A letter in The Guardian written by a group of health and disability experts highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has meant access to many support services is limited and deaf youngsters are even more vulnerable…
Click to read the whole letter:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/07/lockdown-and-the-impact-on-deaf-children
“My colleagues and I (including the President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) are conducting an online study looking at how COVID-19 is affecting the lives, mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 16-24. It’s an academic study, not commercial and results will be used for academic research only. It is a joint project between UCL and Imperial College in London, but is covering the whole of the UK.
To share the survey – copy the below link into an email:
https://uclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5hjERUS4yP1xiTz?
For more information about the survey, click on the UCL logo below:
A while back, The Guardian published this interesting article discussing learning at home through play in the context of the Coronavirus crisis…
“Learning at home does not have to look like school and probably shouldn’t, says Britain’s first play professor. With coronavirus closures offering opportunities for home learning, and many parents more on hand during the lockdown, play can come into its own, says Paul Ramchandani, Lego professor of play at the University of Cambridge…
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/21/dont-turn-your-home-into-school-lego-prof-of-play-on-lockdown-learning
By Suzanne Moore on Monday 18th May, 2020.
Click here to read the whole article:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/18/we-should-be-overhauling-the-school-system-not-rushing-to-send-children-back
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The Internet is playing a growing role in most of our lives, including the lives of children. Especially during the current Coronavirus situation, many children are making use of the Internet to connect with their schools, as well as for home learning and entertainment.
Whilst the Internet offers many great educational and fun things for children, it also presents some risks.
The NSPCC has published a range of useful resources to help parents and carers ensure their children use the Internet safely, including:
“Children’s lives have been turned upside down by coronavirus. For some children, with the right support and resources, the situation will
be manageable, but for others the effects of the pandemic will cast a long shadow over their lives. The response to coronavirus already is exposing the fragile situation that many children and young people live in. Hundreds of thousands of children who rely on school, health and social systems and the support of the voluntary sector are being left unprotected as these systems are weakened. Thousands more, unknown to the system, will likely find themselves in need of support over the coming weeks, but as yet remain invisible to authorities…
Click here to read full report.
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition website has some more good resources to help children and young people, as well as parents and carers, cope during this period.
To look at the resources available, click here: https://cypmhc.org.uk/resources-for-children-and-you-people-to-help-during-isolation/
We’ve put together a range of resources to help children and young people, as well as their parents and carers during the current situation.
Do you know of any more resources we should include here?
Please send us an email at ContactPMHA@gmail.com
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