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The Antidote was a newsletter published by Antidote until March 2008. Its purpose was to keep participants in the Antidote Network up to date on the latest developments in:
  • our work with schools and other organisations
  • our research projects
  • our conferences and other events

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The Antidote   Issue 21   March 2008
The Antidote   Issue 20   June 2007
The Antidote   Issue 19   October 2006
The Antidote   Issue 18  
The Antidote   Issue 17   April 2005

SPECIAL ISSUE – The Emotional Literacy Initiative
A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS – Charting new territory – piloting new ways of working – searching for sustainability
THE MODELS EMERGING – Promoting dialogue and enquiry – understanding disaffection – learning to work as a group – learning to learn together – student voice – staff reflection – the role of leadership
The Antidote   Issue 16   February 2005

LEADER – Sustaining dialogue at the top
CONFERENCE REPORT – Shaping environments for learning
INTERNATIONAL REPORT – EL Buds appear in Oz
PROJECT REPORT – Leaving with qualifications
DISCUSSION DOCUMENT – When is early intervention early enough?
The Antidote   Issue 15   September 2004

LEADER – Shaping the conditions for learning
RESOURCE REPORTS – Thinking together & the School Emotional Environment for Learning Survey (SEELS)
RESEARCH REPORT – Demonstrating the link between emotional literacy and learning
CONFERENCE REPORT – Releasing energy for teaching and learning
The Antidote   Issue 14   November 2003

LEADER – Hunting a strategy for responsiveness
PROJECT REPORT – Antidote’s emotional literacy initiative: the story so far
STORYFINDER – An emotionally literate approach to supporting a difficult class
RESOURCE REPORT – Developing the emotional literacy audit (ELA) as a tool for whole-school change
The Antidote   Issue 13   March 2003

LEADER – Prisoners of measurement
ANTIDOTE INTERVIEW – Katherine Weare on creating emotionally literate schools
PROJECT REPORTS – Antidote’s approach to change, When ELLI met ELA
BOOK REVIEWS – Alpha leadership, Psychodynamic practice in schools
The Antidote   Issue 12   October 2002

LEADER – The power to transform
CONFERENCE REPORTS – Emotionally literate schools, Peer support
STORYFINDER – Tamsyn Imison on Hampstead School
BOOK REVIEWS – Competence in the learning society, Families and behaviour, The spirited business
The Antidote   Issue 11   April 2002

LEADER – New rules of engagement
CONFERENCE REPORT – Change is possible: how emotional literacy can transform public services
PROJECT REPORT – The handbook: showing how we can develop emotionally literate schools
STORYFINDER – Letting young people discover how clever they are
The Antidote   Issue 10   August 2001

LEADER – Change through dialogue
CONFERENCE REPORT – Continuing the dialogue
PROJECT REPORT – Emotional literacy initiative, Changing cultures
STORYFINDER – Transformation in Leicester
BOOK REVIEW – Nurturing emotional literacy (Peter Sharp)
The Antidote   Issue 9   April 2001
LEADER – Challenging the quick-fix culture
CONFERENCE REPORTS – Developing an emotionally literate society, Real dialogue
STORYFINDER – Emotional literacy at Atlow Mill
BOOK REVIEW – Katherine Weare on health-promoting schools