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New book and film releases
The original research was controversial, but the findings revealed the most important public health findings of a generation. Resilience is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. Screening on 16th May 2019 at Pamoja Hall, THE SPACE, … Read more
Wednesday 3 April 2019 19:30 Vue Cinema Piccadilly London A ground-breaking new film on the biology of stress and Adverse Childhood Experiences and its links to major illnesses. Highlighting the effects of trauma in the body and how behaviour is impacted in heightened state of survival mode. This is a must see viewing for anyone working with vulnerable children … Read more
The Mulberry Bush, in conjunction with Oxford Brookes University, are hosting a screening of the film “Resilience – the biology of stress and science of hope” on February 6th as part of Children’s Mental Health Week (#childrensmentalhealthweek). Full details and tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resilience-tickets-53918002196
Free Yourself, Find Joy and Build True Self Esteem An empowering look at the shame experience which is universal, misunderstood and frequently rooted in childhood contains an important lesson about who we are or the person we’d like to become which if we resist, we lose an opportunity to grow. Most people think of shame as … Read more
The International Federation of Educative Communities is holding its 34th World Congress in Israel 29-31 October 2019 Better Future Opportunities for Children in Multicultural Societies For full details, please see the FICE website announcement
Edited by John Diamond, ‘70 Years of The Mulberry Bush School‘ contains contributions from staff and colleagues telling the story of The Mulberry Bush School, its formation in 1948 and creation of the therapeutic child care model that is still used today, 70 years later. You can find out more and buy the book here.
AARDMAN and STUDIOCANAL are delighted to announce that EARLY MAN – the new prehistoric comedy adventure that is “gloriously funny” (Robbie Collin, The Telegraph) from four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and AARDMAN, the creators of WALLACE & GROMIT and SHAUN THE SHEEP – will be available on digital download from 21 MAY 2018 and onDVD, Blu-ray™ and 4K UHD from 28 MAY 2018 – available to pre-order now: http://scnl.co/EarlyManHE. Shot … Read more
A mud cake made from earth and water, decorated with nature’s gems – fallen petals, leaves, sticks and stones and forest egg hunts with golden tickets hidden in nature . . . By engaging in this sort of Spring active free play, children become fully immersed in and connected to the environment, developing both physically … Read more
It’s a dark winter’s night and a scruffy black cat arrives on an old lady’s doorstep. Named Nicholas because he arrived at Christmas time, he soon makes an impression in the neighbourhood, his bedraggled looks belying his mighty skills as a mouser. Soon, his many exploits are greeted with grateful thanks and much amusement, until, one … Read more
With childhood reading seeing a huge resurgence, it makes sense for literature to become a vehicle for helping youngsters confront and address many of the issues they’ll face in life. UK author Jennifer Molly has taken this to heart, with an uplifting and whimsical new book. However, ‘Luke Gets Wishes’ is so much more than … Read more
While reading is currently more popular than ever among young children, many adults are disenchanted with modern storybooks and their tendencies to focus on toilet humour, epic battles of good versus evil, and horror. Thankfully, British writer Julia Kay is bucking all trends with gusto, using her debut novel to hark back to a more innocent, … Read more
This book is a consolidation of Christine Bradley’s 40 years practice in therapeutic work with children and young people, starting from a period when there was room for creative thinking within the work. For the past three years Christine has been re-writing the concepts she used in her work to fit in with the current … Read more