by Jonny Matthew | Jul 6, 2023 | Child Devmt, Parenting, Practice
It’s natural to assume that children of a certain age – say 8 or older – can tell the time. Most can. But what about the passage of time? Not the same thing Telling the time and understanding the passage of time are very different things. Most...
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 | Apr 13, 2020 | Practice
Last (for now!) in our series of posts about being child-centred, is ‘Empathy Before Action.’ Now, I’ve written a lot about empathy in the last couple of years, particularly unpacking what exactly empathy is, using Dr Teresa Wiseman’s break...
by Jonny Matthew | Jan 19, 2020 | Practice
“OK, so s/he needs somewhere to live, away from the family. What have we got available?’ “Mm, more problems with behaviour in school – let’s get them a place in the one down the road.’ ‘S/he’ll be 18 in a couple of...
by Jonny Matthew | Jun 30, 2019 | Practice
I remember well the first few weeks of my social work training. It was a baptism of fire! Having never been to university before (I left school with 1 GCSE) I was struck by how vociferous people were about their views. What particularly impressed me was how...
