5 Activity Sheets to Start Healthy Dialogues with Students
By Richy K. Chandler, author and illustrator of Lucy the Octopus Alongside writing and illustrating my own stories, I’ve also been running comic creation workshops…
Category: Education
A spelling activity for children with dyslexia – Spelling Corks!
A spelling activity taken from The Big Book of Dyslexia Activities for Kids and Teens by Gavin Reid, Nick Guise and Jennie Guise. Packed with fun,…
Men in Early Years Settings
New book, Men in Early Years Settings, explores the role of male professionals in early years teaching and provides guidance for practitioners, managers and policy…
Social Stories – Siobhan Timmins and Social Articles into Adulthood
Dr Siobhan Timmins is an approved Satellite Trainer in Social Stories™ and offers training in the approach to parents, professionals, and NHS staff. She is an…
One Giant Step for Children Everywhere!
THE GIANT FROM NOWHERE My name is Frances Dickens and I worked as a primary school teacher in an inner London school. Many of the…
18 in 18: A Chromosome and a Year
JKP author, researcher and speaker Kate E. Reynolds recently travelled to the Chromosome 18 Europe conference, to speak to attendees about sexuality and relationships. Here,…
Dyslexia: the transition from school to college doesn’t have to be difficult
Learning support advisor Ann-Marie McNicholas describes how there are many options available to young people with dyslexia when they leave school, which they might not…
We need to rethink our approach towards teenage mental health and the internet
Victoria Betton and James Woollard discuss the need for mental health practitioners to rethink the relationship between adolescent mental health and the internet. Their article…
Improving the Psychological Wellbeing of Children – A World Mental Health Day Blog
Over recent years, every survey has indicated both an increase in psychological distress amongst children and young people and a serious lack of capacity in…
Explaining Terrorism to Children: What is Terrorism?
One thing is for sure, terror will strike again, and it will feature massively in the media. Children will see and hear about it and…