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'How I help improve student mental health'

University students undergo big transitions, which can affect their mental health. Dr Luke Jefferies describes his work as a mental health adviser helping students through these difficulties. "In the 65 years since the NHS was founded, attitudes to mental health, including student mental health, have dramatically changed,"…

ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a group of behavioural symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Symptoms of ADHD tend to be noticed at an early age and may become more noticeable when a child's circumstances change, such as when they start school. Most…

Advice on Tax Credits

HMRC You can get lots of information through the HMRC website and access to a variety of calculators and tools to aid calculations on a variety of subjects such as: Tax Credits Working Tax Credits Childcare Element of Working Tax Credits Child Benefit Income Tax National Insurance Self…

Anger and aggressive behaviour

Aggressive behaviour is when a child or young person reacts in hostile way towards peers, siblings or adults. It can include verbal and physical aggression. There are lots of reasons why your child or young person might be aggressive. They might be feeling anxious and…

Anxiety

Anxiety is an increasingly common problem among children and young people, with approximately 1 in 10 people experiencing it at some point in their lives. Some level of anxiety is common to everyone. We only consider anxiety a disorder when it starts to have a significant…

Baby and toddler play ideas

Ideas to help your child play and learn You can give your child lots of different opportunities to play, and it doesn't need to be difficult or expensive. Look at books and sing songs and nursery rhymes with your child. It's fun and will help…

Baby and toddler safety

Each year 40,000 under-fives are admitted to hospital following accidents, and lots of these accidents are preventable. Here's how to protect your baby or toddler from some of the commonest accidents that affect young children. Choking Suffocation Strangulation Falls in babies Falls in toddlers Poisoning Burns…

Benefits and Benefits Advice

Benefits can be a very complex area simply because what you are entitled to will depend on your personal circumstances. What one person is entitled to can be very different from another person even though on the surface, it may look like they have similar…

Care and Support

Being the parent of a child can be one of the best experiences of your life, but it can be difficult too. Every child is unique and as parents you will be faced with new challenges as each stage of development brings with it its…

Childcare

In this section you can find information on accessing childcare settings. Please read our advice pages below, under Useful Information, relating to specific childcare settings. You can find more information by browsing the leaflets in the links under Related Files on the right of the page. Childcare can offer…

Early Years Provision

All early years settings (including nurseries, pre schools and childminders) which are registered with Ofsted have to follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. As part of this, early years settings are required to have in place arrangements to support children with SEN and disabilities.…

Education and Learning

In this section you will find a range of support services and information on education, learning, and skills for children and adults living in West Berkshire. Education in West Berkshire is available from pre-school to adult.

Family Hubs

Family Hubs offer a range of services to support parents and carers of children aged 0-19.(0-24 for SEND) Under 5’s direct work 5-19 signposting and information  What do our family Hubs offer?  Families with under 5’s can access the following: 1-1 support from a Family Support…

Family Hubs

Family Hubs offer a range of services to support parents and carers of children aged 0-19.(0-24 for SEND) Under 5’s direct work 5-19 signposting and information What do our family Hubs offer? Families with under 5’s can access the following: 1-1 support from a Family Support…

Family Information Service

Welcome to West Berkshire's Family Section West Berkshire's Family section is known as the Family Information Service. We offer a telephone and on-line directory service, dedicated to providing free and up-to-date information for parents, parents to be, carers and professionals to help support children up to their 20th…

Five ways to Wellbeing

Five Ways to Wellbeing Getting your 'five a day' for mental health and wellbeing Don't you agree that there are some days when you 'feel good' and other days when you don't? There are lots of free and meaningful things that we can all do everyday…

Fostering and Adoption

What is the difference between fostering and adoption? Fostering is a temporary arrangement to provide children with a home because they are unable to be cared for by their birth parents for various reasons. The parental responsibility for the child is held by the local…

Grief after bereavement or loss

The loss of someone you've been close to, whatever the cause of their death, can bring intense feelings of grief. But losing someone through suicide can cause reactions and emotions that are different to those felt after death from illness, an accident or natural causes.…

Health & Wellbeing advice for families

Good health is essential in ensuring a happy and fulfilling family life and we can all take small steps towards improving our physical and mental health. By making healthier life style choices you can reduce the risk of long-term health conditions; the NHS website provides…
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