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Consequences and Boundaries with SEMH needs

One of the biggest areas of misunderstanding when working with children who have SEMH needs or have experienced trauma is around the topic of boundaries and consequences. To be clear - all children require safe boundaries and there are consequences for all actions. I am using the term consequences here in place of punishment quite

By |2024-08-14T13:06:40+00:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: SEMH|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Guide to writing a Child Informed Plan

Whether it is trauma informed, attachment aware, child centred etc etc professionals working with young people strive to understand and address individual needs a young person has. Often the terminology can create difficulties - for example saying trauma informed makes some feel they are making a diagnosis. For this reason I want to lay out

By |2023-05-28T12:31:15+00:00May 28th, 2023|Categories: SEMH|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Social Emotional and Mental Health

Mental health is a spectrum that we all exist upon at different points at different times in our life. It it closely linked with emotional health. It is possible to have a very significant mental health problem yet be emotionally very healthy (managing concern well) and also show no significant signs of a mental health disorder but also have very poor mental wellbeing (significant environmental factors etc).

 

SEMH

Students with SEMH needs bear the greatest disadvantage of all – one for which a cash premium itself will not resolve. If not addressed they will carry this with them throughout life despite economic prosperity or social mobility that often is deemed to resolve other “disadvantages”.

Furthermore social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) can hinder a child’s ability to access education leading to their opportunities being significantly reduced.

We aim to address this with strategies for all schools and education professionals to use without huge cost and specialist expertise.

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