with Tina Coope, Education Lead, PANS PANDAS UK SNJ is 17 years old this month, and in that time we’ve seen many developments in children’s health, including new conditions, diagnostic changes …
with Esther Freeman, EFT practitioner If your child struggles with school anxiety and you don’t know where to turn, you may be interested in a free workshop being offered for …
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week again. It doesn’t seem possible a year has passed since the previous one; my life seems to be on fast-forward most of the time. Place2Be …
with Dr Hope Christie, Edinburgh University While much of the country is going about their business as if the pandemic is over, many parents of disabled children feel like their …
With Clare Ward, Speech and Language Therapist/ CBT Practitioner, and James Galpin, Developmental Psychologist *This post is in partnership with Jessica Kingsley Publishing Uncertainty is something we have all had …
A new online service from UK-wide charity Dogs for Good, which supports families with an autistic child, says the pandemic has meant demand for its service has recently doubled. Dogs …
With so many children with SEND finding school an anxiety-inducing experience, has home learning during the coronavirus lockdown helped, or exacerbated the state of their mental health? Families will also …
*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 …
Depression is an increasingly common issue in children and adolescents. Today we’re reviewing Starving the Depression Gremlin – a cognitive behavioural therapy workbook on managing depression for young people by …
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 …
My son, Monty, has autism as well as many other, co-morbid conditions. Co-morbidities are conditions which overlap with the ASD diagnosis; for example he has chronic anxiety, ADHD, Tics, Dyslexia …
I decided to write about this as a result of an article I posted on SNJ’s social media a while back about autism and empathy. It had such a great response …
It’s that time of the term again here in the Aspland household. Tests! One week every term is handed over to testing what my children know. Now, I am not …
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, …
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 …
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme chosen for 2014 is Anxiety, something that affects children with special needs to an extraordinary degree. All children are anxious on occasion, …
Tania writes… A new online service for adolescents with mental health problems is being launched today (Friday 5th July 2013). The service at mindfull.org is aimed at young people aged 11 to …
Tania writes: Eighteen months ago, Asperger’s Son1 signed up for the trip of a lifetime. His special(ist) school had joined up with World Challenge to organise a month-long expedition to …
