This webinar for Educational Psychologists will share pupil views on the positive and negative impact of engaging with the digital world of social media. These views were gained as part of a wider research project exploring pupil views on mental health and wellbeing conducted by the presenters (Popoola & Sivers, 2024).

We will also consider recent research which looks at the ways children and young people engage with social media and what this means to understanding and supporting adults and young people to engage safely and meaningfully in this ever present digital world.
We will highlight the importance of listening to and learning from the children and young peoples’ experiences and how we can all develop and promote healthy ways of engaging online. This will be an interactive and discussion based session, so come prepared to reflect and share in a group of like-minded professionals.

About Sarah and Maddie:
Sarah Sivers is an Independent Educational Psychologist and lecturer on a UK EP Doctoral training course. She is also a play therapist and has a long standing interest and commitment to children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Maddi Popoola is an Educational Psychologist working as a service manager for the mental health support team in Nottingham City.
Sarah and Maddi have worked together for 5 years conducting research to gain, share and act on pupil views about education and wellbeing.

Please note-This event is for EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

Wednesday 17th September 2025 4.00 – 5.30pm