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Nip in the Bud® Podcast - The children's mental health health charity
We are Nip in the Bud®
Nip in the Bud is a charity that works to recognise and respond to children's mental health needs. We believe that early intervention is key to supporting children. Alis Rocca is an education consultant and coach, having been a teacher and a head teacher in the UK for over 20 years.
As a charity, Nip in the Bud works with mental health professionals of the highest standing to produce FREE short evidence-based films, podcasts and fact sheets to help parents, educationalists and others working with children to recognise potential mental health conditions.
In these podcast episodes, Alis is in conversation with a variety of guests aiming to share deep and engaging conversations about children's mental health. Guests include a variety of people with lived experiences and research based theories including parents, educationalists and those from the medical profession.
We discuss mental health issues which are often linked to a diagnosis or to experiences that children may have which could lead to poor mental health. Areas such as trauma, Autism, ADHD, conduct disorders, PTSD, self-harm, eating disorders, anxiety and depression are covered in our podcasts.
In doing so we bring parents, teachers and professionals ideas, support and advice in order to increase the prospects of early intervention for the children and young people you care for. We hope to help avoid conditions becoming more serious in later years.
In October 2023 Kitty Nabarro was awarded the Points of Light award for her work in setting up the Nip in the Bud Charity and the impact it is having on improving lives. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote to thank her for '...doing incredible work to raise awareness of mental health disorders in children and help avoid conditions becoming more serious as they get older.'
Nip in the Bud® Podcast - The children's mental health health charity
Nip in the bud nuggets with Dr Bettina Hohnen - Friendships, social connections, online world, and executive functions.
This clip is from my podcast with Dr Bettina Hohnan - Neurodiversity: how to parent and educate neurodiverse brains effectively.
In these short podcast clips, we offer nuggets of information from our longer podcasts that give advice and quick tips to help you as teachers recognise children’s needs and respond more efficiently, empowering you to adapt teaching effectively.
In this clip we talk about helping our children in their friendships and social connections and the challenges of screens and the online landscape.
We also look at the silent skills that make up our executive functioning. We learn why a child may respond in a certain way to something and how as a parent or carer we can re-frame this as a skills deficit rather than as naughty behaviour. This nugget is packed full of ideas and strategies for you to try out to help maintain a positive relationship with your child.
Dr Bettina Hohnen is also partnering with Nip in the Bud to do vlogs answering your questions and sharing further advice.
Dr Bettina Hohnen website (including links to her books:
The Incredible Teenage Brain by Bettina Hohnen, Jane Gilmour and Tara Murphy
How to have incredible conversations with your child by Jane Gilmour and Bettina Hohnen
https://drbettinahohnen.com/
Smart but Scattered: The revolutionary "Executive Skills' approach to helping kids reach their potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
https://www.smartbutscatteredkids.com/
General parenting books recommended by Dr Hohnen include the following`;
Good inside by Dr Becky Kennedy
The book you wish your parents had read by Philippa Perry
Please follow Dr Bettina Hohnen on social media for tips and ideas about strengthening relationships with your kids
Instagram: drbettinahohnen
Twitter: bettinahohnen
Nip in the Bud - Where to get help
https://nipinthebud.org/where-to-get-help/