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Reflections after 2 years creating the Nip in the Bud podcast
Educationalist Alis Rocca looks back at 2 years of hosting Nip in the Bud’s Children’s Mental Health podcast and some of the key themes that keep coming up.
The overlapping worlds of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) in children and young people
A reflection on our conversation about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) in children and young people with consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Bruce Clark.
How Children Build Meaning Through Play: A Mother-Daughter Conversation on Teaching, Trauma, and Transformation
This article explores Olive Austin’s teaching journey and her belief in play as essential to early childhood development. Through a conversation with her daughter, it highlights the importance of emotional connection, teacher presence, and child-led learning.
“Adolescence”: How could Early Intervention have changed the outcomes of real life experiences?
How could Early Intervention have changed the outcomes of real life experiences behind the story of “Adolescence”? The Importance of Children’s Mental Health and Emotional Literacy in Families and Schools. The…
Stigma and Autism – A grandmother shares her experience
The personal experience and journey of a grandmother whose granddaughter was diagnosed as Autistic. What was my initial reaction to the diagnosis of autism? Disbelief, grief, concern and worry over stigma. For the first three weeks, I didn’t tell anyone. Then I decided to open up.
How to move towards a smartphone free childhood
This article summarises the Nip in the Bud Podcast on how to move towards a smartphone free childhood and focuses on the pressures felt by children, parents and school professionals…
Green Time not Screen Time
Reading this you might be a partway into the summer break. Weather might be a mixed bag, and devices might have run out of charge mid scroll. I’m Charlotte and…
Parenting and educating a Neurodivergent child
Advice from clinical psychologist and author of “How to have incredible conversations with your child” Dr Bettina Hohnen?
Verbal abuse – more than just sticks and stones
And, yet, it’s impossible to go through life and not have the experience of being hurt by someone else’s words, somewhere. Indeed, it makes me wonder if that age-old response…
Support for fathers of children with additional needs
In this blog we talk to Michael Charles, who runs a Dads Group in Gwent for parents of children with additional needs. He works for NHS Wales Children with Additional Needs Service and is a father of four.
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