Raising children is a heart-warming journey, full of highs, sometimes lows, and everything in between. But sometimes, what we might miss are the quieter signals our children send us, especially when they’re struggling with their mental health. The latest figures...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...