Top tips for introducing a School Dog to help your students
with Cherryl Drabble, SEND educator Support and animals can have a very beneficial effect on children with additional needs or who have experienced trauma. But not every child who needs …
Category: Therapy
Let’s MOVE! Supporting disabled children to get their movement skills back on track
with Charlotte Peck of Enham Trust and Move Europe During the pandemic, thousands of disabled children and young people who rely on therapies such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and hydrotherapy …
Why Family Therapy can break down the barriers we didn’t know were there
I post quite frequently on the SNJ Facebook and Twitter accounts, articles about mental health difficulties faced by young people today. The posts come from a wide variety of sources …
Help your child relax with a ‘positive touch’ reflexology routine
We’re really pleased to have another post from reflexologist, Lorraine Senior who you can find today and tomorrow at the TES SEN show in London. **** Some time ago, I …
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 …
Sensory Occupational Therapy for Sensory Processing Disorder
Emily Alexander has a magical secret… she works for Santa at The International Elf Service. She is also a Registered Osteopath and a Mum to a wonderful little boy who has …
The power of reflexology on children with special needs
I’ve long had an interest in the use of alternative therapies and took Youngest to see a Bowen Therapist when he was just six weeks old and his clicky hip …
The magical effect of music and song for your Special Needs Child
Christina Lydon is one of those gems that you stumble across on social media, someone doing something interesting, worthwhile and more importantly, changing the lives of children with SEN. She is …