Hello and welcome to my resource blog for all things related to positive child mental health, SEND and staff wellbeing.

These areas have always been of interest to me throughout my 23 years in education and has been at the heart of the various roles and further postgraduate learning I have undertaken in that time. I have noticed over my time in education a marked increase in mental health issues in children and colleagues in various institutions. As professionals, we are never short of work supporting children and families in this area.

I am also the editor of Teacher toolkit (https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/author/l-how/) and I have behind me a wealth of experience writing academically for qualifications. Currently I hold NPQH, MA Education with SEND and Mental Health focus, NASENCO award, FCCT and Elklan Speech and Language award. I have also undertaken training in Trauma in Education and accreditation and coaching qualification.

Through my SENCO work, I have been training new SENCOs with SEND Station as well as developing my own SENCO training programs. I am a practicing SENCO for one day a week as well.

Looking forward, I am now really keen to diversify my writing further, continuing to add to my already popular blog, as well as building my consultancy work in supporting schools and teachers. As a mum of two primary school children, I can appreciate first hand the pressure children, educators and parents are under!

If you want to know a bit more about what I’m about, this article was written about me:

https://inspodaily.co.uk/2021/04/23/mental-health-blog-advice-positive-young-minds/

Any feedback and comments on posts are gratefully received and I am also happy to take requests of area you are struggling with so just ping me a message or look on my consultancy page to see what’s on offer.

Thanks for reading,

Lynn How