Video: Tip #4 Yoga and Meditation – Connecting in Nature
Yoga and meditation has long been linked to good mental health and well-being. The gentle movement of the body combined with controlled breath work, encourages…
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Video: Tip #1: Connecting in Nature
So let’s talk about Mindfulness - coming into the present moment. Letting go of what came before or what might come after is crucial for our mental health.…
Video: How to recognise symptoms of anxiety in children
It is normal for young children to have worries but if these worries become intense and begin to impact their daily lives, it may be that they have an…
Video: How to spot depression in children
Teachers can support depressed children through careful observation, sensitive classroom adjustments, encouraging friendships, promoting healthy habits,…
Video: Depression and me
This short film features real-life accounts of Depression experienced by young people. Through their words, we see the importance of early intervention…
Video: Conduct Disorders: Tips for Teachers
This film gives Tips for Teachers who have a child in their class with challenging behaviours or Conduct Disorder/Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).
Video: Bulimia - Susanna's story
Susannah became bulimic while still at primary school. She was a very active child and excelled in sports and dance. In this film, she shares her experience…
Video: Boys get Anorexia too
Eating disorders are more commonly associated with girls. Boys who develop these problems are often misdiagnosed.
Video: Anxiety - Tips for Parents and carers
Dr Sian Williams explores how anxiety affects the body and explains a variety of helpful approaches parents and carers can use to support anxious chil…
Video: Anxiety and Me - Real Life Children's Experience
This short film features real-life accounts of Anxiety experienced by young people. Through their words, we see the importance of early intervention by…
Video: Smartphones and Online Safety in Schools
Smartphones and Addiction
Dopamine is a brain chemical associated with pleasure. It is released when we anticipate a reward—similar to the excitement before…
Video: Social Media and Body Image
In this film, we speak with children between the ages of 7 and 13 about their online experiences, what they have seen, and what they wish they hadn’t …
Video: Helping your child cope with stigma
“Stigma” is a powerful film that explores how stigma affects children and the shame and embarrassment parents and caregivers may experience when others…
Factsheet: What is ADHD in children?
It is characterised by difficulties in the areas of attention, level of activity and impulse control. These difficulties are present before the age of…
Video: Handling Disclosures - Children and Trauma
David Trickey, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Anna Freud Centre, offers advice to teaching staff faced with disclosures from children about traumatic…
Transcript: Handling disclosures of Trauma from children
Transcript of our film where Dr David Trickey offers advice to teaching staff faced with disclosures from children about traumatic experiences.
Video: Grief and me: children affected by loss
Death can be a taboo topic that people often don’t feel equipped to deal with. It feels especially hard when young children lose someone very close to…
Transcript: Grief and Loss: Children's voices
The young people in this film all have suffered the death of a parent at a young age. They share their communities' and schools' reactions and how we need…
Challenges
When children struggle, the causes aren't always obvious. Difficult behaviours often signal that something in their world feels overwhelming - whether…
Podcast: How to celebrate neurodiversity and learn from our children
How to celebrate neurodiversity and learn from our children
Peter Ruppert Jr
Peter Ruppert is the founder of Anxiety Fitness, a platform dedicated to supporting people affected by anxiety and panic disorder. Drawing on his own experiences,…
Podcast: How to support anxious children in school
Peter Ruppert shares his personal journey with anxiety, and the conversation highlights the need for empathy and understanding from educators and parents…
Podcast: Supporting Children Through Trauma
Dennis Ougrin, a professor of child psychiatry, discusses his work in developing Intensive Community Care Services for children with mental health issues,…
Professor Dennis Ougrin
Professor Dennis Ougrin is a prominent child and adolescent psychiatrist and an academic, holding a professorship at Queen Mary University of London and…
Jessica Bondy
Communications consultant and founder of Words Matter, working to improve children’s mental health by helping adults understand the power of their wor…
Podcast: What is the hidden impact of verbal abuse on children?
This episode covers verbal abuse, childhood, mental health, effective communication as parents and educationalists, brain development awareness, coaching,…
Podcast: Trauma and ADHD: supporting children at school and home
Today I speak with Jolene Ironside. Jolene is an Integrative Counsellor using the Arts, ADHD Coach and holistic therapist who specialises in children and…
Podcast: Understanding Tourette Syndrome in your Child
What is Tourette Syndrome, and how might it present? How can parents and carers support a child with TS, and where can they find information and advic…
Podcast: How can we support children through school avoidance?
Dr Naomi Fisher explores emotionally-based school avoidance, offering psychological insights and practical strategies to help children return to school,…
Podcast: Supporting children struggling with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)?
Dr Naomi Fisher explores emotionally-based school avoidance, offering psychological insights and practical strategies to help children return to school,…