Category: Families
What Role for Children’s Self-Regulation in the Challenges Surrounding their Digital Activity?
8 July 2026
David Whitebread Memorial Lecture: What Role for Children’s Self-Regulation in the Challenges Surrounding their Digital Activity? Presented by Professor Steven Howard at the PEDAL Conference 2026. Steven Howard is a Senior Academic Research Leader in Child Development and Education with the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.
How We Turn Policy and Evidence into Better Outcomes for Children in their Early Years
8 July 2026
The Hard Yards of Delivery: How We Turn Policy and Evidence into Better Outcomes for Children in their Early Years Presented by Aida Cable as the keynote at the PEDAL Conference 2026. This session highlights how Thrive at Five ensures good policy survives contact with reality, and sets out some practical examples from programmes in […]
Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health in Everyday Practice
6 July 2026
How do we bring what we know about babies’ mental health into everyday moments with families? This workshop pulled on the latest evidence and frontline practice to explore the relational processes that matter most in early life. Presentations included the specialist parent-infant therapy context and the health visiting setting, followed by a small-group activity using […]
Playful Books with Babies and Young Children
6 July 2026
Playtime with Books: Scaling an Evidence-Based Book Sharing Intervention Presented by PEDAL researchers Dr Tom King and Dr Eloise Stevens at the PEDAL Conference 2026, as part of the workshop session titled: ‘Playful books with babies and young children’. This session explored how everyday book sharing moments can support babies and young children’s development. Parent […]
Project Report: AI in the Early Years
25 March 2026
The rapid rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) means we are now seeing GenAI designed and marketed for direct use by young children through toys. This report details research findings from our AI in the Early Years project, which aimed to provide a scientific basis for identifying the impacts, risks, and opportunities of GenAI toys […]
Explorando el bienestar de los niños y las niñas autistas en Medellín
25 March 2026
Si tienes diagnóstico de autismo o eres familiar de alguien con este diagnóstico en Medellín, ¡esta invitación es para ti! En Colombia, aún sabemos poco sobre cómo se vive el autismo en el día a día. Muchas de las investigaciones provienen de otros países y no reflejan la realidad colombiana. Por eso, hoy queremos escuchar […]
AI, toys and the future
17 July 2025
These recordings formed the “AI, toys and the future” session, presented by Prof Rosie Flewitt and PEDAL’s Dr Emily Goodacre.
Play: The future of learning and thriving
17 July 2025
Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Head of Educational Impact at LEGO Education, attended the PEDAL Conference 2025 to discuss how play can be more deeply integrated into education, work, and society.
PEDAL’s new report for The Centre for Emotional Health
24 February 2025
Our new report investigates how employers’ can support parents’ emotional health and their parenting.
It’s a Pandemic in the Playborhood: An International Perspective of Play Therapists on the COVID-19 Pandemic
7 January 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and beyond, impacted many professions and workplaces, including therapists and their therapy rooms.