Children and Young People’s Wellbeing @ Exeter

Hi-tech healthcare boost for Exeter after over £1 million cash injection

The University of Exeter has received financial backing from the LEAP Digital Health Hub to fund several exciting healthcare projects....

Migrant pupils need more targeted mental health support in school, study shows

School-based mental health support should be more accessible for migrant children, a new study says. Schools are increasingly considered to...

Experts join forces with parents and educators to find solutions for the SEND childcare crisis in daycare

Experts have joined forces with parents and educators to find solutions to tackle the crisis facing families trying to find...

Educational psychologists can play a part in fighting TikTok mental health and neurodiversity misinformation

Educational psychologists could help to fight mental health and neurodiversity misinformation on TikTok as more young people self-diagnose based on...

School “social structures” perpetuate inequalities for children with disabilities, study says

Social structures in schools perpetuate inequalities against children with developmental disabilities, a new study says. Ways of defining age-level expectations...

Citizens’ panels help young people with SEND to make their voices heard on the policies that affect their lives, study shows

A new study shows participating in a citizens’ panel can help young people with special educational needs/disabilities to produce new...

Boosting children’s voices could help to relieve significant backlogs in the family court, study says

Giving children a right to be heard and taken seriously when parents separate could help couples reach sustainable child arrangements...

Health visitors should become universal service to stem crisis in early years, report says 

The role of health visitors needs to be urgently expanded and better supported to tackle widespread mental health, nutritional and...