A new research project is looking at factors which affect the wellbeing of autistic individuals and is looking for volunteers to complete a survey and give a saliva sample. For more information or if you are interested in participating, please click here.
The new wethe15 campaign has launched at the Paralympics, advocating for awareness and equality for the 15% of the world’s population that has a disability. More information on the campaign can be found here.
If you have a little one starting school in September, take a look at our information pages on how you can help them prepare for this next big step. Starting primary school Transition to secondary...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
