Video: How to support a pupil with disordered eating
In this short, practical film, Dr Sian Williams provides evidence-based guidance for teachers, school staff, and pastoral teams on how to support a pupil…
Video: Supporting a pupil who is self-harming
Dr Sian Williams, a practitioner specialising in trauma, provides practical guidance for recognising and responding to signs of distress in young peop…
Video: Supporting pupils with emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is not a matter of defiance or poor behaviour, but a response to intense anxiety and emotional distress that…
Video: Recognising Conduct Disorder: Part One
Conduct disorder can look like defiance, aggression, or a persistent disregard for rules. This film explains the key symptoms to look out for and what…
Video: Recognising Conduct Disorder: Part Two
Conduct disorder can look like defiance, aggression, or a persistent disregard for rules. This film explains the key symptoms to look out for and what…
Video: Understanding Dyslexic children
In this film, we meet Ayana and Sophie, who talk about what it feels like to live and learn with dyslexia, while Professor Maggie Snowling explains what…
Video: Treating OCD and BDD in children and young people
In this video, Dr Bruce Clark, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses his extensive experience in treating OCD and BDD. He emphasises…
Video: Coping with scary and distressing memories
UK Trauma Council has produced a series of short videos - this is on coping with trauma and distressing memories.
Video: Anxious pupils: tips for teachers
Dr Sian Williams delivers tips for teachers dealing with anxious pupils: how to reassure them and create a calming environment.
Video: Understanding Self-Harm
Self-harm is when you hurt yourself as a way of dealing with very difficult feelings, painful memories or overwhelming situations and experiences. It can…
Video: How to support a child with disordered eating
Dr Sian Williams delivers guidance to support parents and carers who are concerned about a child’s eating. For families, noticing changes in eating can…
Video: Raising an autistic child
Carrie and David describe how their happy child began to feel excluded and different when they started school. The outside world is so structured towards…
Video: PTSD and me: real life experiences
Exposure to traumatic events is very common in young people. After a trauma, a child may feel distressed, tearful or in shock; if these feelings persist,…
Video: Autism Spectrum: Tips for Teachers
Dr Sian Williams speaks about strategies and tips for teachers with autistic pupils in the classroom
Video: 12. Boost positive emotions
Broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig discusses the importance of parents being kind to themselves and building new routines when old ones are lost.
Video: Being Dad: Fathers reflect on raising autistic children
In families with autistic children, Dads can find themselves navigating family life without many people asking how they're getting on. Three fathers talk…
Video: Living with Autism: Dan & Charlie
Dan tells us how his 9-year-old son Charlie was diagnosed as autistic and what his has meant for their daily life.
Video: Emily's Journey from Self-Harm to recovery
Emily talks about her journey through self-harm to recovery and what she would say to her 13-year-old self.
Video: ADHD in children - Tips for teachers
Neurodivergent children respond differently to anxiety and being in the classroom. Sian Williams gives us tips that can help teachers understand pupils…
Video: Understanding Dyslexia with Marcia Brissett Bailey
Marcia Brissett-Bailey (author of "Black, brilliant and Dyslexic") shares her experiences with the intersectionality of the issues she's faced and how…
Video: How to help your child sleep
This film sees Dr Sian Williams give parents and carers with a child who is struggling to sleep.
Video: Self Harm in Children
This film sees Dr Sian Williams give parents and carers who discover that their child is self-harming advice and tips to help them feel empowered, and…
Video: My Voice Matters
We’re excited to join Place2Be with the focus on “My Voice Matters” by highlighting the many voices of the children whose experiences and perspectives…
Video: What are Conduct Disorders?
Conduct Disorders are mental and behavioural problems in young people and the most common reason for a child to be referred to Child and Adolescent Mental…