Young people with disabilities campaign for the right to learn. In June, my daughter attended a demonstration outside the houses of parliament.
Sarah, who has Down's syndrome, travelled by coach from Somerset with fellow students and staff from her college, where she met 80 other young people to launch a campaign highlighting the need for educational equality for people with disabilities. Sarah has been lucky. Having been well supported by the London borough of Haringey, she attended a mainstream school, a sixth-form college and recently graduated from Foxes Academy – a residential catering college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities. She hopes to become a waitress. But not every young person with physical or learning disabilities is so fortunate; many face a postcode lottery, particularly when it comes to post-16 education. There are about 70 specialist further education colleges in the UK – most offering residential care – but places can cost more than £30,000 a year, and over £150,000 for students with complex needs.
Young carers: who can help? - Care and support. Self-help therapies - Stress, anxiety and depression. Why go for self-help?
Self-help therapy has some advantages over professional face-to-face counselling. It’s convenient, cheap and you can do it in your own time and when it suits you. "Self-help options can be very valuable," says Joyce Walter, a Relate-trained relationships counsellor practising in Tunbridge Wells. "Self-help books and computer counselling can expand your knowledge and understanding of yourself. And they can be helpful to use while you’re on the waiting list to see a counsellor or during a course of talking therapy. Self-help therapy is generally only suitable for people with mild to moderate mental health issues. Self-help books There are thousands of self-help books in bookshops, libraries and available online. Joyce's advice is to check whether a book was written by an accredited counsellor with lots of experience.
Computer counselling Beating the Blues is a computerised CBT course for mild depression. Phone and email counselling. Generalised anxiety disorder - Symptoms. Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) can affect you both physically and mentally.
How severe the symptoms are varies from person to person. Some people have only one or two symptoms, while others have many more. You should see your GP if anxiety is affecting your daily life or is causing you distress. Psychological symptoms of GAD GAD can cause a change in your behaviour and the way you think and feel about things, resulting in symptoms such as: restlessness a sense of dread feeling constantly "on edge" difficulty concentrating irritability Your symptoms may cause you to withdraw from social contact (seeing your family and friends) to avoid feelings of worry and dread.
You may also find going to work difficult and stressful and may take time off sick. Physical symptoms of GAD GAD can also have a number of physical symptoms, including: Anxiety triggers If you are anxious as a result of a specific phobia or because of panic disorder, you will usually know what the cause is. Gender dysphoria - Treatment. Treatment for gender dysphoria aims to help people with the condition live the way they want to, in their preferred gender identity.
What this means will vary from person to person, and is different for children, young people and adults. Your specialist care team will work with you on a treatment plan that is tailored to your needs. Treatment for children and young people If your child is under 18 and thought to have gender dysphoria, they will usually be referred to a specialist child and adolescent Gender Identity Clinic (GIC). Currently, the only specialist clinic for young people with gender identity issues is run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London, although they occasionally provide satellite clinics in other parts of the country.
Staff at these clinics can carry out a detailed assessment of your child, to help them determine what support they need. Your child’s treatment should be arranged with a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Hormone therapy. The Beaumont Society. Creating Strong Schools and Communities. 21WaystoEngageStudentsinSchool.pdf.