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Feb 29 2016

The Times and the NSPCC joined forces to release a video to help parents talk to their children about terrorism.  This was prompted by over 370 young people contacting Childline to discuss their concerns following the Paris attacks in November 2015. You can see the video at: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/nspcc/[…]

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Aug 6 2015

I recently read an article in The Independent  entitled “Head teachers say mental health issues among children are a growing problem in schools” The article explains that these results annual results, published by an organisation called The Key, a national information service for schools, showed a 53% increase (from[…]

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Aug 2 2013

At our  confidence building taster workshops, we take just 90 minutes to teach children and young adults how to build confidence, including a couple of our confidence building techniques.  So just imagine what you could achieve over one weekend! Here are 5 ideas of things you could do[…]

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Jul 3 2013

I’ve just finished watching an episode of The Wright Stuff, broadcast on Wednesday 26th June 2013.   http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-wright-stuff/episodes/episode-123-49 One of the topics for discussion was “Can you teach confidence?” following reports that a school in London is teaching children comedy in order to make them more confident people.  The[…]

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Jul 2 2013

I had a great time with a group of year 6 students last week.  We did the “taster” confidence building workshop (just 90 minutes). For more information on the Confidence Building Workshops, call 07747 090871 or email DebbieK@NLP4Kids.org They loved the practical exercises, especially the “dog” activity.  Here’s[…]

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Jun 24 2013

Bullying is still prevalent – research carried out by the NSPCC at the start of 2013 states that: Of the children surveyed 46% of children have been bullied in school. Of all the children who called Childline in 2011/12, the predominant reason that boys called was for bullying.[…]

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