Julia Badger critiques and summarises a recent randomised controlled trial testing the Let’s Talk intervention for improving children’s language development.
[read the full story...]Improving language development: read, play, discuss
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Measuring pupil progress: are we measuring the wrong things?
Rachel Symons summarises the Progress 8 accountability measure and why it’s important to consider school and pupil background when interpreting exam results.
[read the full story...]Implementing research evidence in schools: senior leaders and teachers – start here!
It’s Spring! Pooky Knightsmith coaxes the Education Elf out of hibernation with a new blog about the recent Education Endowment Foundation report: Putting evidence to work – a school’s guide to implementation.
[read the full story...]Teacher burnout: can we prevent it, or is that the wrong question?
As we prepare for our Youth Mental Health Question Time event in London this evening, Lucinda Powell considers a meta-analysis looking at the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing teacher burnout.
[read the full story...]A spotlight on student mental health in UK universities
Nicky Lambert summarises the recent IPPR report on improving student mental health in the UK’s universities, which paints a stark picture that demands urgent attention.
[read the full story...]One psychosis fits all? What do families and clients say about caregiver interventions?
Laoise Renwick writes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review of barriers and facilitators to implementing family support and education in early psychosis intervention programmes.
[read the full story...]Parent training works for child and adolescent mental health
Tony McGinn presents a high-level overview of the state of parent training evidence. His blog draws on over 30 systematic reviews with meta-analyses, to bring you a handy summary of what works.
[read the full story...]Childhood traumatic brain injuries predict risk of poor long-term outcomes
Eleanor Kennedy reports on a nationwide Swedish cohort study, which finds that traumatic brain injury consistently predicted later risk of premature mortality, psychiatric inpatient admission, psychiatric outpatient visits, disability pension, welfare recipiency and low educational attainment.
[read the full story...]Migrant mental health may improve with children’s educational success
John Moriarty’s debut blog investigates a recent cross-sectional study looking at whether the mental health of migrant parents is supported by the educational achievements of their children.
[read the full story...]An Ethics of Care perspective for teaching reflective practice in social work education
Tanya Moore looks at a new qualitative study on how to teach reflective practice.
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