38 episodes
Helping Children Smile Again with Amanda Seyderhelm AMANDA SEYDERHELM
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- Health & Fitness
Whether it's the grief of bereavement, the strain of divorce or the uncertainty of a new home or school, loss and change affect children in countless ways. Teachers and parents frequently find themselves ill-equipped to help children struggling with the difficult feelings that these situations, and others like them, bring. Helping Children Smile Again offers guided support for teachers, health professionals and parents through interviews with experts in the fields of education, healthcare and parenting.
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S2 #13 If you can't say it, sing it with Sophie Garner
"If you can't say it, sing it" is not only Sophie Garner's mantra, it's the title of her new book, a journal going deeper into supporting children in navigating their emotions through creative expression.Having started her professional career with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (1991-1992 Maggie May and Amphibias Spangulatos), a determination to succeed and share her passions emerged, leading Sophie to become the first artist to play the London O2 Arena, setting a standard to bea...
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S2 #12 Helping children to engage with their grief in order to heal with Justin Bowen
After his wife died in 2016, Justin Bowen wanted to create a resource for Schools based on the caring support his young children received from their local School in Worcestershire. Be The Rainbow is that resource. His young daughter painted the rainbow on the book's front cover during lockdown, which Justin says gave both his children the chance to play at home - water fights in the garden, climbing trees - and not be defined by their grief. The rainbow represents the hope after the storm of ...
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S2 #11 Is there such a thing as "Good Grief" following a bereavement with Jane Harris
Can there be anything called ‘good’ grief especially when it follows from the death of a child?Surely grief is that most abject of conditions in which you are thrown into an endless darkness, where despair overcomes hope, and longing for the loved one lost is a pain beyond endurance? How can this be good?Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds have created THE GOOD GRIEF PROJECT in order to share their experience of grief and to help others to find an active and creative response to the expression of t...
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S2 #10 How to talk to a child about bereavement with Ann Chalmers, Chief Executive, Child Bereavement UK
Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one will know that you never stop grieving for those you have loved, and what an important journey it is to find a way to live with that loss.Child Bereavement UK has been helping families facing that journey since 1994 and that is why I'm delighted to be in conversation with Ann Chalmers, the Chief Executive of the charity.If you have been concerned about how to talk to bereaved children, and what questions to ask, this conversation will be a he...
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S2 #09 What can parents do 'in the meantime' while they wait for a professional assessment with Safeguarding expert Kayla Shepherd
Waiting can be stressful. While the waiting lists for child mental health assessments get longer, our anxiety ramps up. Parents and children wait in limbo. Feeling helpless. Do professionals hold all the answers? What can we do ‘in the meantime’ period while we wait for a professional assessment?According to Safeguarding expert Kayla Shepherd, staying in this anxious state can disempower us, and keep us focused on our losses. The key to coping with our anxiety while we wait, is to understand ...
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S2 #08 What can nature teach us about coping with anxiety with Play and LandPlay Therapist Kate Macairt
The world is in crisis, from climate change, the Pandemic and now the Russian war in Ukraine. We are feeling the impact of this collective trauma in our bodies, and seeing anxiety levels rise higher than ever. Our sense of belonging is being questioned at all personal and public levels, and our feeling of being disconnected from ourselves and the Earth continues as technology and algorithms seem to be taking over our life choices.It's time to put our wellies on and step outside into the mud a...