Tag: anxiety
Back to school anxiety in children
Returning to school after the summer holidays has always been an anxious time for children, whatever their age but the pandemic has added to...
The Anxiety Workbook For Supporting Teens Who Learn Differently: A Framework...
The authors have experience of health, social services and education, as well as working in multi-disciplinary teams and supporting children, young people and their...
Point of view: parent : PDA doesn’t exist, apparently
Tom Browne fights for his children’s education.
Let me talk about my son George who is 13 and has autism with the Pathological Demand Avoidance...
School avoidance : Unlocking brighter futures
Samantha Lea discusses how the right balance of academic and vocational opportunities in a nurturing supportive environment can provide even the most long-term school...
ADHD and the classroom – Why is it so hard to...
The challenges of the classroom
No child was born to sit still. They are programmed to always be on the go; whether that’s running, jumping,...
Recovery – Starting Again
Children and young adults with disabilities, and the process of arriving into a world made different by the pandemic
A thought in many parents’ and...
Layla’s Life, My Words: An Insight Into the World Of a...
This is a very personal record of one family’s journey to educate other people and professionals about the difficulties their daughter Layla faced. The...
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children
Dr Beardon has been working in the field of autism for decades, in capacities ranging from practitioner to researcher to trainer and lecturer. He...
Autism, anxiety and some surprising lockdown wins
We all know about the downsides of quarantine, but Karen Massey shares some surprising upsides to lockdown for children with autism.
A core component of...
High anxiety
How does anxiety affect children and what can schools do to help? Amy Phipps and Sandra Dunsmuir explain all
