Something I encountered for the first time many years ago (but didn’t have a “label” for yet) is selective mutism. The symptoms of this are characterised when a child who has an ability to communicate verbally does not. Often the child will have to be coaxed and encouraged into making any communication at all, such
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CAMHS Doesn’t Work (for Everyone)
By Gemma Bailey
on Apr 5th, 2012
CAMHS Doesn’t Work for Everyone! The number of children and young people with moderate mental health issues is on the increase and the supply of services to help overcome these issues just isn’t meeting the demand. CAMHS is the child and adolescent mental health service. They are part of the NHS and support children and
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Everything is Looking Up!
By Gemma Bailey
on Mar 7th, 2012
Do you remember being at school and hearing your teacher say something like: “Can you pay attention and stop looking at the ceiling!” (When a pupil is looking up) “You won’t find the answers up there!” “I know he’s not listening as there is absolutely no eye contact!” The truth is these statements
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IF Teachers Told Us Why…
By Gemma Bailey
on Feb 1st, 2012
Last year I became fascinated by a T.V show called ‘Jamie’s Dream School’ in which Jamie Oliver created a brand new secondary school facility for a small group of youths who had dropped out of mainstream education but had recognised (albeit with some encouragement from their parents) the need to take another crack at school
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A Normal Day at the Office…
By Gemma Bailey
on Jan 4th, 2012
I just finished working with a 14 year old with learning difficulties. He is in a new family as he was adopted at 2 years old following physical abuse from his real parents and possible sexual abuse. He suffered a non accidental injury to his eye and is blind in that eye as a result.
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Gemma is Nominated for an Award!
By Gemma Bailey
on Dec 14th, 2011
Unknown to me, I’m up for an award for best NLP Practitioner. You should probably go and vote for me. http://www.apctc.com/awards/?coach=188
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Adults are STUPID!
By Gemma Bailey
on Dec 7th, 2011
I have decided that most adults are stupid. Especially the ones working in therapy. I recently had a consultation with a child who had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) which the parents said had happened as a result of an incident when the child was a baby. The incident itself was very traumatic, it made
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How children are the victims of their parents’ lost values
By Gemma Bailey
on Nov 21st, 2011
Dr Wright, the headmistress of St Mary’s Calne, a private girls’ boarding school in Wiltshire, also suggests many adults struggle to resist commercial pressures, meaning they overindulge children. Her comments come weeks after Sir Michael Wilshaw, the incoming head of Ofsted, the education watchdog, warned that schools were being forced to act as “surrogate families”
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Teaching Children About Their Conscious Mind
By Gemma Bailey
on Nov 2nd, 2011
I recently worked with a little girl who had some worries about going to school. She was very young – around 5 years old and since going back in September the worries had resurfaced and manifested in shyness around speaking up to her teacher and asking when she needed things – such as needing to
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Help Your Child To Communicate Effectively
By Gemma Bailey
on Sep 9th, 2011
You are communicating all the time, even when you are not physically speaking you are communicating. You can never not communicate; this is why learning good communication skills from a young age is vital in developing healthy relationships with people as you grow up. Communication is the means by which we understand one another, it