This ultimate resource equips parents, teachers, leaders and policymakers with a clear framework to guide the crucial choices they make for young people.

@michellefson.bsky.social - Developing executive functions tasks to use in classrooms around the world

@drjennyg.bsky.social - Exploring links between play, communication and wellbeing in human development

Prof Sara Baker - Learner competencies as states, not traits

In episode one, Sir David Bell, Former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, talks to Sally about research, politics and the critical role that civil servants play in helping Ministers to navigate evidence.

Descriptions of autistic play have typically focused on “deficits” and are based on comparisons to neurotypical “norms”. According to the neurodiversity paradigm, it is important that autistic voices are highlighted and that difficulties, differences, and strengths are explored.

In this piece from the #PEDALResourceLibrary archives, former PEDAL PhD student Paulina Pérez-Duarte Mendiola summarises a study published in the Journal of Child Health Care which identifies strategies used by Health Play Specialists to effectively communicate with hospitalised children 🧸

However, little work has been done to describe the approaches to teacher training programs that are supposed to promote play and play-based learning.

This scoping review includes 45 studies that contain training programs for pre- and primary school teachers to promote play and play-based learning.

Accumulating evidence shows that play is important for children’s learning and development and an increasing number of countries are adopting playful pedagogy in pre- and primary school.

Learn more about PEDAL's project with The Childhood Trust which aims to understand how AI ‘smart’ toys affect disadvantage, development and play here:

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