Dr Clare Otter
@clareotter.bsky.social
Freelance educational psychologist
Mainly here for all things #edpsychs and #edusky
(But maybe also some pop culture, politics, nature, 90s nostalgia, travel and cheese!)
Mainly here for all things #edpsychs and #edusky
(But maybe also some pop culture, politics, nature, 90s nostalgia, travel and cheese!)
I qualified as an EP in 2010. Since then year by year preventative council services have been cut further and further back.
As well as austerity causing misery and hardship for families, rather than saving money, costs have spiralled.
Waiting until crisis point to intervene is costly and immoral
As well as austerity causing misery and hardship for families, rather than saving money, costs have spiralled.
Waiting until crisis point to intervene is costly and immoral
Council spending on early intervention services has fallen by more than £2bn over 15 years, a drop of 42%, analysis shows.
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
Councils’ early help spending plummets by £2bn - CYP Now
Council spending on early intervention services has fallen by more than £2bn over 15 years, a drop of 42%, analysis shows.
www.cypnow.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I qualified as an EP in 2010. Since then year by year preventative council services have been cut further and further back.
As well as austerity causing misery and hardship for families, rather than saving money, costs have spiralled.
Waiting until crisis point to intervene is costly and immoral
As well as austerity causing misery and hardship for families, rather than saving money, costs have spiralled.
Waiting until crisis point to intervene is costly and immoral
It was a brilliant session, thanks so much for organising this for us Max 😊
Today was our second Gestalt Language Processing Interest (GLP) Group. We were joined by two incredibly NHS SaLTs from Barnsley, they provided 90 mins input on GLP and echolalia, if was fantastic free CPD. We all learnt so much. In total we were 28, so grateful for this session. #GLP #CPD #edpsychs
a while it took learning you are written on a poster
ALT: a while it took learning you are written on a poster
media.tenor.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It was a brilliant session, thanks so much for organising this for us Max 😊
Interesting thread in the light of ‘school readiness’ articles today. Can any of my followers shed light on Kindred Squared?
There's so much wrong with this Guardian article shared by Stephen Morgan (early years minister) that it's hard to know where to start but I'll put some thoughts in the thread below. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Some children starting school ‘unable to climb staircase’, finds England and Wales teacher survey
‘Covid baby’ explanation starting to feel like an excuse, say some teachers, as quarter of children begin reception in nappies
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Interesting thread in the light of ‘school readiness’ articles today. Can any of my followers shed light on Kindred Squared?
Well that was crackin’. Genuine. #GavinandStacey Merry Christmas blueskyers
December 25, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Well that was crackin’. Genuine. #GavinandStacey Merry Christmas blueskyers
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6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
gofund.me
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
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Me: *stunned by the final episode of Wolf Hall, opens Bluesky to praise it*
Bluesky:
Bluesky:
Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
December 15, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Me: *stunned by the final episode of Wolf Hall, opens Bluesky to praise it*
Bluesky:
Bluesky:
December 16, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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‘Simply sit with me in the dark…’
Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘Simply sit with me in the dark’ | BPS
Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
www.bps.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
‘Simply sit with me in the dark…’
Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Mesmerising performance of the Lehman Trilogy today. ‘We get them to spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need’
November 23, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Mesmerising performance of the Lehman Trilogy today. ‘We get them to spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need’
“The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming, but what if it is not the child but the system? What if we caused this?”
FINALLY!! ‼️
We have some acknowledgement!
‘What if we caused the SEND crisis ourselves’
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
#TES #SEND #ONESIZEDOESNOTFITALL
We have some acknowledgement!
‘What if we caused the SEND crisis ourselves’
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
#TES #SEND #ONESIZEDOESNOTFITALL
What if we caused the SEND crisis ourselves?
The number of children being classed as having SEND is overwhelming - but have we stopped to think that the system could be to blame, asks the leader of E-ACT academy trust
www.tes.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:51 PM
“The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming, but what if it is not the child but the system? What if we caused this?”
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Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
Great to see more #edpsychs joining Bluesky every day! Please write a bio or post letting us know you’re an EP (or TEP/AsEP/psych grad) to encourage following back 😄
November 12, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Great to see more #edpsychs joining Bluesky every day! Please write a bio or post letting us know you’re an EP (or TEP/AsEP/psych grad) to encourage following back 😄
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Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind | John Harris
The Tory leadership hopeful paints a picture of special treatment. As the father of an autistic child, I can tell you that’s a lie, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Powerful parent testimony. System reform and culture change needed, so it was good to hear the recent open letter from the AEP and others referred to #edpsychs
September 10, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Powerful parent testimony. System reform and culture change needed, so it was good to hear the recent open letter from the AEP and others referred to #edpsychs
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NEW POST: The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families- a recap of what happened in Richard Burgon parliamentary debate www.specialneedsjungle.com/send-emergen...
The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families - Special Needs Jungle
The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families
www.specialneedsjungle.com
September 6, 2024 at 7:13 AM
NEW POST: The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families- a recap of what happened in Richard Burgon parliamentary debate www.specialneedsjungle.com/send-emergen...
Hoping the #TwitterEPs can recreate something special here #edpsychs
Here's a little more about our hope to transition here to #BlueSky
#edpsychs
edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/bl...
#edpsychs
edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/bl...
BlueSky: a new social media community for educational psychology - edpsy.org.uk
The atmosphere and culture of Twitter (now ‘X’) has deteriorated since Elon Musk took over the platform, even more so...
edpsy.org.uk
August 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Hoping the #TwitterEPs can recreate something special here #edpsychs