Jul 18, 2022

It's really hot today!  Some schools have closed, others have cancelled events such as sports day.  But how much does weather really affect our mood and behaviour.  Does wind really make kids a bit wild?  It is the last episode of the year and as a bit of fun I have been researching how weather affects us and the...

Jul 12, 2022

This is the third and final episode with Professor Willem Kuyken.  Over the last two episodes we have discussed the national picture of mental health in young people, the role of schools in providing mental health and wellbeing education to young people, what mindfulness is and how it might help people with their mental...

Jul 11, 2022

In this second podcast with Professor Willem Kuyken, we explore mindfulness - what it is, how it can be practised and how it can benefit mental health. We debunk the idea of mindfulness as a panacea and explore instead for whom and under what conditions it might be helpful. We consider the many facets of mindfulness...

Jul 10, 2022

This is the first of 3 podcasts with Professor Willem Kuyken in which we discuss mental health in schools culminating in an episode about the Myriad Trial (My Resilience in Adolescence) which looked at the impact of a brief Mindfulness intervention on the wellbeing of young teens. In this episode we start with a broad...

Jul 4, 2022

This week Bee, Tiegan and Maciej, RE-STAR YRAPpers, along with researchers Sylvan and Georgia discuss their experiences of neuro-atypicalities.  This honest and vulnerable discussion demonstrates why we should never make assumptions about behaviour and always be curious about the young people in our classrooms.

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