Connecting Minds to Learning

A colleague contacted me recently to let me know that the Sussex Children’s Centre has been recently opened.  The centre provides a comprehensive assessment, therapy and learning service for children between the ages of five years and 16 years.  The centre is at its heart multi-professional and they work in close collaboration with each other and with teaching staff and parents in maximising children’s participation and achievement in school. They have some good resources for parents and teachers in the ‘fact sheet’ section of their website.

www.sussexchildrenscentre.com

While I was in Nice last week, I had the chance to chat with Dr. Craig Pohlman about a podcast he recently recorded with Dr. Stephen Hooper, a professor in psychiatry, pediatrics, education, and psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this podcast Dr. Pohlman and Dr. Hooper discuss some compelling ideas that support a non-labelling approach to assessment that is highly specific in its findings and solidly based on students’ strenghts. 

>listen to this podcast…