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 …
Category: Mental Health
Is Peer Support a replacement for professional mental health support?
Over 50% of Mental Health problems start in childhood and we are all well aware of the difficulties many children have in accessing appropriate treatment from their local Children and …
Top tips for mindful parents in developing your children’s resilience
The theme of last week’s Children’s Mental Health week was Resilience and, although I’ve written about this subject on SNJ before, I thought it was worth revisiting because, in my …
Are things looking up for children’s Social, Emotional and Mental Health services?
Every child in England designated as having a special educational need (SEN) will have a primary need falling under one of four main types: Cognition and learning, Communication and Interaction, …
Anti-Bullying Week: How to help a victim of bullying
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will ALWAYS hurt me…possibly for a very long time! It’s anti-bullying week 2015 – a year since I wrote the last …
Selective Mutism: When anxiety shuts down the power to speak
In the past, our youngest has struggled with selective mutism, as part of their autism. Anxiety and sensory overload can cause “freeze” from the fight, flight or freeze response. However, …
Mental Capacity and young people with SEND: A quick primer
Earlier this week I attended the SEND seminar of the law firm, Boyes Turner who represent families having difficulties getting the SEN or disability support they need. The firm is …
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 …
Who’s looking at your kids’ photos online -and not in a good way?
A story in the Independent newspaper has make me lurch up from my sickbed to highlight something I have known about for some time, but just not the scale of …
£35 million cuts to children’s Mental Health services: Speak up to stop CAMHS cuts!
In January 2015, the government pledged £1.25 billion funding for improving children’s mental health services. A Children’s Mental Health Taskforce was set up and produced some findings in a “Future in …
Living with Mr Worry – tips from a mum
Like many families, we have several of the Mr Men in our home. Mr Grumpy, who arrives with my son (and husband) when it’s time to wake up every morning; Mr …
Counselling and mental health services: Will they still be delivered?
The mental health of our young people has been in the headlines a lot recently with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) services have been described as ‘unfit for …
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 …
CAMHS “Future in Mind” Will it really mean a change for the better?
It’s tough being a young person today. When I was a girl, you had to be a child actor to grow up in the public eye, but today, it’s like …
Talking about self-harm: Prepare to be aware
Self-harm. It’s something that many find hard to understand. Why would you intentionally hurt yourself? When we hear about it, it’s usually in relation to young people, most often girls. …
Children’s Mental Health: Our experience of CAMHS nearly broke us
The children’s charity, Place2Be have launched the first Children’s Mental Health Week this week. The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday spoke of her and her and Prince William’s belief that early …
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 …
Supporting your child through the anguish of bullying
It’s almost the end of Anti-Bullying Week and as we started the week talking about bullying and SEND young people, I thought it would be fitting to end it with …
Anti-Bullying Week: Violent Bullying of SEND children widespread in England’s schools
It’s Anti-Bullying Week this week. New figures show that 40% of young people in an ongoing research study of English schools said they had been bullied in the previous year. …
World Mental Health Day – Some healthy thinking tips
Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day and I thought it would be a good opportunity to write about keeping your mental health in a good place. Time is often …