Heads Up is out now!

Published by Quarto books and written by Dr Clara Doran. A book about the science of brain health, written in an open, accessible way, with plenty of illustrations to keep you reading!

I had a lot of fun coming up with responses to the text, and also learnt plenty along the way. Here are some pics of what’s inside:

Online Scribing, Healthcare Educators

This summer I was asked to scribe this meeting remotely, so I was working on my Ipad, and the meeting was held online. This was all about educators in teaching hospitals and whether they had the support they needed in order to deliver the training for the next generation of healthcare professionals. 

Basically, if there is no protected time (or space) then you end up sitting in a cupboard to join the online meeting and not having a lunch break (it's that bad..)

Healthy Child and Teen Relationships

I was asked by the charity Let Me Know https://lmkletmeknow.org to draw several healthy and unhealthy relationship scenarios that would be used by their practitioners to help inform discussions about healthy relationships for children and young people, mainly peer to peer. The wish is to empower the children and young people to feel confident in their choices and to make the decisions that are right for them.

This project involved being briefed carefully on the wording of the situations, then working together to define what situation to apply them to, plus being mindful of inclusive representation.

I've mixed them up a bit, can you spot the difference between the healthy and unhealthy ones? Hope so!

 

Healthcare for under 5's in Ealing

 A recently completed piece of work with Ealing council and the Institute of Development Studies.

The borough is trying to hone in on the key moments that families with young children need some extra help and signposting. 

This poster will hopefully help keep the discussion alive and help practitioners engage more with those who need the most help.

Live Scribing for Kent County Council

I was back in Kent yesterday and last week for the second visit of two children's centres. I hope both these centres become thriving Family Hubs once the next phase of restructuring is over. 

The staff at both sites are just so dedicated and they serve a very deprived local demographic who are hugely grateful for their support.

 

Theory of Change - for TSIP

Katie Fowler, the CEO of TSIP https://www.tsip.co.uk asked me to illustrate the organisation's 'Theory of Change'.

It was an interesting one because it involved so many 'moving parts'. Katie very kindly edited down the huge amount of information that they'd originally wanted to include. There's only so much you can fit on an A4 sheet of paper!

 

Caring for people with Autism in Camden

This month I was commissioned by Richard Lohan of Camden's accessible information team to draw out some images that will be used for a short film to explain how to assist young people with autism who may be going through a period of change.

I especially liked drawing out the breathing exercise and thought we could all probably do with the adoption of the worry box: put all your worries in a box and then make an appointment to go through them one by one with a person who cares about you.