5 Ways to Support Your Child With Anxiety
Supporting Your Child Through the Cost of Living Crisis
As a nation we have just emerged from a global pandemic, and yet we now find ourselves in a different crisis altogether. We’ve seen living costs rise to a 40 year high, putting..
Does My Child Have Separation Anxiety?
Intrinsic to our humanity is a need to feel safe, familiar and secure. A child’s earliest attachments are where they find these needs being met and when they know who they can..
The Impact of Puberty on Mental Health
For many young people, the transition from childhood to adulthood can be a confusing and overwhelming time. It’s a time of physical, emotional, psychological and social change..
Anxiety and Hyperactivity: A Teacher's Guide
Mental health, how we think, feel and regulate our emotions, is something that we all have. Just like our physical health, mental health is something that can deteriorate at..
Moving to a New School: Supporting Your Child's Mental Health
The experience of starting a new school can spark a whole host of feelings for children. For some the prospect of change leads to excitement and curiosity, for others it can mean..
How do I get my child to talk to me?
Why doesn't my child talk to me? So many parents I speak to ask me; “how do I get through to my child?” They’ll say “They seem so reluctant to talk to me about how they’re..
Helping Your Child to be Body Positive
For many children and young people, how they see themselves, and other people’s perception of them is incredibly important. Their view of self and body image, in particular, can..
Developing Oracy Skills at Key Stage 2 with Speech Therapy Strategies
This week Minister for school standards Robin Walker acknowledged phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent..
Protecting your child’s mental health when they’re using social media
Social media is an inescapable part of the lives of our young people today. A recent report found that 94.8% of 15-year-olds in the UK used social media before or after school..
