Kidz to Adultz Magazine Issue 11

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mental health & well-being

SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

UNRAVEL IS A CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL & BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE WHICH HAS QUICKLY BEEN EMBRACED BY SCHOOLS AND PARENTS DESPERATE FOR BESPOKE INTERVENTIONS DURING CHALLENGING TIMES.

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hey recently celebrated their 6th birthday and over that time, have positively supported over 3500 children with a team, who are passionate and committed to improving children’s emotional well-being. Even better, every child has anonymously reported that they have helped them make changes

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for the better. Andrea Chatten founded Unravel, after spending over 25 years working with children’s emotional & behavioural difficulties and has since become the BBC’s go to expert when such issues arise in the news and is also author of The Blinks novels to support children’s emotional well-being. Here she tells

us why a change in mental health support is needed and how you can best support your child. There has always been a service missing to translate and transform children’s behaviours quickly and to help highlight the relevant issues so each young person can develop positively. Our approach is aimed


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