Slow Cooker Systemic Change with Dr Jagdish Barn
Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of my new podcast 'Agents of Hope'. My name is Tim Cox. I am a trainee Educational Psychologist and I am passionate about psychology, hope and society. This podcast aims to promote hopeful thinking and conversation about positive change in the field of applied educational psychology, education and wider society. I hope that the podcast can shed light on the positive contribution of passionate people and inspires hopeful thinking, conversations and action. Please subscribe and leave a comment if you enjoyed this episode. Every episode I will include comments and questions about the podcast or the proposed subject, so please get involved! Episode #2 In this episode, I speak to Dr Jagdish Barn. Jagdish is an experienced Educational Psychologist (of 23 years) who has developed a 'slow-cooker' approach to working with and affecting change in systems - schools, families, communities - through developing relational, curious and solution-focused practice. During the conversation, we speak about the values and narratives that underpin Jagdish's practice, from the sense of injustice developed as a schoolchild to the development of her private practice.We try to define what a 'system' is and where we find these. We discuss acculturation, restorative practices, the difference between solution or hope-oriented and solution-focused practise and attending to the emotional aspects which underpin change. If you want to find out more about Jagdish's work you can check out her website: https://www.focuspsychology.comor follow her on Twitter @focuspsychologyWe also try to answer some questions about hope and systemic change asked by #twitterEPs.Suggested Reading Acculturation Barn, J K (2014) Acculturation preferences of primary school children of Muslim faith from different Arab ethnicities: An exploratory study https://orca.cf.ac.uk/69290/Container Contained Bion, W. R. (1994). Learning from experience. Jason Aronson. Chicago Hope TheoryCox, T. (2020). Agents of Hope: The utility and pragmatism of hope in applied Educational Psychology practice. DECP Debate(174), 17-23Regulate-Relate-Reasonhttp://www.thinkkids.org/regulate-relate-reason/Bruce Perry's website: https://www.neurosequential.com/Pace ApproachHughes, D., & Golding, K. (2012). Creating loving attachments: Parenting with PACE to nurture confidence and security in the troubled child. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.Rogerian Principles Rogers, C. R. (1979). The foundations of the person-centered approach. Education, 100(2), 98-107. ChicagoRestorative Approaches Johnstone, G. (2013). Restorative justice: Ideas, values, debates. Routledge.Solution Focused PracticeSelekman, M. D. (1997). Solution-focused therapy with children: Harnessing family strengths for systemic change. Guilford Press.Solution-Oriented Practice Rees, I. (2008). A systemic solution-oriented model. Frameworks for practice in educational psychology: A textbook for trainees and practitioners, 162-182.Systems Ryan, D. P. J. (2001). Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Retrieved January, 9, 2012.Bronfenbrenner, U., & Morris, P. A. (2007). The bioecological model of human development. Handbook of child psychology, 1.Trauma-informed practice Carello, J., & Butler, L. D. (2015). Practicing what we teach: Trauma-informed educational practice. Journal of Teaching iSupport the show