Press Articles

Tackling Teen Drinking

(Published 26th Oct 2010)

“A new survey released last weekend found that the number of underage drinkers picked up by paramedics has grown by a third in the last 8 years, with a quarter more girls than boys treated for alcohol poisoning. So how do you deal with your teens if you’re worried they’re drinking too much?”

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What's Going On In Your Teenager's Brain

(Published: Sunday Express - 24th Oct 2010)

“…the invention of MRI scanners have allowed scientists to see inside our heads – and discover that the teenage brain is a peculiarly messy work in progress.

“The biggest changes happen in the front of the brain, the “chief executive” bit which is responsible for decision-making, planning, controlling emotions and linking cause and effect (hence those damp towels).”

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What Makes Teenagers Tick?

(Published in FIRST ELEVEN magazine - Autumn 2009)

A new course teaching emotional intelligence has entered a Yorkshire classroom, and it could soon sweep the country, declares Jonny Beardsall.

Pamela Johnson is feeling wonderfully empowered. As a House Mistress and the Head of Boarding at Queen Mary’s School, North Yorkshire, she is all the better for the time she spent last autumn getting to grips with a fresh, new subject – emotional intelligence. You might well be wondering what this is, thinking it sounds like American psychobabble, and it might well be, but it could also be the equivalent of a new rock ‘n’ roll for the education system…

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