EHCAP News

Maternal Mental Health Awareness

Deciding to become a parent when you have chronic depression and anxiety is never going to be easy. It is a decision that involves a lot of thought and consultation. And in my case, it was a decision that involved my psychiatrist. A blog by Lucy Howard.

The Conversation about Mental Health

'We need to gain confidence in talking about mental health and illness not as a neat dichotomy but a messy, nuanced spectrum. We all like simple categories and answers, but the sooner we recognise that mental health doesn’t play this game, the better' See more about this topic by clicking the link below.

Emotion Coaching Activities for very young children

Dr Sarah Temple and Becca O'Mahony have collaborated to produce an exciting array of Emotion Coaching activities for children age 0-5 years

Crowd Funding

Check out our e-learning modules and support our crowd funding appeal

Books to help children and families tune in to their emotions

Mrs H has been busy again and put together a lovely blog with details of books that our learning community have said they love and use with children and families.

• Early Years and Emotion Coaching
• Sample resource from My First Emotions
• The Hand Model in action

The Science of Adversity

The science of adversity - the lifelong implications for mental and physical wellbeing

• Biological effects of excessive stress
• Inflammation- what is it and why does it matter?
• Talking about Toxic Stress

Early Years and Duchess Kate

Introducing The Royal Foundation’s landmark research on the Early Years Written by Lucy Howard, blogger at Mrs H’s favourite things On Friday, 27th November 2020, the Duchess of Cambridge unveiled the biggest ever UK study on the Early Years. Drawing on science, this research tells us that a child’s experiences in their early years will go on to affect their lives as adults and their contribution as members of society.

British Medical Journal

Introducing the British Medical Journal Paper- 'Adversity in childhood is linked with mental and physical health throughout life' written by Lucy Howard, a blogger at Mrs H's favourite things

• Linking adversity in childhood with mental and physical health

Latest brief from Center on the Developing Child

Recently a fantastic and incredibly interesting research brief has been produced by the Center on the Developing Child based at Harvard University. The work of this Centre, led by Dr Jack P Shonkoff, provides a solid evidence base for the theories behind Mindful Emotion Coaching and Adverse Childhood Experience (MACE).

Somerset Emotion Coaching Project

EHCAP is delighted to have been successful in securing funding for a further year working with Public Health on The Somerset Emotion Coaching Project.

• Parent and Young People helplines and text offers in Somerset
• PRESS RELEASE July 2020
• West Somerset Opportunities Report 2019-20

Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic with Compassion - Dr Sarah Temple

Stress, Resilience and the Role of Science: Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic with compassion

• Free e-learning modules- talking about feelings and emotions
• Coping Tips for Front Line Staff
• Looking After Your Too- Coaching Support for Primary Care staff

EHCAP Young People's Voice

Shane Dangar has joined EHCAP and will be leading our 'Young People's Voice' which underpins everything we do.

Working with HMP Cardiff

Yesterday Lucy, Andy, Rachel and I spent the day working together with Prison Educators from across Wales talking about the biology of stress and adversity.

• MACE for Prison Service

School Readiness Project

Embedding learning from Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University into Early Years settings as part of the school readiness programme in Dulverton, West Somerset

The Little Book of Coaching Wellness

Dr Sarah Temple has put together a 'Little Book of Coaching Wellness and Responding to ACEs' and is streaming it for free

• Flyer- The Little Book of Coaching Wellness
• Flyer- Responding to Adversity
• Flyer- Early Years

Coaching wellness

EHCAP has started working with medical students developing our coaching wellness plan for a peer mentoring programme. EHCAP believes in building skills and capabilities in Emotion Intelligence with the next generation of doctors and we are delighted to be part of this project.

• Flyer- Coaching Wellness
• Flyer- The Wellness Plan
• Facts4Life and Mindful Emotion Coaching

Hand Outs for MACE Workshops

EHCAP is cascading Mindful Emotion Coaching and Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) awareness across he Essex Children and Family Wellbeing Service. Please click the links on this page to access downloadable handouts.

• MACE WEBINAR ONE - POWERPOINT
• Health and Learning are Deeply Interconnected- October 2020, Center on the Developing Child
• The science behind meditation- online use

Social Prescribing and Wellness Coaching for Families

The EHCAP team have put together a Wellness Coaching Social Prescribing model for children, young people and families

• Social Prescribing Powerpoint for Conference
• Brief framework for Wellness Coaching
• Mindful Emotion Coaching Facts4Life

Tuning in to Kids

Tuning in to Kids have opened their European Centre in Oslo and are now promoting courses

• Tuning into Kids Oslo September 2019

Child Safeguarding in Primary Care

There's lots to celebrate in Primary Care but there are difficulties too - this powerpoint takes a look at EHCAP Founder Dr Sarah Temple's learning journey from her student elective in child psychiatry through working in an aboriginal community in Western Australia to application of Working Together 2018 statutory guidance. Once you've had a look through the powerpoint you may find our CPD article useful too.

• Mindful Emotion Coaching - building skills in noticing and sitting with
• Somerset Mindful Emotion Coaching Report April 2019
• Hampshire- building skills in communicating acrss services

Young People Wellness Coaching

Video footage from the 2018 gathering of Wellness Coaches in Sherborne, Dorset

• Linking ACEs with the importance of Self Care
• Neurodiversity Celebration Week
• Social Prescribing case study - Adam and his Mum

ACEs, Toxic Stress and Youth Wellness

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - how can reduction in ACEs support the global Sustainable Development Goal of reducing inequalities?

• Toxic Stress and ACEs - Alpiri Resources
• Responding to ACES- published May 2019 Public Health Wales
• The Lancet 2017 - meta analysis of international data on outcomes and 4 or more ACEs

Coaching and Wellness Plan

Parents and Young People tell us that they want emotional and mental health support available in the community. Specialist CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) is increasingly difficult to access quickly and sometimes families wait for six weeks or more unsure of what they can do. We provide on line coaching support for parents and young people.

• Your Wellness Plan
• Wellness Wheel to use with wellness plan
• Powerpoint Audio to use alongside the Coaching Plan

data and governance documents

Changes to Data Processing - updates to EHCAP governance.

• EHCAP Ltd Privacy Policy May 2020
• Letter to email list Emotion Coaching
• Conflict of Interest Policy

Resilience Model for Schools

Pulling together the vast range of resources available to schools into a Practical Framework for Developing Resilience

• Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Young People
• Somerset Emotion Coaching Project Report 2017
• Powerpoint for 2018 Public Health Training in Somerset

SHARE News

SHARE Newsletters

• SHARE News February 2018
• SHARE News July 2018
• SHARE News March 2020

Whole School Approach to Maintaining Mental Health

EHCAP Ltd is working in Somerset with staff and parents in schools and across childrens' services finding innovative ways to maintain mental health into adulthood.

• Managing emerging emotional and mental health difficulties in Primary Care
• School SLT Audit Tool
• Tuning in to Kids Parenting Group

Connecting across our Emotion Coaching Community

Join our meetings, discover on line Emotion Coaching parenting groups and more!!

• News January 2019
• October 2018 - ACEs and Mindful Emotion Coaching
• May 2018 Emotion Coaching Update

August News

Sharing news from the Young People Engagement Project, Parenting groups in Somerset and more!

June Newsletter

Thank you once again to Vision Works for including our News in their Newsletter- next month we will produce our own!! Please also see here a fabulous leaflet for parents put together by Andy Leafe and a copy of the Summary Findings 2015.

• June 2016 Newsletter
• Somerset Emotion Coaching- executive summary
• Somerset Emotion Coaching- Full Report

Mindful Emotion Coaching Cascading Presentations

Champions now in their second year working with us are cascading Mindful Emotion Coaching

• Yeovil District Hospital Workshops 1 to3 commencing May 10
• Handout for Workshop One YDH How to Reflect Feelings
• Hand Out YDH Workshop One Emotion Words

Emotion Coaching Parenting Groups in Yeovil

Clare Wilson and Sharron Ricketts are running more Tuning in to Kids and Tuning in to Teens Parenting Groups in Yeovil this year

• Parenting Programme Referral
• Tuning in to Kids FLYER
• Tuning in to Kids Invitation Letter

April Newsletter - Mindful Emotion Coaching

Public Health Funded Mindful Emotion Coaching have decided on the champions who will be trained in 2016 and we make plans for our first 2016 County Wide Emotion Coaching Meeting on May 25th in Monks Yard Ilminster...

• County Meeting May 25th
• Thresholds and Risk Management - Jane Weatheril
• One Day Catch Up Training with EHCAP

March Newsletter- Mindful Emotion Coaching Somerset

Following on from the success of our dissemination conference in Taunton (see presentations at http://www.ehcap.co.uk/news/emotion-coaching- ) we are now supporting champions across Somerset as they continue to cascade Emotion Coaching into their organisations. Details of the meetings we have planned can be found at emotioncoachingsomerset.co.uk - along with links to useful sources of information and the training materials from last year.

• Time Plan for County Meeting 25th May
• Jane Weatherill- Thresholds and Risk Management
• Powerpoint for 25th May

Emotion Coaching

Bath Spa University and EHCAP Ltd are delighted to announce that we will be training a further 40 Emotion Coaching champions in 2016 while supporting embedding the cascading process with the existing 130 champions

• Outline of Time Line for 2016-17

Parenting Groups

Tuning in to Kids - Emotionally Intelligent Parenting - a 6 session parenting program for parents of Primary School Children in Yeovil beginning January 2016

• Tuning in to Kids Parenting Group Yeovil
• Detail of Tuning in to Kids
• Headspace- The science behind mindfulness and meditation

Emotion Coaching Presentations

As we reach the end of our first year working with Public Health, Somerset County Council our Emotion Coaching Champions are cascading into their work place and share their learning with presentations - power points, prezis and video

• Emotion Coaching Peer Mentoring Booklet
• Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching
• Information about Tuning in to Kids

Primary Schools

Cascading Emotion Coaching into Primary Schools, Early Years and Nurseries in Somerset

• Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Coaching Peer Mentoring Booklet
• Headspace- The science behind mindfulness and meditation

Secondary Schools

Cascading Emotion Coaching into Middle Schools, Secondary Schools and Youth settings in Somerset

• Tuning in to Teens Parenting Overview
• Emotion Coaching Peer Mentoring Booklet
• Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching

Our More Vulnerable Children

Cascading Emotion Coaching into Social Care, Partnership Schools (Pupil Referral Units), Special Educational Needs and Disability, Services for Children Looked After, CAMHS and Police Services across Somerset

• Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Coaching Peer Mentoring Booklet
• Headspace- The science behind mindfulness and meditation

Universal and Early Intervention

As end our year working with Somerset County Council our Emotion Coaching Champions are cascading into Universal and Early Intervention Services including Get Set (Early Help), Primary Care, Services for Carers, Social Housing, 2BU, Parent and Family Support Advisors. Third Sector including Field to Fork.

• Tuning in to Teens Parenting Overview
• Mindfulness and Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Coaching Peer Mentoring Booklet

Peer Mentoring Emotion Coaching for Teens

Bath Spa University working with EHCAP Ltd offer their Peer Mentoring documents to champions working with them on the Public Health, Somerset County Council, Mindful Emotion Coaching Project in Somerset.

• Young People Peer Mentoring Training Outline
• YPPM session 3 powerpoint
• YPPM session 4 powerpoint

Peer Mentoring in Primary Schools

Bath Spa University and EHCAP Ltd share documents for Peer Mentoring Emotion Coaching in Primary Schools with Emotion Coaching Champions in Somerset.

• Powerpoint for Primary Peer Mentoring
• introduction
• EXIT QUESTIONNAIRE

Mindful Emotion Coaching in Somerset

Public Health, Somerset County Council have commissioned Mindful Emotion Coaching Training for the children and young people's workforce as one part of a four prong piece of work. The overarching aim for the combined four projects is that all people who work regularly with children and young people are well equipped to understand and respond appropriately to the emotional needs of children and young people.

• Emotion Coaching - Janet's summary of research
• Outcomes Based Commissioning in Somerset
• Anna Freud- promoting mental health in schools

DfE Safeguarding advice and updates

Working Together 2015 Everyone who works with children including teachers, GPs, nurses, midwives, health visitors, early years professionals, youth workers, police, Accident and Emergency staff, paediatricians, voluntary and community workers and social workers has a responsibility for keeping them safe.

• Working Together 2015
• Young Person's Guide to Working Together
• What to do if you are worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners

The Care Act

The Care Act received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014. This means the Care Act is now law. These factsheets have been produced to accompany Part 1 of the Act and will come into force on 1 April 2015 .

• Fact Sheets to accompany Part 1 of The Care Act

Mindful Emotion Coaching

Bath Spa University and EHCAP have been commissioned by Public Health, Somerset County Council to provide Mindful Emotion Coaching. They will train 100 champions from the children and young people's workforce between January and December 2015. Details of the project time line in this article.

• Emotion Coaching Project Leaflet
• Introducing the Emotion Coaching Programme
• Emotion Coaching Evidence from Pilots

Somerset Emotional Wellbeing Programme

Bath Spa University and EHCAP are providing the 'Building Resilience through Training and Resources' part of the Children and Young People's Emotional Wellbeing Programme within children's services in Somerset. Contact Us for information.

• Somerset Emotional Wellbing Programme

Emotional intelligence and NEETS

Wouldn't it be great if you had the ability to understand a person's barriers and unlock their potential? Self Smart is used in schools, colleges , work and the secure estate to assess wellbeing, emotional intelligence and preferred learning styles.

• SelfSmart and reducing NEETS

Young lives behind bars

Children and young people who offend are among the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our society. Yet despite their high level of need, children in custody are all too often overlooked or let down by health and social care services.

Self harm mitigation

Self harm mitigation training is aimed at all frontline staff and volunteers across all sectors

MindEd

Find out about common signs of mental health problems affecting children and young people and access a wealth of e- learning on MindEd. Bite sized chunks of e-learning are designed to give confidence in identifying a mental health issue and knowing what to do- improving outcomes for children and young people.

• National Doc: Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools
• strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Children and Young People with SEN who are in custody

The Children and Families Act 2014 places satutory obligations on Youth Offending Teams and Young Offender Institutions with regard to EHC Plans and SEN.

• EHC Plans and Youth Custody

SEN Code of Practice - Training with EHCAP

EHCAP launch training for Education , Health and Care Staff- Working Together with the new SEN Code of Practice

• EHCAP and new SEN Code of Practice FLYER
• Edward Timpson writes in SEN magazine
• EHCAP launch training

Study shows scale of Troubled Families Problems

Families had an average of nine problems related to employment, education, crime, housing, child protection, parenting or health on entry to the programe.

• Helping Families turn their lives around documents

Head Up, Heart Strong

Dr Jo Black and Devon Partnership Trust share Head Up, Heart Strong, a film created for and with families affected by perinatal mental health problems. This is a film for all of us - parents, midwives, GPs, social workers, mental health workers, health visitors......

• Head Up, Heart Strong Film

NHS England Health briefing re Children and Families Act 2014

Using the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEN and disability: a briefing for health services

The GP's role in responding to child maltreatment: time for a rethink?

GP's are ideally placed to spot early warning signs of child maltreatment and to work with families to prevent them from getting worse, according to a joint report by the Royal College of General Practitioners, NSPCC and researchers from UCL and University of Surrey

• GP safeguarding Tool kit
• GPs to become more responsive to child maltreatment
• simple coding strategy for GPs

Tuning in to Kids UK

Dr Sarah Temple has trained to provide Tuning in to Kids parenting courses in the UK. The course can be six or eight sessions and focuses on emotion coaching and mindfulness.

Sons of Prisoners

Two thirds of convicts' sons face a life of crime - EHCAP follow the Children's Commissioner's Guidance and look at the care of these very vulnerable children and young people

Applying Working Together 2013

In the wake of the 2001 enquiry into the death of an 8 year old girl, Victoria Climbie, there have been significant changes to safeguarding legislation. Principles within Professor Eileen Munro's Review of Safeguarding, the Working Together 2013 statutory guidelines and the 2014 Intercollegiate Document are informing the CQC safeguarding inspections and will inform Joint Inspectorate Inspections in 2015

• Case example of Applying Working Together 2013
• Early Help Plan Swindon
• Wandsworth are developing Signs of Wellbeing and Safety

EHC Plans and September 2014

As September 2014 approaches the changes to Statements of Educational Need are becoming more and more relevant to all of us working in Education, Health and Care

• Rory is 3 years old and has developing additional needs

Report of the children and young people's health outcomes forum April 2014

Over the past two years we have seen immense change across the health system as it reforms following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. When the CYPHOF published their original recommendations in July 2012 many organisations were undergoing transformation, with some yet to be fully established.

• CYPHOF Annual Report 2013/14

Jane Raca

Jane Raca - author of Standing Up for James- shares her experience of caring for her disabled child and helps us all understand how the grinding reality led her into a state of suicidal depression whilst having help and support and loving James has enriched her life immeasurably

My first health-care collaborative project

In 1989 I worked with the child protection team in Western Australia - commissioned by the coroner in Perth to investigate a number of teenage deaths in the aboriginal communities in and around Warburton.

• cultural misunderstandings by missionaries
• wilsons patch
• Estelle and Nina

Serious Case Review Adult Safeguarding Board Surrey

The Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board has published its Serious Case Review into the death of Mrs A.. A statement from the board’s independent chair, Simon Turpitt, is below. 'The Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board will hold involved agencies and organisations to account to implement the recommendations made and will monitor the impact of the changes to ensure that the improvements recommended are acted upon so that others are protected in the future'

• STORM challenging the fear of mental illness and distress

Intercollegiate Document re Safeguarding 2014

All staff who come into contact with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare and should know what to do if they have concerns about safeguarding issues, including child protection. This responsibility also applies to staff working primarily with adults who have dependent children that may be at risk because of their parent/carers health or behaviour.

• Intercollegiate Document 2014

Mindful (Melbourne) in London July 2014

Tuning in to Kids is an evidence based parenting program developed by Dr. Sophie Havighurst and Ann Harley in Melbourne, Australia with research trials conducted through The University of Melbourne.

• Tuning in to Kids and Teens

The Children and Families Act

The Children and Families Act will have major implications for how the NHS organises and delivers services to children and young people who have Special Education Needs and/or Disability. It will reform the system of support across education, health and social care to ensure that services are organised with the needs and preferences of the child and their family firmly at the centre.

• SEND Reform Information Sheet
• Children and Families Bill Myths
• Children and Families Bill Myths around Transition from existing statements to EHC Plan

CQC - standards for health and social care providers

The CQC say that the 5 questions they will ask all providers are: Is it safe? Is it effective? Is it responsive? Is it caring? Is it well-led?

• Fundamental Standards for Health and Social Care

Children and young people's speech, language and communication needs

Children and young people’s speech, language and communication needs- an introduction for health audiences. This short briefing has been produced on behalf of The Communication Council to be shared with key health audiences with responsibility for strategic planning, commissioning and delivery of services relating to speech, language and communication across England. It is intended as an introduction to the issue and it is hoped it will provide a starting point for further discussion.

• SLCN briefing for health audiences

Domestic Violence and Abuse- how can health and care services respond?

Domestic violence and abuse: how health services, social care and the organisations they work with can respond effectively.... a new NICE guidance. Domestic violence and abuse is a complex issue that needs sensitive handling by a range of health and social care professionals. The cost, in both human and economic terms, is so significant that even marginally effective interventions are cost effective.

• domestic violence and abuse

Childrens Centres

Children’s centres in urgent need of a new mission to provide early help for families, says UK ’s largest children’s charity A new report from the UK ’s largest children’s charity Barnardo’s exposes the lack of a unifying mission for children’s centres in England , and calls for them to be clearly focussed on early help for parents of young children.

• what are children's centres for?

Health Services Learn from Daniel Pelka Serious Case Review

Following publication of the serious case review into the death of Daniel Pelka, a deeper analysis has taken place asking : -Why wasn't information recorded properly both within and between agencies? -Why wasn't information needed to protect Daniel shared between agencies? -Why did four separate assessments by children’s social care all fail to identify the risk to Daniel? -Why wasn't the high risk identified by Signs of Safety approach acted upon?

• Hackney - article re systemic units
• In depth analysis of child protection practice
• What are systemic units?

Troubled Families in Leicestershire

In Leicester two clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are putting £1.5m (€1.8m; £$2.5m) over three years towards a family support service called Leicestershire Together. Louise Casey, who leads the government’s troubled families programme, has applauded the groups’ efforts.

Young people in transition

The Royal College of Nursing has made some recommended standards to overcome the problems in transition from children's services to adult...

Restorative Solutions

Restorative Solutions and Dr Sarah Temple (EHCAP) are working together to investigate how restorative approaches can make a positive contribution to help change relationships across staff and patients within the health sector. This week we have seen how staff will be encouraged to acknowledge their mistakes and make amends where appropriate. Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, says that doctors and nurses must 'say sorry' when things go wrong to end the 'culture of defensiveness'.

Independent Support Fund

The Department for Education has issued a press release announcing a new Independent Support fund which will be managed by the Council for Disabled Children. The £30 million will be used to recruit and train a pool of 'independent supporters' - champions drawn from independent voluntary, community and private organisations to help the families of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) through the new process following comprehensive reforms to support.

Implementing the 0-25 Special Needs System

Advice for local authorities and health partners on implementing the 0 to 25 special needs system from September 2014.

Outcomes and Transformation: the building blocks

'The key to turning integrated care rhetoric into reality, first, is mindset. Everyone needs to take an organisationally ‘agnostic’ view about existing arrangements, suspending current rules and mechanisms to establish a single vision for integrated care. All sides need to be working towards the same objectives across the whole care economy – with the patient or community at their heart – to achieve the outcomes they seek, as well as securing savings'. Michael Kitts and Dr Tim Wilson- PwC

• Improving Safeguarding Outcomes an EHCAP interpretation
• Signs of Safety in Swansea
• Implementation of Signs of Safety in the UK

CQC and Ofsted changes affect Health Providers

The Care Quality Commission is conducting its child protection inspection programme over the next two years, targeting 110 Local Authority areas - ahead of the Ofsted multi agency inspection regime that will evaluate and judge the contribution of health, police, probation and prison services in the help, care and protection of children and young people which is set to be introduced in 2015.

Health Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

Directors of public health share responsibility for health inequalities among people in the community who are in contact with the criminal system and the briefing paper by the Revolving Doors Agency makes a number of recommendations on how directors of public health can tackle this challenge.

Personal Budgets for children with additional needs

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Champion Pathfinder SE7 has produced several information leaflets about Personal Budgets within Education Health Care Plans - SE7 explaining Personal Budgets . The Personal Budget within an EHC Plan is not the same thing as an NHS Personal Health Budget - both are important tools for transforming services for children with additional needs.

Young Persons Guide to Working Together

The Children’s Rights Director asked children and young people what they thought health visitors should do to help keep them safe. They said: • chat to parents –build up a relationship with them; • communicate with social workers; • call round out of the blue; • look round the house; and • look in the fridge and cupboards

• Young Persons Guide to Working Together
• Safeguarding accountability and quality assurance

Ofsted Social Care Annual Report 2012-13

Ofsted state: ' In our pursuit of the success of each child, we will be re-shaping our inspection to place the child first. In whatever setting we find ourselves, all our evaluation will revolve around the question, ‘What difference did that make to the child?’ We will tackle the problem of fragmentation head on. This will mean evaluating the performance of the local authority end to end: from first contact to leaving care and everything in between.'

• DEVON OFSTED REPORT 2013
• SURREY OFSTED REPORT 2012
• pdf version of Social Care Standards Report

Evaluation of SEND Pathfinder October 2013

DfE Evaluation of the SEND Pathfinder is published along with a draft code of conduct

Patch Work is live in Brighton and Hove

What is Patchwork? • A simple contact list of the professionals supporting adults and children who are receiving additional services or have a raised level of attention in your service • Professionals are connected around clients so they can see each other’s contact details and stay up to date with changes – it’s a professional “network” • Patchwork helps professionals co- ordinate support and saves time information gathering.

Melksham emotional resilience project

The Melksham 0-19 Resilience Project is a partnership involving Bath Spa University, Melksham Community Area Board, schools, children’s and young people’s development centres, Wiltshire Police, local services and the whole community. At its core are the notions that everyone – young and old - deserves to be treated with respect, and that everyone in the community is responsible for nurturing and supporting the next generation.

Making Parent Support more available to us all

Family Works can help you to find out how to make family life more enjoyable and find new ways to approach difficult situations. Family Works aims to: Inspire and support positive change in parents and children. Increase the confidence, knowledge and skills of parents. Strengthen relationships in families. Family Works is a team of dedicated professionals providing a pioneering service to support families in Cornwall.providing holistic interventions and innovative solu

The NHS must choose to transform itself

Mathew Swindells , Senior Vice President at Cerner challenges us to take on the model of transformation Obama has used successfully in the US - by realigning incentives and creating an environment where providers can respond eg.paying for successful outcomes that prevent readmission with a capitated rate to manage care for whole populations....

Wave Project- Introducing children with autism to surfing...

Amazingly successful week end event in Newquay, Cornwall.... perfect weather and waves.....

NSPCC report on perinatal mental health

This report shows that we can, and we must, do more to prevent the harm caused by perinatal mental illness in England today. It has shown the changes that are needed across the system to ensure that women with perinatal mental illnesses and their families get the right care, and it has shone a spotlight on the current gaps in services in England. It has included clear data on these gaps in services, but has also tried to bring to life what these problems actually mean for women themselves, and t

• NSPCC highlights commissioning of perinatal mental health services

Proposal to delegate Looked After Children work

The Department for Education proposes changes to the law to allow local authorities to delegate work for looked-after children to external organisations.

Confidential Inquiry into deaths of people with Learning Disabilities

Of the 238 deaths of people with Learning Disability 42% were considered premature. Interestingly the percentage of premature deaths in the comparison non Learning Disability group was the same but for people with Learning Disability the causes were potentially amenable to change by good quality care ....

Learn how to meditate with Head Space

Research has shown that brain activity begins to change within just a few days of learning to meditate decreasing stress and improving your mood.

EHC Plans Improve Outcomes for Children and Young People into Adulthood

Edward Timpson in his Press Release on 5th March 2013 said that Children and young adults with special educational needs will benefit from a new legal health duty....... 'We are putting health at the centre of our reforms in bringing in this legal duty. It is a significant step forward for children and young adults with special educational needs, and I know that many parents will welcome it.'

EHC Plans explained

The National Sensory Impairment Partnership have taken a detailed look at how EHC Plans will improve Outcomes for Children and Young People with Sensory Impairment.......

• NatSIP templates for assessment and information gathering
• NatSIP Better Assessments, Better Plans, Better Outcomes
• NatSIP templates for EHC Plans

Using evidence base and implementation analysis to assess programmes

How do we decide what direction to take to bring about improved outcomes for children and young people? The Social Research Unit are producing on line seminars on just this issue....

Family Support through Live Chat

Family Lives is a leading national parenting and family charity primarily funded by the DfE, providing a wide range of support services to parents and families across the country. We offer free national services - such as a 24/7 free helpline, live chat and email support and local face to face services for anyone caring for a child. Every day, Family Lives transforms lives, supporting parents to make changes in their own and their child's lives to improve children's outcomes.

Croydon demonstrates collaborative working

Croydon leads the way in demonstrating how collaborative working can bring about radical efficiencies while improving outcomes for very young children

• Croydon leads the way in collaborative working

commissioners must work with communities...Clare Gerada in HSJ 3May 2013

'Promoting social networks has been shown to tackle health inequalities and encourage wider societal benefits’ see full article by Clare Gerada at http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/commissioning-must-have-a-community-focus/5057409.article

RCPCH, RCN and RCGP collaborate on children's services

Commissioning a good child health service CIRC – Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, 2013 Joint publication with RCGP, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Royal College of Nursing This report is timely through its delivery of recommendations at the birth of new commissioning structures and with the launch of the report of the Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum.

• Wave Trust Report
• Child Health radical efficiencies Croydon

WAVE Trust report - DfE response to Supporting Families in Early Years

The 0-2 years secial interest group was set up as a group of expert practitioners supported by officials fro the Department of Health and Department for Education to explore and consider how best to promote effective implementation of the principles set out in Supporting Families in the Foundation Years

tool kit for professionals working with children and young people

For those with a bit of time this is an excellent toolkit www.handsonscotland.co.uk - the website gives practical information, tools and activities to respond helpfully to troubling behaviour and to help children and young people to flourish.

Using evidence to Improve Young Lives - The Social Research Unit , Devon

Louise Morpeth is co- Director of The Social Research Unit based in Dartington in Devon. The Social Research Unit at Dartington is an independent charity that seeks to increase the use of evidence of what works in designing and delivering services for children and their families. They are also a strong advocate of prevention and early intervention based approaches and work to disseminate research on what works to people working at the frontline of services

Standing Up For James by Jane Raca

In 1999 Jane Raca's son James was born 15 weeks prematurely wth severe brain damage. With unflinching candour and wry humour lawyer Jane Raca writes about the legal battle she found herself in and the fight she had to give James the chance for a meaningful life and her family the help they need to cope. Jane is involved with the development of EHC Plans replacing Statements of Educational Need (SEN) - see http://www.standingupforjames.co.uk/33812.html

Surrey SEND Pathfinder You Tube Clip

The Surrey SEND Pathfinder Team managed by Susie Campbell have produced a You Tube Clip describing in detail how the EHC (Education Health Care) Plans will roll out on the ground...

SEND pathfinder progress report March 2013

On 5 March 2013, the Department for Education and the Department of Health published a joint report on progress across the pathfinder programme, including headline results from a survey of 65 families with completed education health and care plans. The report is available for download from the associated resources section of this page.

National Sensory Impairment Partnership

National Sensory Impairment Partnership – up to date information regarding the Special Educational Needs and Disability Pathfinders and comment from Edward Timpson regarding the children and families bill.

• The Heads of Sensory Support Services (HoSS)
• Letter from Minister Edward Timpson regarding SEN and disability reforms
• Commission on Women Offenders: Final Report 2012