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Heather Lucas SEMH Support

@heatherlucas.bsky.social
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BSc (Hons)Psychology. 19 years experience supporting SEMH. Bitesized psychology and relational support for families and schools. On here looking to learn and engage with those who care, are curious, open minded and kind.

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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hello? Is anyone in my world in here? 😃
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Just collected this wonderful book. It doesn’t shy from the difficulties of losing a loved one but might really support children in your care if used with additional sensitive support. ❤️‍🩹
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Helen @helenmew.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I happened to bump into someone I know through a choir thing I do this evening - and because we’ve briefly chatted before I also know she’s a #SpecialGuardian. I mentioned the march on Sunday. She had heard nothing about it all.
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Mark Finnis @markfinnis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Belonging matters more than behaviour. Connection matters more than correction. Relationships matter most of all.
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Toria Bono @toriabono.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Betsy de Thierry @betsydethierry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I’ve managed to move across my tweets! Now to find those I followed and followed me! What do I do for that? 🤦‍♀️😨
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Please do not show this in schools! Unless you have had a genuinely reflective planning meeting about how and why it fits into your already supportive culture and if you don’t really have one of those, then that’s why not to.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.
The image is a screenshot of a social media post by Laurie Hardman (@LaurieLyricalG
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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
When I see an egg box, I see possibility. Sculpture is sculpture, and if you've got imagination then it doesn't matter how humble the materials are. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #art #sculpture
A simple face made by rearranging parts cut from an egg carton.
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Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. If we do not meet children's biological needs for attuned relationships, we harm them. Repeat
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a woman is laying on a bed holding a baby .
ALT: a woman is laying on a bed holding a baby .
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The life of a Sow Mother, restricted she can barely tend to her young who will soon be taken from her and the process will start again, This is NOT humane
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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“I cannot see what else there is going to be in place to help improve behaviour at scale in the system," says @unleashingme.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Concern as behaviour hubs ‘disband’ with no replacement
Move comes as teachers report growing behaviour challenges, and amid uncertainty over behaviour policy
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Important to follow up on this. It also why compliance and punitive behaviour models can create dangerously uncritical yp and adults who are then more easily groomed (in more ways than conspiracies). Thank you Mark.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Had the best day facilitating an InSet day on embedding SEMH into whole school culture. Huge thanks to @rachtomlinson.bsky.social for generously sharing her experiences via video link. She’s about 16 years ahead of us today 😃
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Andrew Cowley @andrewcowley23.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Less than three weeks until The School Mental Health Toolkit is published by Bloomsbury Education Thanks to Sarah and Clare for these excellent endorsements. Available to pre-order now, in print and on e-reader.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
OK controversial post coming up: let’s focus less on SEND and wrap around care and more on broadening out what schools can nurture as the norm and creating conditions where parents can afford to work less and children don’t have such long days to endure.
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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This.
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Amjad Ali @trythisteaching.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Why do we need this? This recent article by the TES shows has vastly the number of suspensions in PRIMARY schools has increased because of RACISM. So check out our resources to help challenge this! bit.ly/racism2024 By @bameednetwork.bsky.social
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Yes!The demands within the week must introduce space for attunement. And that’s not just for recognised SEND but many others including staff. Authenticity & congruence are replaced with masking & automatic detached compliance when demands don’t attune to natural human variations in need & capacity.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Fab trip to London today to share a focus on Co-Regulation. We started with some feel-good Emotional Contagion’ which created lots of smiles, some foot tapping and humming. Lots of interaction with the room. Thank you Phoenix School.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Taking a focus on co-regulation to a group of TAs in London. We will be starting with some positive emotional contagion 👌
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Funny, other than the reason it came about wasn’t an actual intended joke.
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Lucy Williams @ms-williams100.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trying to find any EduTwitter peeps!
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Are you setting the weather (emotional contagion) or bringing the umbrella (co-regulation)? Looking forward to sharing with TAs in London later this week. We will be starting with some positive emotional contagion 😀👌
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
👏👏
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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
We can't learn to regulate when you don't feel safe. You can't teach resilience when you've learnt to hide how you actually feel. We do know this is not okay for us. But you keep telling us it is fine. Yes we can do lots of stuff. Yes we are bright and able.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Now that was a very interesting article! Definitely worth reading. Is there any reason not to video except the obvious contextual ones?
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I did a webinar in embedding SEMH into your school culture: community.opogo.com/courses/embe...
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Embedding SEMH in to the Culture of your School – Opogo Community
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Could you repost this for me good people? I'm hoping to reach as many folks as possible.
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PD Network UK @pdnetworkuk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hugely excited for this workshop at #PDConf25 👇 @rachtomlinson.bsky.social will be discussing how they create a feeling of #belonging for students at their #primaryschool pdconf25.eventbrite.co.uk
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My next webinar is Embedding SEMH into Your School, for SLT. Tuesday 7th 4pm Register here community.opogo.com/event/embedd... It’s a wide and rich subject for such a short time but I will introduce you to my map which you can then use to anchor your journey, plus pointers and hopefully questions
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I’ve registered my interest.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Follow me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/comm/mynetwork/discovery-see-all?usecase=PEOPLE_FOLLOWS&followMember=heather-lucas-6a6aaa319
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Sending warm wishes to all, especially those who feel life is not where all of the hype suggests it should be. You do you, in the best way that you can. Style it out/Ham it up or Unmask/Be real…Stay safe. Whatever works best for you. Be kind (yourself as well as others)& then there’s no wrong way ❤️
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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I like those. This is another one in a similar vein: “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” – L.R. Knost And slightly less poetic: “Put your oxygen mask on first before helping others.” ✈️
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HeadteacherChat @headteacherchat.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Steering the ship of school leadership is challenging, especially with limited funds and high expectations. Have you successfully navigated this paradox? Share your story with us!
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
1/2Setting your Direction of Travel is the 1st step. Make it a solid one. The journey may seem overwhelming but pragmatism(both macro &micro)can help build the strengths and opportunities for resilience. My map is the anchor. The nuance will be unique to your school’s strengths & opportunities.
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
What is Your Direction of Travel? Join me at my next webinar on Tuesday 7th January at 4pm, to discuss embedding SEMH into your school’s culture. I am pleased to have my new digital version of my vision map to help you anchor that journey. Link in comments.
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“When you’re raped there is shame, and it’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them. It’s true that I hear lots of women, and men, who say you’re very brave. I say it’s not bravery, it’s a will and determination to change society” - Gisèle. What a woman.
A photograph of the heroic Gisele. A survivor and fearless champion of women.
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Very true. Full text in alt if you want to share.
You’re going to come in contact with an awful lot of people who are at their absolute breaking point this season. Friends, family, co-workers, teachers, strangers in the grocery store, retail workers. 

While it may be the merriest time of the year for some, it’s the saddest, loneliest, most stressful, most heartbreaking for so many others. 

We’re all busy, but we’re not too busy to be kind, caring and patient. Remember the best thing you can give someone right now is love. 

Written by: Amy Weatherly
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Join me online on January 7th at 4pm. Lots of ideas as well as my own ‘Direction of Travel’ overview to anchor your perspective and embed SEMH into your school culture. community.opogo.com/event/embedd...
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Embedding SEMH into the Culture of your School: A Pragmatic approach for Headteachers and SLT – Opogo Community
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Heather Lucas SEMH Support @heatherlucas.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Tell me if your school(s) are rural or urban, without telling me they are rural or urban. School Xmas fair yesterday …
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