05/06/2025: Greater awareness behind ADHD surge, study suggests
ADHD is not becoming more common despite the surge in people in people asking for help, research suggests.
29/05/2025: Government extends neurodiverse pupil support programme
The government is extending a programme to train teachers and help schools meet the needs of neurodiverse pupils.
15/05/2025: Early help funding for youngest children funnelled to crisis support
Early help spending on children aged four and under has halved since 2010 – with money instead being diverted to urgent and crisis support, such as taking children into care, research has found.
30/11/2024: ‘Early intervention for psychosis saved my life’
Craig Mackie started experiencing the symptoms of psychosis when he was in his 20s, saying: “I have heard voices and I have seen things.”
21/08/2024: Kinship care children ‘overlooked and ignored’ for trauma support
Children living in kinship care arrangements are being ‚’overlooked and ignored’ for support to help them recover from abuse, neglect and bereavement.
11/07/2024: Consistent lead workers vital to supporting vulnerable older teens, report finds
Vulnerable older teenagers could become ‘disengaged’ from education, training and work opportunities without the continued help of a lead support worker, a report has found.
06/06/2024: ‘How admitting I disliked a child helped me grow as a social worker’
A social worker recalls struggling to connect with a boy she was supporting when newly qualified and how supervision helped her understand the trauma behind his behaviour.
23/05/2024: Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services
The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.
09/05/2024: 102% increase in the number of children in care in the past 12 years
Declining spending on early intervention services means many families are not receiving support before they reach crisis point.
24/04/2024: Essex University’s AI brain study brings ‘hope’ to childhood trauma survivors
The world’s largest study into how childhood trauma affects the brain has offered new hope to survivors.