got a strong research base with 50+ studies, several with control groups and one even having 25yr later longitudinal data showing gains relative to control.

…highly with measures of general psych wellbeing. That’s the 6 ways to wellbeing. We’ve done our best to build the program based on the best science of wellbeing we can surmise from the empirical lit’. So let’s see. The data is always your friend, even when it’s telling you hard stuff imo.

We are committed to bigger studies but wait list controls and and/or other (non Connect) comparison groups but securing funding bids has been hard so far, even with this study under our belts. What we know is that Connect targets patterns of behaviour know in 1000s of studies to correlate …

All good points and yes do t have to agree. This is a safe space for debate and learning, from my PoV. You are right. We have comparison group but not control. Having wait list controls in RCTs in schools is so tough though. Schools want support and they want it now and often not up for waiting.

Don’t agree we should give up on this yet @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social. We developed a universal program (252 lessons over 7 years) called Connect PSHE and in a recent RCT (n = 745) demonstrated statistically sig’ gains on 2 MHW measures, after just 18 lessons. See www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Trans people are safe with me 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

“Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle” (Auggie) www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...

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Three articles published on ACT with children and young people in one month. That’s a productive period!

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Supporting young people at risk of school exclusion through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and allied models: A new service model and case study example Recent UK Government figures show that permanent exclusions and suspensions in England are increasing. Children with special educational needs (SEN), especially those with a primary need in the area of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), are particularly vulnerable in this regard . Given the clear links between school exclusions and a wide range of negative life-outcomes – such as increased vulnerability to criminality and prison sentences – the need to find creative and innovative ways of reducing exclusions and suspensions is a clear and present priority. This paper presents a new, outcomes-based Educational Psychology (EP) service delivery model for children, families and schools, rooted in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and related models derived from the world of Contextual Behavioural Science (CBS). The paper also presents a case study example, including intervention outcomes and processes, to illustrate how this new service delivery model takes a whole-child, contextual, person-centred and evidence-informed approach, to help create the conditions for a young person to thrive and be more fully included within mainstream education.

Our recent publication outlining a ACT and DNAV oriented psychological service for children, families and schools, complete with a casework example and outcome data! Congratulations on leading this paper Dr Owen Cogan! explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpse... #edpsychs