World Mental Health Day: 'Put your own mask on before helping others'
You will hear the same safety announcement every time you take a plane journey. At first it seems odd and runs against the whole notion of...
Make children feel that they belong
This month, in her regular column for Education Today, Dr Asha Patel, CEO of education not-for-profit Innovating Minds, offers some...
Understanding the adolescent brain
Teenagers! Despite being one of the most well researched demographics, it seems that for many adults the rationale behind their poor...
5 Tips to Improve Your Emotional Wellbeing
We know that 1 in 4 people in the U.K will experience an episode of mental ill health every year (McManus et al, 2009), with an estimated 1...
Understanding childhood trauma, attachment, and the effect that it has on learning
While childhood for many is a blissful period of time, devoid of significant upset or suffering, for many others it is unfortunately marred...