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Taking care of mental health issues early is important for children’s emotional development. For younger children, they may not yet have the communication skills to express how they are feeling. Access to speech and language therapy can help break the silence
#TimeToTalkDayTalking about mental health is difficult for everyone, but even more so for young people with speech, language and communication needs.
45% of young people referred for mental health services have communication difficulties. Access to speech and language therapy can help them break the silence.
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It's children’s mental health week this week. This year’s theme is 'Find your Brave'. To mark the week we are offering the latest resource in our wellbeing series 'Resilience' at 15% OFF.
This pack allows professionals to engage with young people, to help develop essential resilience and problem solving skills. Adolescence is a real window of opportunity to teach new skills, capabilities and strategies to support young people to maintain good mental health in adult life.
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The Black Sheep Press resilience pack is a resource for professionals to support young people develop resilience skills. Aimed at children aged 11+Nicola Robinson
In 'WORDS FOR WELLBEING ANIMATION' Professor Courtenay Norbury talks about the connections between Developmental Language Disorder and social, emotional and mental health difficulties.
To see the video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=-orJLnCgGJw&feature=youtu.be
For resources to support language skills in children with DLD visit bit.ly/BSPlang
Fantastic to hear Baroness Meacher pointing out the urgent need to provide professional mental health care and help with communication problems for children at risk of exclusion. She goes on to set out the economic case for doing so... worth a listen
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If you want to see how you can use Black Sheep Press Barrier Concepts or Pronouns packs, it is worth checking out Chatty Therapy resources videos. The pronouns pack is now in colour so no colouring needed!
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Pronouns is a pack of games and activities designed to develop understanding and use of simple pronouns - ‘he', ‘she’ and ‘they’.Toni Howarth have a look through. If you think they're any good for us, I will get them