Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health challenges for children
Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its...
A look at how mental health and well-being affects early years practitioners and young children.
Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its...
Understanding mental health issues in babies requires specific expertise – yet this means they are...
June O’Sullivan, CEO of London Early Years Foundation, considers why a sense of belonging is...
Caroline Vollans explores why early years employers should be more supportive of staff with severe...
Tuning into children is a vital part of practice, says June O’Sullivan, CEO of London Early Years...
June O'Sullivan, CEO of London Early Years Foundation, considers why building resilience is positive...
In the first of a new series, June O’Sullivan, CEO of London Early Years Foundation, considers how...
What can be done to help children separated from parents serving in the military? Meredith Jones...
Having childcare ‘substantially’ boosts women’s mental health, research into the impact of school...
In this extract from new Early Years Alliance publication Prioritising Children's Mental Health and...
Children’s mental health services are ‘buckling under pressure’ in the wake of the pandemic, says...
Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their...
What can early years settings do to support children whose primary caregivers have been arrested and...
How are schools across England welcoming and supporting the needs of children who have fled...
More than 70 per cent of parents don’t think there is enough mental health support available for...
As we approach World Mental Health Day, it’s worth honing in on the mental health of our children...
Natalie Kane has won BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind Award (individual category) 2021 for the mental...
How can early years staff support and nurture children in their settings affected by trauma and...
Two-thirds of early years practitioners report that the pandemic has had an impact on their mental...
Online group singing programmes for new mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression has been found...
Resources to support the mental health of new fathers; parents who had a baby during the pandemic,...
A health visitor programme, which involved parents being filmed playing and eating with their...
Babies and toddlers are often overlooked in mental health provision for children, according to a new...
What influence do practitioners’ childhoods have on their own wellbeing and the way they respond to...
Children whose mothers join them in pretend play are less likely to exhibit behavioural problems...
A free webinar on how to support bereaved children in early years settings is being hosted by the...
Primary school children in the UK are not engaging in outdoor adventurous play or playing outdoors...
One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per...
The biggest ever consultation with children in England is being launched by the children’s...
Researchers are developing the first ever Europe-wide survey to track the well-being of children as...
Dedicated mental health ‘hubs’ for new, expectant and bereaved mums are being set up across England...
Children at Papdale Nursery in Scotland’s Orkney Islands have been donated 94 knitted trauma...
Children’s social and emotional well-being should be put at the heart of their return to school, a...
From trauma to bereavement and domestic abuse, the majority of nursery workers are encountering...
The toll of Covid-induced stress has left one in five childcare workers at the point of resignation,...
Children’s mental health services need a ‘rocket boost’ in funding if they are to support the one in...
Parental stress, depression, and anxiety have again increased since new national restrictions have...
Early years practitioners are being invited to take part in a survey to help improve staff...
The Government has demanded ‘urgent’ action on ‘completely unacceptable’ food parcels sent to...
Loss of contact with friends contributed to a decline in children’s mental health and well-being...
Early years practitioners are being asked to participate in a survey to explore the mental health...
A free online course to support children’s mental health and wellbeing has been launched by the Open...
Love the Outdoors is the theme of this year’s Outdoor Classroom Day, which will be celebrated on 5...
An appeal for an ‘energetic and sustained’ response to childhood trauma has been launched today...
Half of parents (51 per cent) are concerned about their children’s mental health and well-being as...
A new resource aimed at helping early years workers improve the mental health and development of the...
Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, has warned that a mental health service...
A Labour MP has tabled a motion calling for children’s needs be made a focus of any reforms to the...
Getting children moving can ‘kick-start’ a solution to the children’s mental health crisis,...
With high rates of stress in the early years workforce, allowing staff to have relaxing breaks away...