Cathy Atkinson
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
Reader at UoM. Educational psychology. Motivational interviewing, social justice, SEMH, adolescence.
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Thank you for helping to share this @edpsy.bsky.social I'm still relatively new to bsky 😊 Gathering EPs views about their role in providing implementation support will be so important to help shape our developing toolkit.
📂New project
Shin Chidley and Phil Stringer are carrying out a project to help better understand the facilitators and barriers to promoting implementation-focused support as part of the EP role.
Survey link (10 mins) and information here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/pr...
#edpsychs - Please share
Shin Chidley and Phil Stringer are carrying out a project to help better understand the facilitators and barriers to promoting implementation-focused support as part of the EP role.
Survey link (10 mins) and information here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/pr...
#edpsychs - Please share
Project: promoting implementation-focused support in EP work - edpsy.org.uk
The purpose of this study is to gather the views of TEPs/EPs, to help better understand the supporting factors and barriers to promoting implementation-focused support and consultations as part of ......
edpsy.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Thank you for helping to share this @edpsy.bsky.social I'm still relatively new to bsky 😊 Gathering EPs views about their role in providing implementation support will be so important to help shape our developing toolkit.
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Wahhh!! This is gonna be MEGA! Can’t wait to tell you guys what we’ve been planning…
Save the date and tell your buddies…
📆 Friday 23rd Jan 2026
Stay tuned for our BIG announcement in 2 weeks’ time.
#edpsychs #PositiviTEA
Save the date and tell your buddies…
📆 Friday 23rd Jan 2026
Stay tuned for our BIG announcement in 2 weeks’ time.
#edpsychs #PositiviTEA
🫖 Something very special is brewing…
📢 We’re announcing our BIG news on Tuesday 4th Nov…
📆 For now, save the date: Friday 23rd January
🥰 Tell your friends and your best buddies
🔁 Please repost to help us spread #PositiviTEA
❓What do you think we’re planning…?
Max & Fi
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#edpsychs
📢 We’re announcing our BIG news on Tuesday 4th Nov…
📆 For now, save the date: Friday 23rd January
🥰 Tell your friends and your best buddies
🔁 Please repost to help us spread #PositiviTEA
❓What do you think we’re planning…?
Max & Fi
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#edpsychs
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Wahhh!! This is gonna be MEGA! Can’t wait to tell you guys what we’ve been planning…
Save the date and tell your buddies…
📆 Friday 23rd Jan 2026
Stay tuned for our BIG announcement in 2 weeks’ time.
#edpsychs #PositiviTEA
Save the date and tell your buddies…
📆 Friday 23rd Jan 2026
Stay tuned for our BIG announcement in 2 weeks’ time.
#edpsychs #PositiviTEA
Genuinely fantastic training today with @fionacoley.bsky.social and @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social. Highly recommended :)
Wow! What an inspiring day & a total privilege: conversations about MI in EP practice and learning alongside a group of really kind, knowledgeable & interesting EPs.
Thanks everyone for creating such a wonderful learning community ✨
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social #edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing
Thanks everyone for creating such a wonderful learning community ✨
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social #edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Why access to play should be a right for every child 🤾🛝🤽♀️
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social @smqpsych.bsky.social @amyphillips.bsky.social from @educationuom.bsky.social welcome new @appgonplay.bsky.social & outline how to embed play in children’s lives 👉 blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0...
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social @smqpsych.bsky.social @amyphillips.bsky.social from @educationuom.bsky.social welcome new @appgonplay.bsky.social & outline how to embed play in children’s lives 👉 blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0...
The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority
blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Why access to play should be a right for every child 🤾🛝🤽♀️
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social @smqpsych.bsky.social @amyphillips.bsky.social from @educationuom.bsky.social welcome new @appgonplay.bsky.social & outline how to embed play in children’s lives 👉 blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0...
@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social @smqpsych.bsky.social @amyphillips.bsky.social from @educationuom.bsky.social welcome new @appgonplay.bsky.social & outline how to embed play in children’s lives 👉 blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0...
This is a brilliant new article led by Dr Jenny Knight tinyurl.com/sdtzrs5c. It looks at how, as part of culturally responsive practice, a service aimed to develop its system of referrals to promote more equitable practice. Hope it’s helpful 😀
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is a brilliant new article led by Dr Jenny Knight tinyurl.com/sdtzrs5c. It looks at how, as part of culturally responsive practice, a service aimed to develop its system of referrals to promote more equitable practice. Hope it’s helpful 😀
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Want to discuss our new MI paper with us? 👀
Join us online next Friday (03.10.25) for MI intermediate skills training: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
#edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing #CPD #training #MondayMotivation @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
Join us online next Friday (03.10.25) for MI intermediate skills training: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
#edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing #CPD #training #MondayMotivation @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Want to discuss our new MI paper with us? 👀
Join us online next Friday (03.10.25) for MI intermediate skills training: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
#edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing #CPD #training #MondayMotivation @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
Join us online next Friday (03.10.25) for MI intermediate skills training: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
#edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing #CPD #training #MondayMotivation @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
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Really intrigued to hear #edpsychs thoughts on our new paper:
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Really intrigued to hear #edpsychs thoughts on our new paper:
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Integrating motivational interviewing into educational psychology practice: “a way of doing what you do”
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New paper just published with @fionacoley.bsky.social looking at how to integrate motivational interviewing into everyday educational psychology practice. Open access at lnkd.in/eXAbduwm. Would love to know your thoughts 😀
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September 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New paper just published with @fionacoley.bsky.social looking at how to integrate motivational interviewing into everyday educational psychology practice. Open access at lnkd.in/eXAbduwm. Would love to know your thoughts 😀
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September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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NEWS FLASH 🙌🤗🙌
I am mad as a box of frogs 🐸 with no time to think but find time to devise a therapeutic intervention because my heart 💓 tells me it might help 🙈.
We will be ready for January 2026 if any schools want to trial it for free and give us feedback - that woukd be amazing 🤩! Jen 💕
I am mad as a box of frogs 🐸 with no time to think but find time to devise a therapeutic intervention because my heart 💓 tells me it might help 🙈.
We will be ready for January 2026 if any schools want to trial it for free and give us feedback - that woukd be amazing 🤩! Jen 💕
September 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
NEWS FLASH 🙌🤗🙌
I am mad as a box of frogs 🐸 with no time to think but find time to devise a therapeutic intervention because my heart 💓 tells me it might help 🙈.
We will be ready for January 2026 if any schools want to trial it for free and give us feedback - that woukd be amazing 🤩! Jen 💕
I am mad as a box of frogs 🐸 with no time to think but find time to devise a therapeutic intervention because my heart 💓 tells me it might help 🙈.
We will be ready for January 2026 if any schools want to trial it for free and give us feedback - that woukd be amazing 🤩! Jen 💕
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A very interesting paper that investigates the lived experiences and views of young people to identify some important themes around how physical activity interventions support their mental health.
New research just published, led by Rebecca Bennett, exploring how physical physical activity interventions support young people’s mental health. Open access at tinyurl.com/55a4x56x #educationalpsychology #sportandmentalhealth @educationuom.bsky.social
Young people’s views and lived experiences of physical activity interventions aimed at improving their mental health: a systematic literature review
Rates of mental illness, particularly for children and young people, have escalated in recent years, with nearly 15% of 10 to 19-year olds reporting that they have poor mental health. There is evid...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A very interesting paper that investigates the lived experiences and views of young people to identify some important themes around how physical activity interventions support their mental health.
New research just published, led by Rebecca Bennett, exploring how physical physical activity interventions support young people’s mental health. Open access at tinyurl.com/55a4x56x #educationalpsychology #sportandmentalhealth @educationuom.bsky.social
Young people’s views and lived experiences of physical activity interventions aimed at improving their mental health: a systematic literature review
Rates of mental illness, particularly for children and young people, have escalated in recent years, with nearly 15% of 10 to 19-year olds reporting that they have poor mental health. There is evid...
tinyurl.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New research just published, led by Rebecca Bennett, exploring how physical physical activity interventions support young people’s mental health. Open access at tinyurl.com/55a4x56x #educationalpsychology #sportandmentalhealth @educationuom.bsky.social
I’m delighted to say that from 1st January 2026, I will be the new editor of Educational Psychology in Practice. www.aep.org.uk/articles/cat...
I’d love to hear your ideas for how to take the journal forward over the next four years, so please do get in touch 😀
I’d love to hear your ideas for how to take the journal forward over the next four years, so please do get in touch 😀
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I’m delighted to say that from 1st January 2026, I will be the new editor of Educational Psychology in Practice. www.aep.org.uk/articles/cat...
I’d love to hear your ideas for how to take the journal forward over the next four years, so please do get in touch 😀
I’d love to hear your ideas for how to take the journal forward over the next four years, so please do get in touch 😀
Great new paper published today based on research led by Amarige Harrison on anti-racist practice within educational psychological services. Lots of practical tips for revisiting service policies. Open access at tinyurl.com/5dsmse7v #EducationalPsychologists #AntiRacist
How is anti-racist practice promoted within educational psychology service policies? A systematic scoping review
Racism within the United Kingdom (UK) education system impacts disproportionalities in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and school exclusions. To support better outcomes for childr...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Great new paper published today based on research led by Amarige Harrison on anti-racist practice within educational psychological services. Lots of practical tips for revisiting service policies. Open access at tinyurl.com/5dsmse7v #EducationalPsychologists #AntiRacist
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Very important and absolutely fascinating report on youth mental health trends and their drivers by @olademk.bsky.social and colleagues out today. Absolutely essential reading!
youthfuturesfoundation.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Very important and absolutely fascinating report on youth mental health trends and their drivers by @olademk.bsky.social and colleagues out today. Absolutely essential reading!
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“For pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), suspensions increased by 31.7 per cent compared with the previous year, crossing the 100,000 barrier for the first time (101,381).”
July 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“For pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), suspensions increased by 31.7 per cent compared with the previous year, crossing the 100,000 barrier for the first time (101,381).”
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Would you like to share some #positivepsychology reflections to end your year on an uplifting note?
Would you like to join a brilliant bunch of friendly EPs, TEPs and Assistant EPs for inspiring and inclusive small group chats?
Join PositiviTEA: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-cup-of-p...
#edpsychs
Would you like to join a brilliant bunch of friendly EPs, TEPs and Assistant EPs for inspiring and inclusive small group chats?
Join PositiviTEA: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-cup-of-p...
#edpsychs
July 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hi folks. Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. We’re seeking to learn more about social justice within EP referrals. More info below if you think you could help 😀
June 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hi folks. Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. We’re seeking to learn more about social justice within EP referrals. More info below if you think you could help 😀
@fionacoley.bsky.social @edpsyched.bsky.social @edpsychjournal.bsky.social @edpsy.bsky.social @glennhinds.bsky.social @jgetaylor.bsky.social @duncanjee.bsky.social
Just published open access in Pastoral Care in Education. New review led by Nicole Alemoru looking at how #motivationalinterviewing is used in schools. Available at tinyurl.com/5n7y6s2x. #edpsychs
The use of student-focused school-based motivational interviewing: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesises the most recent research evidence regarding the use of student focused, school-based motivational interviewing (SBMI) in educational settings. The revi...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just published open access in Pastoral Care in Education. New review led by Nicole Alemoru looking at how #motivationalinterviewing is used in schools. Available at tinyurl.com/5n7y6s2x. #edpsychs
The use of student-focused school-based motivational interviewing: a systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesises the most recent research evidence regarding the use of student focused, school-based motivational interviewing (SBMI) in educational settings. The revi...
tinyurl.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just published open access in Pastoral Care in Education. New review led by Nicole Alemoru looking at how #motivationalinterviewing is used in schools. Available at tinyurl.com/5n7y6s2x. #edpsychs
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Feedback from our MI training today ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
We had such a thoughtful and engaged group of EPs, TEPs and AsEPs.
It was a pleasure working with you as always @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
What a great way to end the week!
Happy Friday #edpsychs
We had such a thoughtful and engaged group of EPs, TEPs and AsEPs.
It was a pleasure working with you as always @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
What a great way to end the week!
Happy Friday #edpsychs
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Feedback from our MI training today ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
We had such a thoughtful and engaged group of EPs, TEPs and AsEPs.
It was a pleasure working with you as always @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
What a great way to end the week!
Happy Friday #edpsychs
We had such a thoughtful and engaged group of EPs, TEPs and AsEPs.
It was a pleasure working with you as always @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
What a great way to end the week!
Happy Friday #edpsychs
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The DECP are seeking new TEP reps for their TEP Voice group. I’ve been in this supportive and impactful group for a while (now as a newly qual. rep). We are consulted on a range of topics such as reviewing key papers, TEP inclusion, and presenting at events 🤩 #EdPsychs @bpsofficial.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The DECP are seeking new TEP reps for their TEP Voice group. I’ve been in this supportive and impactful group for a while (now as a newly qual. rep). We are consulted on a range of topics such as reviewing key papers, TEP inclusion, and presenting at events 🤩 #EdPsychs @bpsofficial.bsky.social
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Are you an EP/TEP who is passionate about reducing exclusions? We are forming an interest group to share best practice, network and access CPD. We would love for you to join us! The first meeting will be September 9th at 3pm. *Also looking for presenters to share research. DMs open!
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Are you an EP/TEP who is passionate about reducing exclusions? We are forming an interest group to share best practice, network and access CPD. We would love for you to join us! The first meeting will be September 9th at 3pm. *Also looking for presenters to share research. DMs open!
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Two weeks to go! 🎉
Join us for:
✅ The theoretical & research background to MI
✅ The spirit, tasks & skills involved in MI
✅ Experiential work to develop skills and confidence
✅ Guidance on applying MI to EP practice
#edpsychs @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
Join us for:
✅ The theoretical & research background to MI
✅ The spirit, tasks & skills involved in MI
✅ Experiential work to develop skills and confidence
✅ Guidance on applying MI to EP practice
#edpsychs @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
May 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Two weeks to go! 🎉
Join us for:
✅ The theoretical & research background to MI
✅ The spirit, tasks & skills involved in MI
✅ Experiential work to develop skills and confidence
✅ Guidance on applying MI to EP practice
#edpsychs @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
Join us for:
✅ The theoretical & research background to MI
✅ The spirit, tasks & skills involved in MI
✅ Experiential work to develop skills and confidence
✅ Guidance on applying MI to EP practice
#edpsychs @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motivation...
So much for freedom of speech 🤷♀️ pen.org/banned-words...
Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship - PEN America
Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
So much for freedom of speech 🤷♀️ pen.org/banned-words...