mental healthNews

Children in mental health hospitals at risk of serious rights violations, charity warns

Children being treated in hospital for mental health problems are at risk of serious rights violations with “staggering numbers” still being placed on adult wards and subject to harmful restraint...

November 23, 2020
mental healthNews

Half of child psychiatrists surveyed say patients have environment anxiety

More than half of child and adolescent psychiatrists in England are seeing patients distressed about the state of the environment, a survey has revealed. The findings showed that the climate crisis is taking a...

November 20, 2020
DisabilityLooked After ChildrenNews

‘Significant cultural change needed’ to recruit disabled foster carers

Campaigners have called for “significant cultural change” in recruiting disabled foster carers after research revealed prejudices may prevent them from taking up the role. Read the full article on...

October 10, 2020

Category - Disability

DisabilityGeneralMarginalised & Excluded

The battle over dyslexia

It was once a widely accepted way of explaining why some children struggled to read and write. But in recent years, some experts have begun to question the existence of dyslexia itself.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

September 17, 2020