Lucy Bray

The UNCRC supports children’s rights to give consent, to be consulted & to complain

But often adult myths about their capacity get in the way

@jochamberlain.bsky.social‬ and I researched with children what they think of this and what might help

Some resulting resources - feel free to use! 🧵 1/4

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain?

The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

67 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 in the glorious sunshine ☀️
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍

What a great ‘Beyond’ conference🤩
📖 Young peoples’ voices heard through storytelling, animation, poetry and lived experience accounts.
Delighted to be presenting ISUPPORT with Katie Dixon and showcasing Sienna’s story of how ISupport has improved her health care experiences and interactions 🙏 @

65 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 The ☀️ continues to be such a joy to warm the soul! Bit too warm for the dogs though - so lots of swimming for them in the 🌊
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍

65 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 so nice to wake up to ☀️ each day, lovely to keep the dogs cool by swimming in the 🌊
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍

💫Next week is Deaf Awareness Week💫
Leanne, a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf reads stories with BSL signs.
Perfect for younger primary children.
Loads to choose from on her YouTube buff.ly/MDRsC4N

#EduSky #Inclusion

Autistic children and young people, aged 11-18 please share your views about CAMHS by writing, recording a voice note or by drawing and labelling a picture in a short survey ⬇️
ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info

64 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the sea - love the wide horizons at the coast

71 #NHS1000miles walked this week with a bit more variety on the walks due to lovely company 😍but still always the 🌊
Loving the sun and lighter nights and look forward to seeing everyone’s active pics

LJMU Children, Young People and Families Health Annual Conference Come join us at this free conference to learn, share, and connect with others passionate about children's health in the region

Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child...

@ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social

70 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊
Love to see the posts moving across to Blue Sky 😊

Interesting discussions at the launch of the Council of Europe’s Young Peoples’ Guide for Good Practice concerning the participation of children ⬇️

www.coe.int/en/web/human...
Delighted to see recognition of the good work of @isupportrights.bsky.social to work with young people in everything we do 😊

Poster inviting people to take part in a research project about the accessibility of CAMHS for autistic children and young people.

We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

Musculoskeletal triage physiotherapists’ perspectives on their role, the patient journey and implementation of interface triage clinics in primary care in Ireland To explore musculoskeletal triage clinical specialist physiotherapists’ (CSPs) perspectives on the patient journey and their perspectives on the accep…

🚨🚨Great to see this published, our paper exploring acceptability of implementing #MSK triage interface clinics in #primarycare in Ireland 👇👇👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Delighted to be at the #CANDIDDconf25 presenting our work with @contactfamilies.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk and the National Network of Parent Carer Forums on ‘Accessing Health care for children with additional needs from under-served communities’

We worked extensively with children and young people to develop a comic strip to show children’s rights when they are having a procedure!

www.isupportchildrensrights.com/english-vers...

National Youth Strategy, Deliver You logo in what text on a green background. Text reads: "What's your order?"

If you are aged 10-21 (25 with SEND) you can share your views and help inform the Government's National Youth Strategy. Find out more at www.iwill.org.uk/NYS-Deliver-You/

#DeliverYou #WhatsYourOrder

Following on from our very popular December webinar on 'the invisible labour of #PublicInvolvement' registrations are now open for the second webinar in the series, on Emotions in #PPI, led by colleagues from @penarc.bsky.social.
Come join us!

@arceastofengland.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social

Excited for the day ahead at the @seftoncouncil.bsky.social SEND youth conference reporting back on the @isupportrights.bsky.social resources the young people helped with last year and developing a symbol based audit tool this year 😊

Thank you to all the women I know.. #internationalwomen’sday

Please support our research collaborative-UK only for this one.

Yippee 🥳

PROTECTING CHILDREN: WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP ACROSS CHILDREN’S SERVICES is a pan-European report just out from @ESNsocial building on last year’s Bucharest seminar. www.esn-eu.org/publications... Pathways to Participation is on p35. My seminar presentation is at www.harryshier.net/powerpoints....

Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials and Procedures: Lessons from Research with Autistic People and People with Intellectual Disability | Autism in Adulthood Informed, voluntary, ongoing consent is a central tenet of ethical research. However, consent processes are prone to exclusionary practices and inaccessibility. Consent materials are often too long an...

New free paper, Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials & Procedures: Lessons from Research w/ Autistic People & People w/ Intellectual Disability, from teams incl. AASPIRE - more coming from our Outcomes Project led by @cnicolaidis.bsky.social!
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

#NATPmentalhealth
Read about ripples of change we are creating
www.annafreud.org/news/weve-se...
And check find out who is trained in your Trust/service to help you upskill your colleagues and be the change you want to see in improving autistic people's outcomes -Actions, no more words.

Still feeling tender from yesterday.
So much work still needs to be done
But now you know now you are not alone- we are many
Thanks to the many hundreds of people who attended (not seen numbers, feedback etc yet) and to all content developers, trainers, Ebes, NHS staff who made #NATPmentalhealth

We still need to hear from more parents - have you been asked to hold your child for a blood test, anaesthetic or health examination?

We need your help 🏥 💉

We are gathering information about the impact of this on you and your child in a quick 5 min survey ⬇️

www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor...

Training course: Participatory Action Research (PAR): Equitable Partnerships and Engaged Research PAR aims to create a space for researcher and participants to co-produce knowledge and where relevant, action for change. PAR is considered as a research paradigm in itself, that embodies a particula

I love delivering this course. Always a supportive interactive, knowledge-sharing space where you can hear from real-life projects and gain a deeper understanding of the 'messy' but beautiful approaches to participatory action research.

Register: ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...