Penelope Shortland-Palmer
@shortlandpalmer.bsky.social
Shortland Palmer Education is a specialist provider for raising awareness around SEND and neurodivergence and improving outcomes and wellbeing within institutions. Available for conferences, training and independent consultancy.
The whole rewilding experience just feels like the positive direction that we’re so missing in other areas. Nature is so good at everything, if we start there, it’s a path. #geography #nature #trees
A brilliant article on #rewilding and a beautifully accessible way of unpacking the nuances if reading academic papers isn’t your bag.
Despite the backlash in recent years (in Ireland anyway!), rewilding is now well established in academic and practical responses to the biodiversity crisis.
w'thanks to @pettorelli.bsky.social & @landethics.bsky.social for their input to this article #rewidling
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
w'thanks to @pettorelli.bsky.social & @landethics.bsky.social for their input to this article #rewidling
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
January 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The whole rewilding experience just feels like the positive direction that we’re so missing in other areas. Nature is so good at everything, if we start there, it’s a path. #geography #nature #trees
Steve Davies surfer & mushroom farmer from Wales has developed a fully biodegradable surfboard using mycelium the root-like structure of mushrooms. Traditional boards are often non-biodegradable materials like fiberglass & polystyrene, which end up in landfills or oceans when they degrade or break.
January 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I need a good education book editor to help me sort out my manuscript - any recommendations please? #writing #education #editor #editingnonfiction
January 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I need a good education book editor to help me sort out my manuscript - any recommendations please? #writing #education #editor #editingnonfiction
Soon, many people will know entirely made up facts about everything but won’t even suspect. Terrifying.
Why should we be wary of AI?
This is why. The first image is Grok (XAI). The next three are ChatGPT.
Truth is, no PM has ever attended an inauguration. It wouldn’t be their place. That’s why we have a monarch.
This is why. The first image is Grok (XAI). The next three are ChatGPT.
Truth is, no PM has ever attended an inauguration. It wouldn’t be their place. That’s why we have a monarch.
January 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Soon, many people will know entirely made up facts about everything but won’t even suspect. Terrifying.
I love this site but this is an especially good little graphic - enjoy #geography #life #information #education
My friends I bring good news.
Shove this in your peep-holes
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Shove this in your peep-holes
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Information is Beautiful
Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations
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January 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I love this site but this is an especially good little graphic - enjoy #geography #life #information #education
Have a cousin who has been in prison for over a decade for theft offence on IPP. It’s absolutely insane that this exists.
TODAY campaign group @ungripp.bsky.social is holding a drop-in session for MPs in Parliament where MPs can learn about IPP sentences.
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Room R Portcullis House
If you are an MP & follow me lets work together to end this cruel & monumental injustice
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Room R Portcullis House
If you are an MP & follow me lets work together to end this cruel & monumental injustice
Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel & monumental injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading.
Will Prime Minister Keir Starmer now do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
Let’s end this injustice now
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Will Prime Minister Keir Starmer now do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
Let’s end this injustice now
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
January 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Have a cousin who has been in prison for over a decade for theft offence on IPP. It’s absolutely insane that this exists.
‘ we have to start thinking of school not just as factory that has an output – but as a home, in which students live, grow, and find a sense of belonging in the society that nurtures them.’
January 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
‘ we have to start thinking of school not just as factory that has an output – but as a home, in which students live, grow, and find a sense of belonging in the society that nurtures them.’
The trouble is how many times have we had these same conversations, heard the same arguments and still there has been no systemic change for generations
‘It’s not the children who need fixing, it’s our system’: @mmulholland.bsky.social explains why it is time for policymakers to ‘step up’ and design for equitable outcomes for all pupils
Can 2025 bring a radical rethink of how we consider SEND?
What would it take to create a truly fair education system? It needs to go beyond ‘brave school leaders’, argues Margaret Mulholland
www.tes.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The trouble is how many times have we had these same conversations, heard the same arguments and still there has been no systemic change for generations
This is such dangerous nonsense and it’s a rising narrative. Students do. Students do not become ‘dependent’ if support is appropriate and correct. What they do do is develop critical trusting relationships which allow the child to thrive. It’s the whole ‘resilience’ fantasy again.
The CEO of a school trust has apparently found the answer to SEND needs— and it’s not TAs, so he won’t need them. Not sure what it is though… This is Mossbourne, the trust accused of a "toxic culture" towards their pupils - www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
January 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is such dangerous nonsense and it’s a rising narrative. Students do. Students do not become ‘dependent’ if support is appropriate and correct. What they do do is develop critical trusting relationships which allow the child to thrive. It’s the whole ‘resilience’ fantasy again.
Reposted by Penelope Shortland-Palmer
This is well worth a read.
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A “Round, Bruising Sort of Pain”: Autistic Girls’ Social Camouflaging in Inclusive High School Settings - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Although autistic females often “camouflage” their autism, few studies examine the degree to which adolescent females demonstrate these behaviors in inclusive school settings. We examined: (a) the nat...
link.springer.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is well worth a read.
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We all miss Hans Rosling #geography #geographyteacher
The world has passed "peak child".
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
January 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We all miss Hans Rosling #geography #geographyteacher
Reposted by Penelope Shortland-Palmer
If #schools wait for children to be diagnosed with #SEND, we exacerbate a system of haves & have-nots. Sara Alston – @seainclusion.bsky.social – on why we must focus on individual needs regardless of the label & provide SEN support regardless of diagnosis https://buff.ly/4fHpU5u #SendTips #SENCOs
A needs-led approach: Why we can’t wait for SEN diagnosis - SecEd
Why schools must focus on individual need regardless of the SEN diagnosis a student may or may not have
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January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
If #schools wait for children to be diagnosed with #SEND, we exacerbate a system of haves & have-nots. Sara Alston – @seainclusion.bsky.social – on why we must focus on individual needs regardless of the label & provide SEN support regardless of diagnosis https://buff.ly/4fHpU5u #SendTips #SENCOs
‘We must shift the focus from accountability measures that penalise schools for embracing diversity to a system that supports us in fulfilling our inclusive mission.’ Could not agree more!
In a heartfelt plea for change, Headteacher, James Searjeant, calls for a rethink on SEND and accountability
#SENDreform #inclusion #leadership
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1fhvcn
#SENDreform #inclusion #leadership
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1fhvcn
January 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
‘We must shift the focus from accountability measures that penalise schools for embracing diversity to a system that supports us in fulfilling our inclusive mission.’ Could not agree more!
Lots of practical tips in there but how much is the school ‘flexing’ to accommodate ND needs?
Neurodivergent Educational Psychologist, Dr. Joanne Riordan, offers guidance for supporting neurodivergent young people as they transition back to school.
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/12sgyx
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/12sgyx
January 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lots of practical tips in there but how much is the school ‘flexing’ to accommodate ND needs?
Everything about this little exchange is 🤣🤣🤣🤣
January 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Everything about this little exchange is 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Reposted by Penelope Shortland-Palmer
Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...
Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher’s personality and desire for autonomy; let’s celebrate that.
A theme I find myself exploring a lot is the need for teachers to feel that they can be themselves in their own classrooms, expressing their personality and enjoying teaching, doing things they fee…
teacherhead.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @walkthrus.bsky.social teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/e...
We have the technology for clean air in schools. The fact that such a tiny number of schools have it is ridiculous. We have sky high sickness rates but seemingly refuse to implement a simple solution.
While we’re talking about Covid and school closures, perhaps we could talk about why so few attempts were made to mitigate against infection in crowded and poorly ventilated classrooms.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
January 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We have the technology for clean air in schools. The fact that such a tiny number of schools have it is ridiculous. We have sky high sickness rates but seemingly refuse to implement a simple solution.
I have been thinking a lot about organisational and emotional labour recently. It is so overwhelming yet so utterly ignored and unacknowledged. No matter what your family looks like, this should be on the table for discussion.
*but not if you are the parent who does the emotional and organisational labour.
I'm knackered and would love some stillness to think. Instead everyone's moods and needs seem to be my problem. Mine aren't even small kids!
I'm knackered and would love some stillness to think. Instead everyone's moods and needs seem to be my problem. Mine aren't even small kids!
Between Christmas and the new year lies stillness, offering a pause from the usual hustle of life and a chance for reflection. Find out why Elana Katz calls this period "magic time".
December 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I have been thinking a lot about organisational and emotional labour recently. It is so overwhelming yet so utterly ignored and unacknowledged. No matter what your family looks like, this should be on the table for discussion.
It is so depressing that there is a history of leaving children in homes suffering horrifying abuse while at the same time routinely creating needless child protection nightmares for families with disabled children. LAs must do better - the law is not the issue. Following it is.
V worried about this in the context of autistic kids, partic those with burnout due to unmet needs in school. LAs have an appalling track record when it comes to accurately identifying the needs of autistic kids & parents are already under intense scrutiny
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Home schooling laws to be tightened up after murder of Sara Sharif
Ten-year-old was murdered by her father and stepmother after being taken out of school to be educated at home
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:11 PM
It is so depressing that there is a history of leaving children in homes suffering horrifying abuse while at the same time routinely creating needless child protection nightmares for families with disabled children. LAs must do better - the law is not the issue. Following it is.
This really resonates - so many families struggle to know where to start with these issues.
"We really need to help each person discover the way their body feels when it needs food, when it needs hydration, et cetera, instead of teaching 'hunger is when your stomach is growling,' because that’s not the case for every single person." By Kelly Mahler:
www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/bl...
www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/bl...
An Affirming Approach to Supporting Interoception, Feeding Challenges & ARFID
Follow along this month as we talk about the links between interoception, feeding challenges, and ARFID, and how we can implement affirming supports.
www.kelly-mahler.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:17 PM
This really resonates - so many families struggle to know where to start with these issues.
This really resonates - so many families struggle to know where to start with these issues.
"We really need to help each person discover the way their body feels when it needs food, when it needs hydration, et cetera, instead of teaching 'hunger is when your stomach is growling,' because that’s not the case for every single person." By Kelly Mahler:
www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/bl...
www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/bl...
An Affirming Approach to Supporting Interoception, Feeding Challenges & ARFID
Follow along this month as we talk about the links between interoception, feeding challenges, and ARFID, and how we can implement affirming supports.
www.kelly-mahler.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:16 PM
This really resonates - so many families struggle to know where to start with these issues.
From social care through education and health the staff are burnt out, constantly turned over and have unmanageable caseloads. Failure is inevitable unless investment in people can create an extra workforce. Not currently on any horizon.
Every service is like this none of the guidelines are followed for the NHS or any other service, so changing them is pointless as there is still not enough funding to carry them out.
Children like Sara Sharif will continue to die because Social Services have less than half the staff they need.
Errors weren't due to a failure to follow the rules but because the rules simply cannot be followed, only the most extreme cases can be dealt with.
Errors weren't due to a failure to follow the rules but because the rules simply cannot be followed, only the most extreme cases can be dealt with.
December 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM
From social care through education and health the staff are burnt out, constantly turned over and have unmanageable caseloads. Failure is inevitable unless investment in people can create an extra workforce. Not currently on any horizon.
Every word of this
December 12, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Every word of this
A reality that desperately needs to be better understood - the ‘all a bit on the spectrum’ narrative we are seeing now is so dangerous as it will put lives in danger.
Diagnosis saves lives. Support & accommodations save lives.
And the simple “people are human beings who deserve kindness & acceptance even when they have needs & experiences different to your own” saves lives
(This was especially important for me growing up unaware I was autistic/ pre-diagnosis)
And the simple “people are human beings who deserve kindness & acceptance even when they have needs & experiences different to your own” saves lives
(This was especially important for me growing up unaware I was autistic/ pre-diagnosis)
Autistics are at somewhere between 3x and 28x more likely to die by suicide as compared to non-Autistics
A risk decreases when you identify it
We deserve to know and believe it
We deserve to live.
We deserve to THRIVE.
If you know it, please believe it.
& I hope you find the support you need.
A risk decreases when you identify it
We deserve to know and believe it
We deserve to live.
We deserve to THRIVE.
If you know it, please believe it.
& I hope you find the support you need.
December 11, 2024 at 5:23 PM
A reality that desperately needs to be better understood - the ‘all a bit on the spectrum’ narrative we are seeing now is so dangerous as it will put lives in danger.