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This mental health and wellbeing feature edition is packed full of articles to inform, inspire and embed a culture of communication about good mental health and wellbeing.

August 2024

The Anti-Bullying Alliance has been working with schools and disabled young people to develop strategies and approaches that help to reduce bullying of disabled young people and those with SEN, often referred to as disablist bullying.

Ofqual has issued its guide for students in an easy-read and BSL version on their website.

A new blog from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the data released by the Government regarding absence in the autumn term 2022.

Public Health England (PHE) have produced lesson plans and activities for Year 6 upwards on a variety of areas of RHSE. All of the resources have been co-created with teachers and young people.

With school attendance becoming mandatory from today, Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families,released on Friday a letter for parents & carers of children & young people with SEND and the families that support them.

Time to Talk Day is taking place on Thursday 3rd February and is the day that Mind and Rethink Mental Illness want friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives.

Kooth, the free, safe and anonymous online support and counselling service for young people aged 11 to 18, are holding a parent information session on Wednesday 20th October at 4pm.

The government and the Children’s Commissioner have started to look more closely at those pupils who are persistently absent.

The Children’s Commissioner has hailed the Help at Hand service as a huge support for young people over the long summer holidays.

The government has released the latest data on pupil absence which shows that the level of absence is still a concern, almost two years after the last Covid lockdown.

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This article from Dr Tina Rae featured in our bi-monthly members’ magazine, nasen Connect. Join Dr Rae (a child psychologist specialising in children’s mental health) as she contemplates the impact of the pandemic on mental health

Education Support, the dedicated education mental health and wellbeing charity, have released a new report showing the reality of the role of teaching and the expanding responsibilities of  modern education.

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families has produced a timetable of activities and resources linked to themes and events happening during the Summer term.

November 2024

This free half day, in-person workshop will take place at The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham on Monday 9th December, from 1pm until 5pm.

Research published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examining the relationship between the number of suspensions, and outcomes for pupils, shows that pupils with SEND are more likely to be suspended multiple times.

The Sheila Coates Foundation has launched its rapid impact fund scheme offering mainstream secondary schools and colleges in England the chance of accessing £5,000 to support autistic students.

With the new term beginning for a large proportion of schools across the country, the Anna Freud Centre has produced new toolkits to support pupils and staff to build healthy wellbeing habits in 2022.