Investing in children’s mental health
Investing in children’s mental health services will bring a lifetime of benefits to young people, their families, communities and the economy as a whole.
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The lifetime costs of ADHD
The high costs of ADHD support an economic case for early intervention. But despite most families seeking help, only a minority of children receive the appropriate treatment.
Type: Publication
Wanting the best for my children
Wanting the best for my children looks at the experiences of parents and how systems might work better to support families managing early behavioural difficulties.
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Building a better future
Parenting programmes more than pay for themselves through future savings in public spending, spread across a range of budgets including education, health, social care and criminal justice.
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Childhood behavioural problems: briefings for professionals
These briefings set out what childhood behavioural problems are, how to recognise the signs, what can be done, how to engage parents and the referral process.
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A chance to change
Parenting interventions can dramatically improve children’s futures but they must be made widely available, delivered well and targeted at the children who need them most, according to a report from Centre for Mental Health.
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Feeling good: promoting children’s mental health
These activity sheets provide parents and their children aged 4 to 7 with a unique resource to help them talk about how they feel and what makes them happy or sad, stressed or secure.
Type: Publication