Bridge The Gap - Child Mental Health Support

This Wellbeing Cafe starts on 31st July at 5:30pm -7:30pm, it sounds like a good opportunity for us parents who need a bit of opportunity to look after ourselves and feel supported 👍🏼🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #mentalhealth #derby

Quality time with our children is so important, we know that positive relationships are key for children to develop and thrive long-term - how do we create quality time with a teenager?
This article from the amazing Janet Lansbury is a great example of our 'Power of Ten' strategy. They need us more than ever, it's a hard parenting season so hang in there and focus on quality interactions and exchanges.
https://www.janetlansbury.com/…/quality -time-teenager-seiz…/
... Seize the moments, put down the tech and just 'be' with your teen 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #parenting
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A free guided self-care journal to help with those of us who need to work through feelings of low self-esteem or perfectionism 🌈💚

Play 🌈💚
Play is vital for children’s emotional health and emotional, social, physical and cognitive development.
Children learn through play, they practice what they’ve learnt through play, they learn language and communication skills; and it’s a natural stress reliever too (and that’s just scratching the surface).
... When I talk about screen time I explain it’s not always being on screens per se, but the opportunity cost of being on them that’s significant ; what are they not doing as a result of being on screens?
Balance is so important, screens aren’t going anywhere and they have a lot of positives, but it should never be at the expense of adequate time to play, it’s what young brains were designed to do 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #powerofplay #parenting
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Still one of my favourites 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #parenting

Absolutely!! Laughter is so therapeutic 😂👍🏼🌈💚
#emotionalliteracy #childmentalhealth #parenting

Loved meeting with Breathing Space Yoga Studio yesterday, its fantastic to hear about the amazing yoga studio that Derby will soon have!
We are both really looking forward to seeing the space and using it in some capacity; Christine and Bel are both so experienced and passionate that I know it will be a space that contributes to supporting mental health in our city.
Derby has so much to be proud of, the mental health statistics aren’t one of them, but the people I’ve met try...ing to make a difference most definitely are 👍🏼🌈💚
#yoga #derby #mentalhealth #childmentalhealth
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We need opportunities to unbox how we feel and practice mental health self-care - this will be an interesting workshop to attend 🌈💚

It’s so important to keep the focus on long-term outcomes for our children when parenting.
I talk about rewards and punishments a lot, but it’s not without good reason, another good post on this here:
https://raisedgood.com/punishments-time-o uts-rewards-cond…/…
... Model the behaviour you wish to see 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #parenting
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Absolutely brilliant newsletter this month, so many great resources for teachers and parents on transitions, love the well-being bingo as well! 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy

If your child has experienced trauma of any kind then parenting in this way is incredibly powerful and healing.
From more extreme adverse childhood experiences to divorce and death, meeting children where they are and helping them feel unconditional love is so vital for long-term positive outcomes and relationships.
“What’s predictable is preventable’ how brilliant is that?! 👍🏼🌈💚
... #childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #trauma
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Proprioception 💚
Do you have a sensory avoider or seeker?
The more we understand about our 8 senses the more we can support children appropriately.
... It’s important to remember how nurturing physical development also supports good mental health.
‘Proprioception is the sense of knowing where your body is in space and in relation to objects around it. Being able to type without looking at the keys, raising your arm above your head or touching your nose while your eyes are closed is your proprioception system at work.’
This post has some great ideas for proprioceptive input 👍🏼🌈💚
https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/the-be st-activities-for-…
#childdevelopment #sensory #childmentalhealth
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I’ve received some wonderful messages over the last couple of days, this is why we do what we do, this is why I founded Bridge the Gap.
Empowering parents with information that counts! 😊👍🏼🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #parenting #emotionalliteracy #derby

We definitely want to be raising respectful problem solvers don’t we 😊👍🏼🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #parenting

Perfectionism affects a large proportion of young people we come into contact with. Perfectionism can start a really negative mindset about ourselves and lead to developing mental health illnesses.
Many adults suffer with this as well and it can set a precedent for our children.
An interesting read from The Guardian -
... https://www.theguardian.com/…/my-brain- feels-like-its-been-…
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In the words of Dr. Karen Treisman “Every interaction is an intervention” 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #derby

If you are free tomorrow morning or you can spare some of your lunch break then do pop along for a coffee, tea, cake and a chat.
We’d love to meet you and give you a space to feel heard and supported 🌈💚
#derby #coffeemorning #parenting #childmentalhealth

Weaving small strategies into your day to day teaching can make big differences to pupil’s who are struggling to self-regulate.
Now we understand what behaviour is, we can think about how to read that communication and put appropriate support in place. It can look different for every child which is why a positive relationship is so vital, but once you have it then making the small changes doesn’t use more time, in fact it can save it.
This article has amazing tips and ideas f...or teachers to try - we love workshopping these ideas in our training and building teachers toolkits! 🌈💚
#childmentalhealth #emotionalliteracy #behaviour
https://www.kqed.org/…/20-tips-to-help- de-escalate-interact…
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