Family


Topics - Child health 6-15

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Supporting siblings

Adjusting to a new baby can be hard for an older brother or sister, but getting used to two or more babies needs to be handled with even more care. 

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What is a learning disability?

A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things in any area of life, not just at school.

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'My learning disability'

Sinead Dobbin, 25 (pictured), a charity worker from Trafford, goes to college and likes swimming, shopping and meeting her friends. Here she talks about life with a learning disability.

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Teyfant School, Bristol

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) is a theme of the Healthy Schools Programme. At Teyfant Community School in Bristol, PSHE is part of school life.

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Learning disabilities: education

If your child has a learning disability, their special educational needs can be met either in a mainstream school with extra support, or in a special school.

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Learning disabilities: help your child learn

If your child has a learning disability, there are steps you can take to help them learn. These range from changing how you communicate to using local support services.

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Learning disabilities: coping with a diagnosis

Diagnosing a learning disability can be difficult, and in some cases it isn't clear what the learning disability is or why it happened.

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Learning disabilities: requesting a statement

If your child has a learning disability, you can ask your local authority to assess them. Your local authority can then issue a statement of special educational needs, stating what should be done to give your child the best education possible.

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Healthy living and learning

A Healthy School helps pupils do well by improving their health and wellbeing. A primary school, secondary school, Pupil Referral Unit or special school can become a Healthy School.

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Coping with challenging behaviour

Dealing with your child's challenging behaviour can be stressful, but you don't have to tackle it alone.

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'My life with Asperger syndrome'

Michael Cooke, 22, has Asperger syndrome and lives at home with his parents and three brothers in Manchester. He works at an arts centre a few evenings a week and likes playing football.

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