Educationists and school leaders among the New Year's Honours
Baroness Warnock, educationist and SEND pioneer, and Helen Fraser, former chief executive of the Girls’ Day School Trust, among those receiving gongs. Read the full article from TES here.
Mental health services are failing young people, say psychiatrists
Seven in 10 psychiatrists deem Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to be inadequate at best, Guardian survey finds. NHS services for the soaring numbers of children who have self-harmed, tried to end their life or are…
Being a friend : child social skills
Help to teach your child social skills for making friends. We’ve all been there. You’re in the park/ at the soft play/ at a friend’s house. Your children appear to be playing happily, then out of…
All aboard the Thrive Bus!
Here at Head Office we’re always delighted to hear stories and see pictures from Practitioners from across the country. We know that space in schools is often at a premium and we’re increasingly amazed by the…
Young people's mental health schemes get £8.9m lottery funding
HeadStart Kernow has been awarded £8.9m by the Big Lottery Fund to continue its work supporting the emotional and social wellbeing of children and young people across Cornwall. Thrive is very proud to support the HeadStart…
The benefits of CPD for Licenced Practitioners
To remain a Thrive Licensed Practitioner you will need to undertake annual training. Each CPD course is carefully planned and, very importantly, emotionally and socially enriching. Licensed Practitioners on CPD courses have said it is great…
Social Care and the Thrive Approach
We would like to draw your attention to two recently published papers regarding social care and indicate how the Thrive Approach can help in these areas. In January 2016, the Government released a new policy…
CPD for Thrive Licensed Practitioners
Once you become a Licensed Practitioner your journey with Thrive is only just beginning. Knowing the brain has incredible plasticity and neuronal pathways that are always being forged when you undertake new learning and accomplish new…
How the Thrive Approach can help Adoptive Parents and Foster Carers
Being a parent is a challenging occupation at the best of times but being the parent or carer of a child that has experienced trauma and loss can, at times, feel like an impossible task. Your…
We need fewer exams and more wilderness in education – Ben Fogle
Government plans to introduce national tests for seven-year-olds shows just how far our exam obsession has come. Our kids now face constant assessment as politicians attempt to measure the success of schools. Children have become tiny…