Vaccinating Children and Young People

Vaccinating Children and Young People

You may have seen the news that the NHS is going to vaccinate children and young people in specific groups, following advice from the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation). The groups that are eligible for the vaccination are: 17-year-olds that are...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

ActivAte Sessions

ActivAte sessions are running at South Woodham Ferrers Leisure Centre and Chelmsford Sport and Atheletics Centre throughout the summer. They will be offering a 4 hour activity day between 10am and 2pm, that will include physical activities and enrichment activities...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

Transition to Secondary School

Home > Archives for Jordan Franklin Transition to secondary school Moving from primary to secondary school can be exciting and scary for many young people and can bring a new set of challenges along the way. Essex Youth Service can deliver transition programmes...
Covid-19 Service Update

Covid-19 Service Update

All of our children and young people services are reopen, following service suspension due to deployment earlier this year. As you will appreciate, we have a large backlog of work due to the recent Covid suspensions and our staff are working hard to review all...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

Youth Sport’s Trust’s National School Sports week

It is the Youth Sport’s Trust’s National School Sports week! Our Children’s Physiotherapy team are encouraging children with all levels of ability to join in with sport and are ensuring all children are included in school PE by advising schools about adaptations for...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

Storycises

Two experienced children’s physiotherapists have published a book aimed at preschool and reception children, to help develop their foundation movement skills. The concept is called ‘storycises’ and the books are designed to be read out and the actions followed by...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

Parents – we need you

Two researchers from Vanderbilt University, Megan Roberts and Ann Kaiser, reviewed 18 different studies which evaluated parent-implemented intervention offered to groups of parents. T The authors begin their article by citing research that shows that children’s...
Vaccinating Children and Young People

World Autism Day

The below video has been created to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. The includes how to move beyond awareness to improve understanding, build inclusion and create acceptance. Watch the video here.  
Vaccinating Children and Young People

Development Coordination Disorder Learning

There is free online learning about Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) available for parents and teachers at the following website http://elearningcanchild.ca/dcd_workshop/related-conditions.html ‘ The most common conditions that can occur with DCD are:...