Tag: anxiety
The Anxiety Coach
Every Parent’s Guide to building Resilience In Their Child
Michael Hawton is a registered psychologist and former school teacher. He has published two previous books...
Fixing those pesky mental images
Louise Barnes's fascinating account of how she approaches dyslexia. Warning: may contain traces of alien-octo-spider and blue bacteria.
I'm a former primary teacher, now giving...
Boosting communication skills for well-being
When children with SEN can express how they are feeling, the world becomes a better place, writes Kim Graham.
Imagine not being able to join...
Tourette’s
Lucy Toghill on a widely-misunderstood neurological condition.
Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, known more commonly as Tourette Syndrome, TS or Tourette's, typically starts around the...
School refusal
Naomi Humber on the causes and signs of school refusal, and what to do when it happens.
School refusal, also known as school phobia or...
Toxic stress and the developing brain
Mine Conkbayir on the precarious process of early brain development.
At a neurobiological and physiological level, children under stress cannot learn and they will fail...
Brain differences are normal
Parenting can be confusing, lonely, frustrating, frightening, sad, demoralising, funny, wonderful, and intensely passionate, says Alicia Drummond.
As the neurodiversity movement has evolved, the focus...
Brick by brick
Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta on building skills and learning through play.
Children's brains are designed to absorb information about their world through playful...
