Jaspar is a London-based educational psychologist. Prior to his doctoral training, he worked in a secondary school with young people who had experienced trauma, as well as in a CAMHS inpatient unit for adolescents with mental health needs. In both his research and practice, he is interested in using collaborative approaches with children and young people, prioritising the value of experiential knowledge to understand and address problems caused by unequal and harmful social systems.
Jaspar Khawaja
Jaspar is a London-based educational psychologist. Prior to his doctoral training, he worked in a secondary school with young people who had experienced trauma, as well as in a CAMHS inpatient unit for adolescents with mental health needs. In both his research and practice, he is interested in using collaborative approaches with children and young people, prioritising the value of experiential knowledge to understand and address problems caused by unequal and harmful social systems.
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Breaking the Silence: A different way to work alongside young people in practice and research
How are children and young people getting on in the UK? Studies suggest that the school system is a significant negative factor in the lives of many of our CYP. Whilst some enjoy school, many others experience it as psychologically harmful and this is reported, consistently, by young people and families. Despite this, CYP have almost no say in the structures and aims of education and their voices are silent when it comes to implementing national policies. In response, the social enterprise States of Mind launched the Breaking the Silence project, in partnership with the Institute of Education, UCL, focusing on co-creating new insights and solutions around education and mental health through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR).
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