Day 13 - Thursday 17th November 2016 Marit Bergum Hansen is my host for the last two days in Norway. She is head of department at RBUP and is particularly concerned about children's development and mental health in the early years. Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (RBUP) East and South We (Kofi & me) meet Marit at the RBUP headquarters; an impressive building that looks and feels like a five star hotel. Established in 1998 by the Ministry of Health, RBUP runs

I felt satisfied at the end of our two days in Trondheim. It was worth the long journey and every penny of the plane ticket. Tomorrow we are due in Tonsberg at 10.00am so time to get back on board Norwegian Airways; first to Oslo and then on to Tonsberg by train. Our plane took off at 7.00pm so we decided to spend the night not too far from the airport. Frank picked us up from the airport to his newly built home, which he and his wife had developed to accommodate up to two

Day 8 - Saturday 12th November 2016 It feels like quite a leisurely start to the day, considering I have a plane to catch. There's too much snow on the ground to pull my suitcase to the town so it's Uber to the rescue. I feel sad to say goodbye to Kista and our hosts but looking forward to Norway. What a fruitful time it's been in Sweden and so much learning to digest. Early Intervention Research in Trondheim, Norway Day 9 - Sunday 13th November 2016 A really smooth flight

Day 6 in Sweden - Thursday 10th November 2016 A changing population After a lovely afternoon and evening with Anna Malmquist and Camilla yesterday, we had the pleasure of meeting Anna's husband over drinks at the end of the day. He works as a teacher in Kista, where we were staying, and we arranged to meet him today to look around the school. After catching up with admin we set off to the school. We were surprised to see that very few Swedish pupils attend this school becau

Day 4 in Sweden... I'm so glad that I scheduled some space for writing, thinking and exploring. I usually try to pack in as much as possible so this is quite an achievement for me. ​After writing up my notes it's time to take in some more of the sights. Musical lights at Uppsala We (Kofi & me) decide to travel to the very north of Stockholm to Uppsala because we heard that they have some amazing lights there. It was quite a long journey and I think we were probably a bit

Here in Sweden... My adventure continues despite the first heavy snow of the season. It feels like Christmas in Scandinavia and I'm loving every moment. The flowers are struggling under the weight of snow I can't believe that this is my sixth day in Sweden and I have learned so much already. What am I going to do with all this information. And anyway, who wants to know? What difference will it make? Well, I'm a bit of a dreamer and I have some big dreams about the practic

Well, here I am in Sweden at the start of my fellowship travels, but how did it all start? How it all began It all began in June last year with an email from Robin Balbernie, a WCMT fellow, encouraging me to apply for a travel fellowship. I thought that would be a dream come true but I would never qualify. Well...I was wrong. The first stage was shortlisting and that was done online. I told WCMT about myself and my desire to see how parent infant psychotherapy is delivere

My bags are packed and I'm ready to go on my travels, sponsored by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT). This is my first ever blog (yeahh...thanks Karen for challenging me to do it) and I invite you to accompany me on my travels. I will sum up each section in a sentence or two (with a picture if I have one) if you don't want to plough through the blurb. I'm assuming that not everyone has time to read the details. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust The WCMT travel