Maternal
Mental Health Matters Awareness Week is upon us again. The week-long campaign
is dedicated to talking about mental illness while pregnant or after having a
baby and signposting to appropriate support. This year’s theme is ‘Journeys to
Recovery’.Launched
in 2014, the week is organised and led by MMHA member the Perinatal Mental Health
Partnership UK. Despite
the recent easing of nat…
University
Mental Health Day is an annual event that was set up to raise awareness of and improve mental health in higher education. This year it takes place on Thursday 4 March
and universities across the nation are getting involved virtually.There
are over 2.3 million students studying in UK universities; many experiencing
anxiety, stress and, rather than enjoying their new found freedom of…
Research for the Observer by the Parent Ping survey app indicates
that parents of primary school children are struggling with higher levels of
stress and anxiety this lockdown.The research findings are that parents feel that schools
expect them to complete more work with their children than they did in the
first lockdown; almost half say lessons have set times for learning specific
subjects o…
What ROMBi can do for you!If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're right! (Anonymous)When there is something holding back our ability to function in the way that we would like to, this affects our expectations. It affects how we view our prospects not just for this moment but for our entire future. As we calculate today's difficulties and map them onto our expectations for our…
Q: How can I assist a child in my class
who presents with a learning difficulty?A: ROMBI play is useful in a number of
ways. Here are a couple:
Teacher observation of a learner engaging with a
simple puzzle makes perceptual issues visible. The value of ROMBi play is that as the learner engages with the puzzles,the perceptual issues are also being addressed. A puzzle task easily be simplified…
