Children in Lockdown: Learning the Lessons of Pandemic Times

This timely and relevant book focuses on the societal impact of the pandemic on children and the educational, social and psychological services that function to support them. It acknowledges the constant change and adaptation required in real time and provides the basis for a start to the discussion about the effects of COVID-19 on families and everyone involved with 'school life'. Essays include reflections on the impact of lockdown on children and the lessons to be learned, with contributions from children, parents, teachers, Educational Psychologists and Social Workers in the UK and worldwide. AUTHOR: Dr Christopher Arnold is the Principal Psychologist at Psychological Services GB Limited. He is an academic and professional tutor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and is on the editorial board of the BPS' Debate periodical for educational psychologists. Christopher has also been an educational advisor to the European Union. He has authored and edited numerous books, papers and conference presentations. Dr Brian Davis is currently the Director for Child, Community and Educational Psychology Professional training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He has a particular interest in supporting organisational level responses to challenge and change. His research interests include the development of quality Educational Psychology practice and continuing professional development; professional training; the promotion of positive outcomes for children and young people; and the building of resilience in the community through strategic and multi-agency working.

Table of Contents:

About the authors
Acknowledgements
Preface by Dr Seán Cameron

PART 1: Context
1. Introduction
Christopher Arnold
2. A neuropsychological lens on the impact of lockdown on children and young people
Stephanie Satariano and Elizabeth Roberts

PART II: Learning from children
3. What children and young people told us as the COVID-19mpandemic unfolded
Sarah Sivers, Sarah Wendland, Lauren Baggley and Kate Boyle
4. Challenging narratives on risk and mental health support: a parent’s story
Aimée Webster and Stefania Donati

PART III: Learning from socialwork
5. Social workers and family support workers tell their stories
Richard Devine, Becca Dove and Tim Fisher

PART IV: Learning from parents
6. Lockdown and the family: reflections of a psychologist
Xavier Eloquin
7. Locked down with troubled children
Richard Lewis and Emily Barrett
8. Caregiving for young children during a pandemic
Abigail Wright

PART V: Learning from psychologists
9. A school refusal case study: the pandemic in Singapore
Jennifer Greene
10. Creating communities of practice within educational psychology and implementing change beyond the pandemic
Nicole Schnackenberg, Sarah Sivers and Anne Powell-Davies

PART VI: Learning from organisations
11. Applying psychodynamic theory and organisational change models to crisis management
Brian Davis

PART VII: Conclusions
Observations from South Africa and the USA
Bryan Walsh and Les Osler
12. What are we learning?
Christopher Arnold and Brian Davis

References
Index

Dr Brian Davis is currently the Director for Child, Community and Educational Psychology Professional training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He has a particular interest in supporting organisational level responses to challenge and change. His research interests include the development of quality Educational Psychology practice and continuing professional development; professional training; the promotion of positive outcomes for children and young people; and the building of resilience in the community through strategic and multi-agency working.

Dr Christopher Arnold is the Principal Psychologist at Psychological Services GB Limited. He is an academic and professional tutor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and is on the editorial board of the BPS’ Debate periodical for educational psychologists. Christopher has also been an educational advisor to the European Union. He has authored and edited numerous books, papers and conference presentations.

"This accessible and scholarly book
invites new thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on children ... It
should have wide appeal for teachers, psychologists, social workers and parents
or carers; in fact anyone who wants to support young people to flourish after
the pandemic. Highly recommended." - Dr Barley Birney, Head of Specialist
Inclusion Service and Principal Educational Psychologist, Barnet Education and
Learning Service

"Diverse voices from around the
world are freed from lockdown in this hugely important book. There is perceptive
information about past pandemics and present research on the impact on children
and carers ... Crucially, there are the voices of children ... There are multiple
lessons to be learnt from this book as we adjust to the 'new normal'." - Dr
Mark Fox, Educational Psychologist

"Nelson Mandela said children were the rock on which to
build our nation. Hope is central to Children in Lockdown ... Hope because
COVID-19 centralised children's needs, ... moving from
education to educating, addressing mental health issues and psychodynamics in
leadership." - David Wylde, Past President, International Confederation of
Principals