Mindfulness: How can it help with mental health difficulties?
It is Mental Health awareness week this week and the theme for this year is Mindfulness. Earlier this year, Special Needs Jungle ran a post in conjunction with the first …
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Dying to be seen: Why is it so hard to get help from CAMHS? By Carrie Grant MBE
Tania’s note: Recently, broadcaster, Carrie Grant, quoted a tweet (shown below) from Dr Shan Hussein who had not had a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) referral accepted since …
Emotional Wellbeing in Parent Carers – Day by Day book giveaway
As a parent carer looking after our own emotional wellbeing can be a challenge at the best of times, this is why Joanna Griffin, parent carer and counselling psychologist has written Day by Day.
Provision denied: Children with SEND have had their needs and education “pushed to one side, for the convenience of the majority.”
Special Needs Jungle survey shows a widespread failure to restore disabled children’s SEND provision when children returned to school in the Autumn Term 2020. 45 recommendations sourced from parents’ comments …
How to reclaim a positive mental attitude while parenting in a pandemic
Happy New Year (if it’s not too late to say that)… But it’s more like out of the frying pan into the fire in another national lockdown. This time, the …
More parents seeking children’s mental health support in pandemic, with growing pessimism over support delays
We need to look out for ourselves and others as Child and Adolescent Mental Health waiting times increase warn Karen Wespieser MBE & Dr Jo Taylor As we plunge into …
Your gratitude messages that blew us away after a nightmare year
Renata Blower & Tania Tirraoro are full of gratitude This has not been the year any of us were expecting. For most, it’s been an unrelenting nightmare, especially for those …
Distance education resources for children and young people with SEND
This page is for distance learning and other educational resources. To find all the latest relevant guidance from the Department for Education, gathered in one place, plus all of our …
Calming Coronavirus anxiety in children (and everyone else)
*Click here to go straight to latest information for education, health and social care. The Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is whipping up a storm of uncertainty and needless panic-buying across the …
Special needs parenting: Love, determination and fury
The first time I held my eldest as a newborn, it hit me that my needs would never come first again. It may sound strange, but it hadn’t quite occurred …
Autism and Anxiety: What helps?
Anxiety appears to be increasing in children in recent years, or is it perhaps that we just appreciate its existence more these days than when I was a child? Whatever …
The emotional impact of parenting a disabled child
Instead of writing my own post for Mental Health Week, I’d like to share my column today with Jo Griffin, a Counselling Psychologist and parent carer. I met Jo through …
High-Functioning Trafford
We deliver a range of groups and activities for families affected by autism (for example pizza making, learning karate, for children and their siblings; mindfulness course for parents), as well …
Helping carers and disabled children with Qigong
We are all living in stressful times. World events, both near and far, can leave us feeling anxious, fearful and on edge. When you are also dealing with illness and …
How Yoga can help your special needs child
We’ve run a couple of posts on SNJ from Lorraine Senior about Reflexology for children with special needs. They were really appreciated by readers so I’m delighted to be able to bring …
The 12 “Dos” of Christmas for parents of disabled children
Christmas is almost upon us and it seems like it’s been a long time coming. The retail hype seems to start earlier each year so it’s no wonder many parents …
EHCP Assessment: SNJ’s “Get started” Checklist
If you think your child’s evident (to you) needs will ensure that they will get the help they need, think again. There is a lot of information available, but it …