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BBC News Player - Therapy for troubled pupils
Primary school pupils in East Renfrewshire are being offered play therapy to help deal with their emotional and behavioural difficulties. Ken MacDonald spoke to those involved in the scheme.
YoungMinds
a national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people under 25. We do this through giving advice, training, campaigning and distributing publications.
Attachment Research at Stony Brook
Reports and commentary on attachment theory and research from Stony Brook and the New York Attachment Consortium.
Positive Reinforcement Tutorial
Test knowledge of 'positive reinforcement' - tutorial from Athabasca University.
Imagining your child’s mind: Psychosocial adjustment and mothers’ ability to predict their children’s attributional response styles
One class of parent–child interaction that has recently received attention is a mother’s engagement with her child at a mental level. The current study operationalizes this notion by asking the mothers of 354 7- to 11-year-old children drawn from a larger community sample (N ¼ 659) to guess the responses of their children, who, in turn, were asked to attribute thoughts to their peers in distressing peer-related scenarios.
The parent–infant dyad and the construction of the subjective self
Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with the quality of self-representation than with the development of the subjective agency which underpins our experience of feeling, thought and action, a key function of mentalisation. This review begins by contrasting a Cartesian view of pre-wired introspective subjectivity with a constructionist model based on the assumption of an innate contingency detector which orients the infant towards aspects of the social world that react congruently and in a specifically cued informative manner that expresses and facilitates the assimilation of cultural knowledge...
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SNIP - Autistic spectrum disorders information sheet (pdf)
SNIP is a voluntary organisation based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. SNIP has produced a factsheet with brief information about autistic spectrum disorders along with contact details for local and national organisations.
The Health and Social Care Needs of Families and/or Carers Supporting a Child With Autistic Spectrum Disorders
This report summarises information collected in a project commissioned by Manchester Health Authority (CAMHS) and the Joint Commissionign Team for Learning Disability. The aim of the project was to collect information on the health and social care needs of families and/or carers supporting children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in the Manchester area.
All about Autistic Spectrum Disorders
A booklet for parents and carers of people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
Practical Oral Care for People With Autism
Providing oral care to people with autism requires adaptation of the skills you use every day. In fact, most people with mild or moderate forms of autism can be treated successfully in the general practice setting. This booklet will help you make a difference in the lives of people who need professional oral care.
National Service Framework for Children Young People and Maternity Services: Autistic spectrum disorders (pdf)
This is the exemplar on autism which forms part of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services.
National Autism Plan for Children (NAPC)
Plan for the identification, assessment, diagnosis and access to early interventions for pre-school and primary school aged children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
SIGN - Assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders
This guideline focuses on assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions for ASD.
Guide to Services for Children with ASD
The Foundation for people with learning disabilities' Guide to Services for Children with ASD contains vital information for professionals, including teachers, GPs, psychologists, social workers and community nurses. It is also useful for parents who want information on appropriate services for their child.
BUPA - Autism & Asperger's syndrome - disorder information, symptoms, treatments
Published by Bupa's health information team, healthinfo@bupa.com, August 2007.
This factsheet is for people who would like information about autism and other autistic spectrum disorders.
Medical Research Council - Autism - Research Review
Autism Review in Full - Medical Research Council (pdf)
BBC NEWS | England | Southern Counties | Health charity's call over self harm
Self harm has been named as the top concern for young people, according to a survey from a group in Brighton.
BBC NEWS | Health | Young 'keep harm to peers secret'
Half of 13 to 15-year-olds know a peer who is suffering from harm but keep it a secret, research suggests.
Teenagers' epidemic of self-harm | Society | The Observer
This item looks at the evidence suggesting that we have the highest rate of self-harm in Europe but that universal misunderstanding about self-harm means that numbers will continue to rise unless action is taken immediately.
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