Category: Video / Animation
Designing Evidence-Based Parenting Support for Impact at Scale
22 October 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Louise Bazalgette speaks about the scale of the challenge in closing the gap in early years outcomes in the UK.
Universality without Uniformity: Appreciating High-Quality Practices in Low-Resource Settings
22 October 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Professor Junlei Li speaks about the power of everyday interactions in early childhood.
Supporting play for neurodivergent children
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 recording, we hear from Kerry Murphy (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta and Abi Dodson (Play Included) share their expertise on play and its significance in diverse child development.
The therapeutic powers of play: play therapy as a mental health treatment
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 recording, Siobhán Prendiville (Children's Therapy Centre in Ireland) talks about the therapeutic powers of play and highlights how well Play Therapy sits within a neurosequential approach to psychotherapy.
The complex possibilities of play in schools
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 recording, Dr James Biddulph and Aimee Durning (University of Cambridge Primary School) discuss play's place in the curriculum, and how they have used play to nurture and promote mental wellness for some of the most vulnerable children within their school community.
Prisons, hospitals and schools: challenges and opportunities introducing play in different settings
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 recording, Dr Paulina Pérez-Duarte (PEDAL), Dina Fajardo (PEDAL) & Mercedes Castañeda (Reinserta) explore and advocate for the use of play in challenging settings, as well as those opportunities where play can enable a powerful change in children’s mental health.
Public health campaigns: supporting infant mental health through encouraging playful interactions
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 recording, Margaret Gallagher (NSPCC) and Alex Spragg (Better Start Bradford) talk about how two public health campaigns supported infant mental health through encouraging playful interactions.
A vision for happy, healthy childhoods in the UK
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 keynote lecture, Helen Hayes (Shadow Children's Minister and Labour MP forDulwich & West Norwood) shares Labour's vision for childhood.
A future for the world’s children? Play as the basis of a new paradigm for a world on fire
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 keynote lecture, Professor Mark Tomlinson (Stellenbosch University) discusses the important role of play in building minds and brains in the future that are built for creativity, adaptation, collaboration, connectedness and resilience.
Understanding & supporting mental health in infancy & early childhood: a PEDAL and UNICEF UK toolkit
5 December 2023
In this PEDAL Conference 2023 lecture, PEDAL's Senior Policy Fellow Sally Hogg presents PEDAL’s work with UNICEF UK on the new toolkit for understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood.