EP Reach-Out webinar – The climate emergency and educational psychology with Dr Dan O’Hare

Overview: Climate breakdown is having a range of effects on children and young people, at home and abroad. It is not an understatement to suggest that perhaps the most severe and enduring macrosystemic influence on children’s development now, and in to the future, will be the state of the planet’s climate, our vulnerability as a species to the effects of climate breakdown, and our ability to adapt or remain resilient to these changes.

Our role cannot only be about responding to difficulties that individual children may have around, ‘eco-anxiety’, we also need to consider the impact of our profession and responding accordingly. If we are to seriously tackle the climate emergency, and safeguard children’s futures, as a profession we must be bold and begin to enact real change.

Drawing on the 2022 discussion paper authored by Dan ‘The climate crisis, children, young people and educational psychology’ this webinar will:

• Provide a broad overview of the research exploring the impact of climate breakdown on children
• Explore children’s views on climate change
• Provide a call to action for EPs and the profession to engage properly and fully with this issue

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