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…
Category: Education
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…
Screen Time for Autistic Children
Jonas Torrance is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and a behaviour consultant, who has worked with autistic children for over 30 years. He also facilitates…
Talking about dementia with very young children: why it helps and how to go about it
In this blog, Lynda Moore, the author of My Book about Brains, Change and Dementia introduces her new picture book about dementia, which encourages good…
Are EYFS Professionals Underestimating Creativity and Performance Skills?
Nikky Smedley’s educational work is prolific. She has taught around Europe and the UK, focusing on vocational dance and theatre training, in EYFS, primary and…
Food Refusal and Avoidant Eating in Children
Take note of these Five Top Tips for mealtimes from Dr Gillian Harris ahead of her new book, co-authored with Dr Elizabeth Shea, Food Refusal and…
Telling a Child About their Autism
This blog is a helpful, in-depth exploration of deciding on the right time to tell a child about their autism diagnosis, and judging whether they…
Award Winning Books for Early Years Practitioners… ?
It has been a fantastic year for our list of books for early years practitioners already, with new varied and truly insightful titles growing our…
Take a look at our new Pastoral Care and SEN catalogue
Our new catalogue provides a full list of new and bestselling resources on important issues for primary, secondary and special schools, including: mental health, counselling,…
25% of Early Years Staff are Considering Leaving the Profession due to Stress
A blog by Sonia Mainstone-Cotton. Earlier this month (June ‘18) Pre-school Learning Alliance released their Minds Matter[1] report looking at the impact working in the…