by RevPR | Oct 30, 2023 | Mental Health & Therapies, News, Parenting
Supporting our children in managing the complexities and pressures of modern life is more important than ever. Recent findings from the NHS revealed that more than one in three children and adolescents with a diagnosable mental health condition get access to NHS care...
by RevPR | Jul 17, 2023 | Mental Health & Therapies, Parenting
Over the past five years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of children experiencing mental health issues. According to the NHS, the percentage of 7 to 16-year-olds with probable mental health disorders has increased from 12% in 2017 to 18% by the end of 2022....
by Katie | Jan 9, 2023 | Parenting
A little while ago a colleague and close friend of mine told me that she’d just completed a ‘love bombing’ weekend with her 10 year old daughter. “A what?” I replied, wondering whether she’d been on some kind of new age camping trip. Of course it was nothing of the...
by Katie | Dec 7, 2022 | Anxiety, General Psychology, Mental Health & Therapies, Parenting
Emotional-based school avoidance is on the increase. The latest Government statistics show that the percentage of ‘persistent absentees’ (missing 50% of schooling) has increased every year from 2015/2016 to 2020/2021. In primary schools, there was a 0.4% increase to...
by Head Office | Aug 26, 2022 | ASD, Educational Difficulties, Looked After & Adopted Children, Parenting
Unique Strengths and Challenges Like all children, children with autism1 have their own unique experiences of being in the school environment. They will have personal strengths, and they will experience challenges too. Whilst autistic children do not have a unilateral...
by Head Office | Mar 15, 2022 | Anxiety, ASD, Parenting, Relationships, Your Stories
The Tale of the Feather of a Bee Hummingbird and a Glacial Boulder By Anon During a recent phone conversation with a GP locum about my daughter’s depression, he said something bewildering: He apologised to me about her autism. Stephen Fry infamously said that, if...