Search

Your search keyword '"Mary Chilokoa"' showing total 2 results
Start Over Author "Mary Chilokoa"
2 results on '"Mary Chilokoa"'

1. Relational Practice: New Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

Author

Sahaja Timothy Davis, Tom Billington, Mary Chilokoa, Claire-Marie Whiting, Sahaja Timothy Davis, Tom Billington, Mary Chilokoa, and Claire-Marie Whiting

Subjects
Students--Mental health, School mental health services, School environment--Psychological aspects, Educational psychology
Abstract

A clear and compelling text written by teachers, psychologists, and educationalists, Relational Practice: New Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools proposes a dynamic and relational approach to supporting the mental health needs of children and young people within education. Contributing authors advocate a movement away from the deficit, medicalised model of mental health and instead encourage readers to embrace a relational approach, considering philosophical and spiritual dimensions, as well as the wider everyday contexts that shape the mental health of individuals, groups, and school communities.Filled with case studies, intervention strategies, and CPD activities, this essential guide bridges the gap between theory, research, and practice to offer evidence-based resources for practical application within schools.Areas covered include, but are not limited to: Supporting neurodivergent and LGBT+ students to thrive Creating and actioning an anti-racist approach Multi-agency interventions Relationships in SEND settings Creating a supportive culture to enhance staff wellbeing Appreciative inquiry Staff perceptions of Building Relational Schools (BRS) The role of intersubjective processes and the impact they have on relationships in educational settings Providing a comprehensive introduction to relational practice within education, this is an indispensable resource for anyone working in education who wishes to support the mental health and wellbeing of their school community.

Published
2024

2. Critical reflection on peer supervision underpinning inter-agency work: EPs working experientially with a Youth Offending Service

Author

Catherine Beal, Mary Chilokoa, and Sharon Ladak

Abstract

Aims:This article offers critical reflections on experiences of peer supervision as a form of inter-agency working between educational psychologists (EPs) and a Youth Offending Service (YOS).Method/Rationale:Our rationale was that peer supervision could be used as a vehicle for the critical exploration of inter-agency work between two services. As EPs, our theoretical assumption was that we were developing our own peer supervision and reflective practice in parallel with our supervision of this process in the YOS. Supervision sessions included (explicit) descriptions of reflections on personal and professional engagement with reflective practice within peer supervision, from both EPs and YOS.Findings:Our method of engagement with critical reflection offers readers the notion that exploration of identity, within a boundaried non-hierarchical space, such as peer supervision, can act as a basis for effective inter-agency working involving mutual understanding of roles, open communication and acknowledgement of established experiences of inter-agency working.Limitations:This article presents critical reflections from three psychologists on the basis of their (our) own experiences of reflection and practice. The reader is offered an opportunity to reflect on these experiences and to engage with concepts and selected discourses around inter-agency work, peer supervision and reflective practice. The influence of these ideas will be particular to each reader, and may be constructed and reconstructed over time.Conclusion:We propose that peer supervision can be constructed as a vehicle to facilitate and support inter-agency practice in a principled and embodied way. We offer the reader theoretically informed reflections to support thinking around the future practice of EPs engaged with inter-agency work.

Published
2017

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results