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Wellbeing and mental health

Teaching mental health

  As SATs approach, how can we teach children about their mental health and handling any pressure that they may...

What do you do to look after YOU?

If you work with the children or have your own children then you know how emotionally draining it can be....

How to stop intrusive thoughts

Have you experienced something difficult in your life? It might be a traumatic event, childhood trauma or just a really...

4 ways children manage stress that you might not know!

Episode 15: 4 ways children manage stress that you might not know! On today’s podcast, we are going to look...

Headteacher Update Podcast: Supporting vulnerable pupils – ACEs & trauma in the primary school

4 May 2022 Helen Frostick Shahana Knight and Dr Pooky Knightsmith This episode takes a practical look at how primary schools...

Sleeping after a traumatic event ( for you!)

Have you been through something traumatic in your life? Maybe you have been through something difficult or challenging for a...

How childhood trauma affects the brain

Have you grown up with lots of difficulties in your life? Maybe you lived with alcoholic parents, experienced domestic violence....

Helping children who have been through trauma heal through play therapy

Episode 10: Helping children who have been through trauma heal through play therapy  2020 What is childhood trauma and how...

Mental health: Classroom ideas to help pupils develop self-expression and self-regulation

  This article was originally written for head teachers update magazine  Helping children learn how to express themselves is crucial...

Therapeutic schools: Some quick wellbeing ideas

The age of the therapeutic school is upon us. Schools across England are changing practices and introducing a more reflective,...