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This episode is a recording of the online conference and webinar on the topic Well Being that was held on 29th June 2021. 
The event and this recording contains presentations and talks from national leaders in the field of mental health, well being, trauma informed practice and psychology including Professor Barry Carpenter CBE OBE FCCT, Dr Tina Rae, Sharon Gray OBE and Laura Purser, as well as 5 school based practitioners and leaders from a wide range of settings and contexts.
Professor Carpenter writes...
"The pandemic period has witnessed a rapid erosion in the mental health of children. National figures are worrying, but as ever, as Teachers, we must ask ‘how does this affect children’s learning, and how can we remove barriers to achievement generated by issues such as anxiety, trauma and loss?” 
 
Two major Curriculum initiatives from this September will enhance the foundations created, pre pandemic, of Mental Health Leads in school, Mental Heath First Aid Training, etc:
Firstly, for all children, the new DfE Relationships, Health and Sex Education (RHSE) Curriculum becomes statutory. With its clear focus on Mental Well Being and Relationships, these are perfect platforms for rebuilding each school's curriculum on meaningful human values, with RSHE at its heart, … for teaching is a relationship based profession.
Secondly, for children with SEND, the implementation of the Rochford Review recommendations, not only brings the Engagement Model into play as statutory summative assessment, but sees a renewed emphasis on the 4 domains of SEND in the Code of Practice (2015) as the curriculum framework for children with an EHCP. As such Social, Emotional and Mental Health, (SEMH), is a vital platform for designing learning opportunities for children with EHCPs.
Evidence for Learning has a strong history of facilitating curriculum development, pedagogy, assessment and practice in the area of Mental Well Being (MWB) through a variety of strategies."
 
Alongside Prof. Barry Carpenter, presenters included national leaders and experts in the field – Dr Tina Rae, Sharon Gray OBE, and Laura Purser – together with school based practitioners – Alison Wheeler, Alex Tomkins, Jeanette Scull, Jonah Stancombe and Tom Thatcher – for a rich and comprehensive collection of presentations and sharing of knowledge, ideas and practice that you are invited to take back to your own schools for your own discussions, planning and CPLD.
 
GUESTS/SPEAKERS/PANELLISTS:
Prof. Barry Carpenter CBE OBE FCCT (Prof. Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University)  Dr Tina Rae (Child Psychologist. Prolific & award winning author) Sharon Gray OBE (Former-Headteacher. Former-Ofsted Inspector. Member of the Youth Justice Board, Wholehearted Learning) Laura Purser (Head of Primary, Prep & EYFS at University of Buckingham. Designs/leads master’s level NASENCO course.) Alison Wheeler (Headteacher, Palmerston School) Alex Tomkins (Deputy Headteacher, Greenside School) Jeanette Scull (Deputy Headteacher, John F Kennedy School) Jonah Stancombe (Assistant Principal, Bridge College) Tom Thatcher (PSHE Lead, St Hugh’s Special School)  
This episode is packed full of valuable ideas and insights, with colleagues sharing knowledge, ideas and practice that you are invited to take back to your own schools for your own discussions, planning and CPLD.
 
You can watch and listen to a video slide show of the presentation on the episode webpage:
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/episode-24-well-being-conference
On the episode page, we've also listed links to resources and videos that you might find useful and interesting for further reading.
 
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We've created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerabl

The episode builds on Episode #22 “Active Recovery (Part 1)” and continues the exploration and discussion of Active Recovery and its impact on well being and learning, as well as physical health.
Professor Barry Carpenter CBE OBE discusses the topic of Active Recovery and sports / sensory sanctuaries with a panel of guests including:
Vicci Wells (Youth Sport Trust) Ali Erskine (Whitfield Aspen School) Jon White (Clare Mount Specialist Sports College) Nathan Nwenwu (Lawnswood Campus) Shona McCann (Riverside School) Alistair Crawford (St Martin’s & St Andrew’s Teaching Schools) Billy Ellerington (a student at St Martin's School)  
The guests discuss the presentation provided by Vicci Wells in the first part of this podcast series on the topic of Active Recovery - Episode #22.
**This episode is Part 2 of a 2 part series looking at Active Recovery**

It is highly recommended that you listen to the first part (Episode #22) before listening to this episode.
 
You can watch, follow along with the panel's chosen slides on the episode webpage:

https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/episode-22-active-recovery-part-1-sport-and-sensory-sanctuaries-as-part-of-active-recovery/

On this and the other episode page in the series, we’ve included a copy Vicci’s presentation, a downloadable guide about sports sanctuaries and links to further information.
 
We have created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerable learners and learners with SEND.

EfL SEND Community Group
Join us at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/

or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook.

 
The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group.

 
You’re also invited to join the Recovery Curriculum group on Facebook which was set up to connect colleagues and help to build a network that can support you and you school or setting on your own important journey back to full effective learning post-pandemic.
 
Recovery Curriculum
We’ve set up a private facebook group specifically for The Recovery Curriculum at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum

or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook.
 

Linkedin Group on the Recovery Curriculum
The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/
 

This episode hosted by Professor Barry Carpenter CBE OBE FCCT introduces Vicci Wells who is the National Manager for the Youth Sport Trust, as well as an ex-teacher.
 
At a time of much debate as to how we support our children and young people to recover from the impact of the pandemic, Active recovery is a positive approach to rebuilding the mental well-being and emotional resilience of our children. 
Vicci describes the focus of Active Recovery Hubs, which are supported by over 40 UK Sports organisations. The activities are free to all children; the ethos of Active recovery is firmly grounded in the research around the link between physical and mental health. 
A particular intervention that Vicci has spearheaded is Sports Sanctuaries. This concept is 'of the moment’: a direct intervention that can be co-constructed with children, and self regulated by them, as to how and when they choose to engage with the Sports Sanctuary in their school. An exciting offshoot of this concept, led by Riverside School in Northern Ireland, is the notion of a Sensory Sanctuary, which offers through sensory stimuli, a focus on emotional regulation and sensory integration. 
This episode has much to offer teachers in all areas of the school system; the principles embrace children and young people in a creative and dynamic approach, which is well resourced, evidence based, and easily accessible.
**This episode is Part 1 of a 2 part series looking at Active Recovery**
 
You can watch and listen to a video slide show of the presentation on the episode webpage:
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/episode-22-active-recovery-part-1-sport-and-sensory-sanctuaries-as-part-of-active-recovery/
On this and the other episode pages in the series, we’ve included a copy Vicci’s presentation, a downloadable guide about sports sanctuaries and links to further information.
 
We have created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerable learners and learners with SEND.
EfL SEND Community Group
Join us at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/
or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook.
 
The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group.
 
You’re also invited to join the Recovery Curriculum group on Facebook which was set up to connect colleagues and help to build a network that can support you and you school or setting on your own important journey back to full effective learning post-pandemic.
 
Recovery Curriculum
We’ve set up a private facebook group specifically for The Recovery Curriculum at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum
or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook.
 
Linkedin Group
The Recovery Curriculum The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/

In this episode hosted by Professor Barry Carpenter, we bring together a panel of school leaders and parents to discuss and explore how schools can work with families of children and young people with SEND to create a genuine bridge for family centred practice.
The panel includes:
Vijita Patel (Principal, Swiss Cottage School Development & Research Centre) Jo Williams (Deputy Headteacher, Dee Banks School) Maria Schultz (Parent; Co-opted Governor at Swiss Cottage School DRC; co-chair of Camden Special Parents Forum & Parent advocate with KIDS Charity) Sadia Mahmud-Marshall (Parent; Co-opted Governor at Swiss Cottage School DRC & Project Lead on policy for NGOs on child protection and reduction in child slavery)  
This episode exalts schools to shift the focus from partnership with parents to partnership with families; to embrace a more holistic and inclusive approach which values the contributions of all family members involved in a child’s life.
 
At its loftiest this is a paradigm shift to more Family centred practice; in its practical reality it is about adjusting your school newsletter to read ‘Dear families… ’, instead of ‘Dear parents…’.
 
In 21st-century society, when so much childcare is delivered by family members other than parents, do we truly value their contribution? Does it matter if the home - school liaison diary is completed by a grandparent? Where is the "Sib-Shop” workshop event in the school calendar to enable siblings to come together for fun activities whilst bonding with other siblings whose life journey is also as a brother/ sister to a child with special educational needs/ disabilities?
 
Such approaches will enrich the practice of our schools, and the lives of our families, as the speakers in this podcast powerfully illustrate.
 
During the episode, Barry refers to a recent meeting that brought together over 100 schools to look at the topic of family centred practice and we’ve put a link to a video recording of that meeting on the episode webpage:
 
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/family-centred-practice/
 
The meeting contains presentations from Barry as well as school leaders and parents.
On the episode page, we’ve also listed links to various articles and resources that you might useful and interesting for further reading around working with families.
 
We have created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerable learners and learners with SEND.
 
EfL SEND Community Group
Join us at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/
or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook.
 
The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group.
 
You’re also invited to join the Recovery Curriculum group on Facebook which was set up to connect colleagues and help to build a network that can support you and you school or setting on your own important journey back to full effective learning post-pandemic.
 
Recovery Curriculum
We’ve set up a private facebook group specifically for The Recovery Curriculum at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum
or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook.
 
 
Linkedin Group
The Recovery Curriculum The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/

In this episode, Prof. Barry Carpenter CBE OBE FCCT introduces Alex Revens who is the SEN Lead for an Additionally Resourced Provision that is attached to a mainstream school, Belmont School, in North London. Alex is also a SLE (Senior Leader in Education) for Autism.

Through a short conversation and a presentation from Alex, we look through the lens of a practitioner... at how Alex and the team at Belmont School use Engagement to liberate the intrinsic motivation of his pupils.

Alex combines the pedagogy of Engagement with the assessment processes offered through the Evidence for Learning app. His rich insights show how the combination of both reach out to the child with complex needs and;

Meet them at their point of learning need; Wrap around the child as active learner; Capture their attainment; Celebrate their achievement.
His systematic and deductive approaches generate a high quality curriculum, with some significant outcomes, however small.

PLEASE NOTE: It is highly recommended that you watch the first 3 parts (Episode #17, #18 & #19) before listening to this episode.
**This episode is Part 4 of a series looking at Engagement.**

You can watch and listen to a video slide show of the presentation on the episode webpage:
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/engagement-part-4-alex-revens-through-the-lens-of-a-practitioner
On the episode page, you can download a copy of the paper written by Alex about his use of Engagement which he refers to during the episode. We’ve also listed links to various articles and resources that you might useful and interesting for further reading around Engagement.
You can access this via the LearningShared website (below).

www.learningshared.org

Select Episode #20

We have created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerable learners and learners with SEND.

EfL SEND Community Group
Join us at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/
or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook.

The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group.

You’re also invited to join the Recovery Curriculum group on Facebook which was set up to connect colleagues and help to build a network that can support you and you school or setting on your own important journey back to full effective learning post-pandemic.

Recovery Curriculum
https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum
or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook.
Linkedin Group The Recovery Curriculum
The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/

In this episode Prof. Barry Carpenter CBE OBE FCCT discusses the topic of Engagement with a panel of guests:
Vijita Patel (Swiss Cottage School Development & Research Centre) Cheryl Gaughan (Talbot Specialist School/Fusion TSA) Vicci Wells (Youth Sport Trust) Ali Erskine (Whitfield Aspen School) Gemma Alldritt (Baxter College) Martin McKenna (Foxfield School) Beverley Cockbill (Chadsgrove School) The guests discuss the presentation provided in the first part of this podcast series (Episode #17) on the topic of Engagement and share their reflections on Engagement and its application within their respective settings.

PLEASE NOTE: It is highly recommended that you watch the first part (Episode #17) before listening to this episode.
**This episode is Part 2 of a series looking at Engagement.**

You can watch and listen to a video slide show of the presentation on the episode webpage:
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/learningshared/engagement-part-2-panel-discussion-reflections-on-engagement/
On this and the other episode pages in the series, we’ve also listed links to various articles and resources that you might useful and interesting for further reading around Engagement.
You can access this via the LearningShared website (below).

www.learningshared.org

Select Episode #18

We have created private groups in Facebook and Linkedin where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning in relation to supporting the needs of vulnerable learners and learners with SEND.

EfL SEND Community Group
Join us at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/
or search for “eflSENDCommunity” in Facebook.

The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. This is a peer-moderated and supported group.

You’re also invited to join the Recovery Curriculum group on Facebook which was set up to connect colleagues and help to build a network that can support you and you school or setting on your own important journey back to full effective learning post-pandemic.

Recovery Curriculum
https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum
or search for “recoverycurriculum” in Facebook.
Linkedin Group The Recovery Curriculum
The group is called “A Recovery Curriculum for children & schools post-pandemic” and you can find it at:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399451/