Thrive News and Current Projects:

We are currently involved in some innovative projects in North Devon, Torbay, Thetford in Norfolk  and Rotherham.

For Details of the new Thrive 10 Day Core Training Course in Rotherham please click here for overview and click here for course dates, cost and student feedback. 

• New courses to accredit Trainers, Supervisors and Action Plan Mentors are scheduled to begin in Devon from October 2010.


• Three new Thrive Early Years Projects are underway in North Devon, Torbay and Rotherham.


• A 9 day Core Training for the Devon Targeting Mental Health Project  for staff in secondary age settings and services began in February 2010.


• Thrive projects were a focus for the regional TaMHS forum in Taunton: 9 March 2010.


• Thrive workshops were offered at the SEAL Conference at Buckfast Abbey: 7 July 2010


• The Totnes Learning Community has completed a 9-day Core training at Dartington Primary School near Totnes.


• The pioneering Thrive work at South Brent Primary School was featured on Teachers TV (Freeview 88; Sky 880) on Friday Jan 8th, 4-6pm.


• Thrive's first 'Training the Trainers' course is continuing in Devon. New trainers will join our team in the Autumn of 2010.

We are now running IATE - accredited Certificates in Emotional Literacy for Children in the South West (Pegasus Centre, Paignton), Rotherham and London (IATE). Contact info@thriveftc.com for details.

In the News:

The neurological effect of neglecting children's needs is highlighted in a new campaign by Kids Company. Their Peace of Mind campaign brings attention to the negative effect society is having on childhood development. Full story

Neuroscience and Education: A recent seminar series held at the Royal Society explores the potential to redesign education in line with how people think - particularly in terms of emotional engagement and the social brain. Full story

Millenium Cohort Study: Research following the early years of nearly 19,000 children born at the start of the 21st Century show the importance of the first three years of life - including in social, emotional, physical and creative development. Full story

Seats of Emotional Intelligence Found in the Brain: a study of Vietnam Veterans by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, USA, has revealed the location instrumental for two types of emotional intelligence in the prefrontal cortex of the brain: Full story

Meditation Classes in School reduce stress: a pilot project at Tonbridge School, Kent, designed with help from psychologists from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, is the first to introduce meditation as a regular curriculum subject. Full Story