by Jonny Matthew | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, Practice, Safeguarding, Uncategorised, Youth Justice
We’ve all been in practice situations where we’ve felt exposed, at risk. Dealing with very troubled children and families means this is going to happen. It’s inevitable, sooner or later. Risky Practice… It’s not that we set out to take...
by Jonny Matthew | Jun 4, 2023 | Blog, Books & stuff, Parenting, Practice
This is the first of two books by Paul Dix looking at the impact of consistent adult approaches to troubled children in education settings. But I’m Not a Teacher Neither am I. But you don’t need to be a teacher, or indeed an educationalist of any hue, to...
by Jonny Matthew | Feb 4, 2022 | Blog, Youth Justice
It struck me today – not for the first time – that trauma has a nasty habit of reproducing itself. Or rather the behaviour that springs from trauma and the systems that respond to it often seem to compound the problem. An example… Trauma 1 HISTORY:...
by Jonny Matthew | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog, Books & stuff
Those of you who watched the live streams we did this summer will be familiar with Harry – a hound who speaks to kids and encourages them, helping them cope with difficult situations. The first book looked at how Harry and his Mum handled the return to school...
by Jonny Matthew | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
Below is the replay of the TK Live Stream 5 on 3rd June 2020… Check out lots more on You Tube – here What do you think?… Please let me know your thoughts – leave a comment below… Related previous posts: – Live Stream 4 – Live...
by Jonny Matthew | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Child Devmt, Parenting
Having negotiated our way through the onset of the virus, a shortage of loo roll and home-schooling, we now have to think about getting kids back to school after being at home for more than 2 months. This bring with it all sorts of challenges, including:...
