Michael Little's blog

Two societies building peace

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?

In Bristol I find the true SEAL

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.

Well-being? Social justice? Fight!

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.

Back to school

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

Twenty-one things I learned in Washington State

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.

Monkhouse one-liner carries prevention message

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.

Tweet me – I just want to make the "Incredible" credible!

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

Tweet Tweet

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.

What is the Offer?

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).

What is public health?

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?

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