The history of political violence in Northern Ireland has little in common with conflict in the Basque country of northern Spain, but when it comes to deciding how to guarantee young people a peaceful future and what use to make of prevention programs, might Spain benefit from Ireland’s recent experience?

A trip to a Bristol primary school that has become a beacon of enthusiasm for the UK Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning program overturns some of my prejudices.

I found the Nottingham meeting frustrating. It reminded me of a conference on violence prevention I attended years ago which ended in a fist fight between two of the presenters.

Children in the UK and US are heading back to school this month. But what makes for a good school and a good teacher?

I recently participated on a study tour to Washington State with a group of policy makers, practitioners and investors in children from England, Ireland and the US. Each day I tried to summarize two or three lessons that might be helpful to me and to colleagues as we go about the task of improving outcomes for children.

The late comedian's efforts to help others avoid the same cancer that eventually killed him, speak volumes about the worth of prevention and early intervention.

The week nears the end and I’m going Twitter crazy.

So following earlier speculation about getting to the essence of the ‘offer’ of evidenced based programs I gave my tweeting skills a try on FFT.

My colleagues from Dartington have had a running joke this week with our colleague Ali Abunimah who uses the internet tool, Twitter. (He has had more fun at our expense than we have at his).

Driving to a middle school in Seattle, the bus goes past a government building. In the foyer is a poster that reads:

WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH?