Dr Abi Miranda
@drmirandathinks.bsky.social
UK based educational and child psychologist. Interested in improving life chances for all children, pre-conception and beyond.
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🚨Our first 'emergency' pod?
In this special release we ask question of and reflect on the government's new draft safeguarding guidance that now includes a section on 'children who question their gender'
We've got some concerns...
Listen links here: edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...
#edpsychs
In this special release we ask question of and reflect on the government's new draft safeguarding guidance that now includes a section on 'children who question their gender'
We've got some concerns...
Listen links here: edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...
#edpsychs
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🚨Our first 'emergency' pod?
In this special release we ask question of and reflect on the government's new draft safeguarding guidance that now includes a section on 'children who question their gender'
We've got some concerns...
Listen links here: edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...
#edpsychs
In this special release we ask question of and reflect on the government's new draft safeguarding guidance that now includes a section on 'children who question their gender'
We've got some concerns...
Listen links here: edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...
#edpsychs
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*sincere post klaxon* (CW: death)
My Dad died from a brain tumour caused by CNS lymphoma a year ago.
It’s a rare and underfunded disease. If anyone would like to support, we are raising money for charity.
Share if you can, only donate if you can afford to.
www.justgiving.com/page/elizabe...
My Dad died from a brain tumour caused by CNS lymphoma a year ago.
It’s a rare and underfunded disease. If anyone would like to support, we are raising money for charity.
Share if you can, only donate if you can afford to.
www.justgiving.com/page/elizabe...
In loving memory of our dad Bas. Raising money with family and friends for Brain Tumour Research.
Help Elizabeth Julia George raise money to support Brain Tumour Research
www.justgiving.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
*sincere post klaxon* (CW: death)
My Dad died from a brain tumour caused by CNS lymphoma a year ago.
It’s a rare and underfunded disease. If anyone would like to support, we are raising money for charity.
Share if you can, only donate if you can afford to.
www.justgiving.com/page/elizabe...
My Dad died from a brain tumour caused by CNS lymphoma a year ago.
It’s a rare and underfunded disease. If anyone would like to support, we are raising money for charity.
Share if you can, only donate if you can afford to.
www.justgiving.com/page/elizabe...
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This is the link to the consultation on the changes to KCSIE. Let's flood the consultation with responses pointing out why it's so problematic and will make children and young people less safe. I started teaching when section 28 was still in place. Not again!
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Keeping children safe in education: 2026 proposed revisions
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This is the link to the consultation on the changes to KCSIE. Let's flood the consultation with responses pointing out why it's so problematic and will make children and young people less safe. I started teaching when section 28 was still in place. Not again!
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
New DFE guidance on 'Gender questioning' children as part of KCSIE out today. Citing the flawed Cass review. The same week that a FOI to the National Child Mortality Database showed an increase in suicide in trans kids since pathways were restricted. Following the science would not lead to this doc.
February 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
New DFE guidance on 'Gender questioning' children as part of KCSIE out today. Citing the flawed Cass review. The same week that a FOI to the National Child Mortality Database showed an increase in suicide in trans kids since pathways were restricted. Following the science would not lead to this doc.
Thinking about the boys who were stabbed at school yesterday, and the wonderful staff at Kingsbury High who do their best to support their school community. It's sad to see media outlets & individuals using this tragedy to construct a narrative about Islam, instead of care for the children involved.
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Thinking about the boys who were stabbed at school yesterday, and the wonderful staff at Kingsbury High who do their best to support their school community. It's sad to see media outlets & individuals using this tragedy to construct a narrative about Islam, instead of care for the children involved.
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💡 edpsy community fund
We've recently launched our community fund and our information event is *THIS* Thursday at 4pm.
If you've got an idea for an initiative and have questions - come along!
Sign up to the session here: events.ringcentral.com/events/edpsy...
#edpsychs #educationalpsychology
We've recently launched our community fund and our information event is *THIS* Thursday at 4pm.
If you've got an idea for an initiative and have questions - come along!
Sign up to the session here: events.ringcentral.com/events/edpsy...
#edpsychs #educationalpsychology
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
💡 edpsy community fund
We've recently launched our community fund and our information event is *THIS* Thursday at 4pm.
If you've got an idea for an initiative and have questions - come along!
Sign up to the session here: events.ringcentral.com/events/edpsy...
#edpsychs #educationalpsychology
We've recently launched our community fund and our information event is *THIS* Thursday at 4pm.
If you've got an idea for an initiative and have questions - come along!
Sign up to the session here: events.ringcentral.com/events/edpsy...
#edpsychs #educationalpsychology
Listening to @lucaonions.bsky.social at the @eps4change.bsky.social community learning day, sitting with all the emotions that come with hearing the perspectives of neurodivergent trans children, and hearing my own child's voice in their voices.
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Listening to @lucaonions.bsky.social at the @eps4change.bsky.social community learning day, sitting with all the emotions that come with hearing the perspectives of neurodivergent trans children, and hearing my own child's voice in their voices.
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Please share!
Come join!
Accessible to all!
Exciting and engaging speakers soon to be announced!
Get your ticket today!
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Come join!
Accessible to all!
Exciting and engaging speakers soon to be announced!
Get your ticket today!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Please share!
Come join!
Accessible to all!
Exciting and engaging speakers soon to be announced!
Get your ticket today!
www.eventbrite.com/e/epmc-commu...
Come join!
Accessible to all!
Exciting and engaging speakers soon to be announced!
Get your ticket today!
www.eventbrite.com/e/epmc-commu...
When you say that everyone's rights and freedoms are interconnected, you often get blank or puzzled responses. To highlight this point, hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah is being denied an ambulance at Bronzefield, the same prison that denied care for Aisha Cleary during labour.
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
When you say that everyone's rights and freedoms are interconnected, you often get blank or puzzled responses. To highlight this point, hunger striker Qesser Zuhrah is being denied an ambulance at Bronzefield, the same prison that denied care for Aisha Cleary during labour.
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Breaking: The schools white paper will be delayed until 'early in the new year', government has announced today, as ministers take more time to draw up controversial SEND reforms
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-whit...
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-whit...
Schools white paper delayed until next year
Autumn deadline will be missed as ministers take more time to consider controversial SEND reforms
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Breaking: The schools white paper will be delayed until 'early in the new year', government has announced today, as ministers take more time to draw up controversial SEND reforms
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-whit...
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-whit...
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Blood on their hands;
EVERY "gender-critical" transphobe - yes including the very rich ones, the bigoted "journalists" who abuse their power, the unacademic academics and the "comedians" who make transphobic "jokes" - are respnsible for this poor cis women's death.
Transphobia *harms* cis women.
EVERY "gender-critical" transphobe - yes including the very rich ones, the bigoted "journalists" who abuse their power, the unacademic academics and the "comedians" who make transphobic "jokes" - are respnsible for this poor cis women's death.
Transphobia *harms* cis women.
Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack
A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.
share.google
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Blood on their hands;
EVERY "gender-critical" transphobe - yes including the very rich ones, the bigoted "journalists" who abuse their power, the unacademic academics and the "comedians" who make transphobic "jokes" - are respnsible for this poor cis women's death.
Transphobia *harms* cis women.
EVERY "gender-critical" transphobe - yes including the very rich ones, the bigoted "journalists" who abuse their power, the unacademic academics and the "comedians" who make transphobic "jokes" - are respnsible for this poor cis women's death.
Transphobia *harms* cis women.
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Quite a bloody cheek, this, given the UK has the most hostile regime towards healthcare for young trans people and their families in the world (www.gov.uk/government/s...).
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Quite a bloody cheek, this, given the UK has the most hostile regime towards healthcare for young trans people and their families in the world (www.gov.uk/government/s...).
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"She could have had the lucrative career of performative activism she was being lined up for. But by shunning this path, she shows up so many liberals for the frauds they are. She also puts a spotlight on all the big climate scientists who’ve never once said genocide is bad for the environment."
The liberal class once hailed Greta Thunberg's values. But Thunberg stepped outside of her lane and transgressed against the only true values the liberal class understands: imperial values. For this they abandoned her open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg
The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"She could have had the lucrative career of performative activism she was being lined up for. But by shunning this path, she shows up so many liberals for the frauds they are. She also puts a spotlight on all the big climate scientists who’ve never once said genocide is bad for the environment."
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UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss.
US Dems could learn a lot from their failure.
Great piece from S. Baum.
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US Dems could learn a lot from their failure.
Great piece from S. Baum.
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UK's Labour Party Abandoned Trans People. Here's What American Dems Can Learn.
Democrats: There is no “middle ground” on equal rights. Take it from UK Labour.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss.
US Dems could learn a lot from their failure.
Great piece from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
US Dems could learn a lot from their failure.
Great piece from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Imagine being a non-White person in the UK.
Now imagine being constantly asked for your Digital ID, just because "We are checking."
It is going to be like that, it ALWAYS is.
Now imagine being constantly asked for your Digital ID, just because "We are checking."
It is going to be like that, it ALWAYS is.
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Imagine being a non-White person in the UK.
Now imagine being constantly asked for your Digital ID, just because "We are checking."
It is going to be like that, it ALWAYS is.
Now imagine being constantly asked for your Digital ID, just because "We are checking."
It is going to be like that, it ALWAYS is.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Recently in consultation meetings I've met children who have been racially abused by other children. This has retraumatised their parents and is also retraumatising for me. Racism is a safeguarding issue as outlined in KCSIE. It should be treated as such.
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Recently in consultation meetings I've met children who have been racially abused by other children. This has retraumatised their parents and is also retraumatising for me. Racism is a safeguarding issue as outlined in KCSIE. It should be treated as such.
Still taking in the @edpsy.bsky.social festival and the honour of interviewing Bernard Coard with Sathya. It felt like an energising way to end a day of listening to inspiring speakers and planning for a better future for children, families, and ourselves.
September 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Still taking in the @edpsy.bsky.social festival and the honour of interviewing Bernard Coard with Sathya. It felt like an energising way to end a day of listening to inspiring speakers and planning for a better future for children, families, and ourselves.
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💥Have you seen this line up....!?
Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk
#epfest2025 #edpsychs
Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk
#epfest2025 #edpsychs
July 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
💥Have you seen this line up....!?
Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk
#epfest2025 #edpsychs
Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk
#epfest2025 #edpsychs
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Disappointed in the new occupants at the DfE quite generally tbh and I'm not afraid to say it. Too much flattery goes on in the sector where people want to have influence and I don't think it's healthy for education. #EduSky
July 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Disappointed in the new occupants at the DfE quite generally tbh and I'm not afraid to say it. Too much flattery goes on in the sector where people want to have influence and I don't think it's healthy for education. #EduSky
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Just been reading the DfE's new writing framework and it seems to push even more for formalising the Reception year. Every time I speak to teachers on the ground they stress the need for active, playful approaches to learning in the early years and this is not that. #EduSky
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just been reading the DfE's new writing framework and it seems to push even more for formalising the Reception year. Every time I speak to teachers on the ground they stress the need for active, playful approaches to learning in the early years and this is not that. #EduSky
Are any EPs involved in these conversations? This has huge implications for our profession.
NEW POST: Under questioning from MPs at this week's Education Select Committee's SEND Inquiry hearing, Schools Minister, Catherine McKinnell repeatedly refused to guarantee SEND legal rights. @catrionamoore.bsky.social bravely watched it all for SNJ. Your thoughts? www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...
July 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Are any EPs involved in these conversations? This has huge implications for our profession.
Catching up with Skepta's Glastonbury set whilst writing reports. Feeling the energy from my sofa 😂
July 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Catching up with Skepta's Glastonbury set whilst writing reports. Feeling the energy from my sofa 😂
Parenting a child with SEND as a psychologist means administering and scoring questionnaires by day, and answering them yourself in your downtime. It's very draining but has also made me think about how and why I use them in my practice.
July 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Parenting a child with SEND as a psychologist means administering and scoring questionnaires by day, and answering them yourself in your downtime. It's very draining but has also made me think about how and why I use them in my practice.