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Supporting the Mental Health of Children and Young People Through the Creative Arts
Play and the arts can be the common language for children. It is a language to be used when the words or means of expression cannot be found; to replay and process feelings, thoughts and experiences. Creative expression has been highly valued by medical professionals.

Top-tips to Start using Makaton Signing into your Classroom
As a Speech and Language Therapist and qualified Early Years Teacher, if I were to choose a communication tool that enhanced the learning environment for all children, it would be Makaton. Let me set the scene and explain why!

Could poor communication skills be holding students back in maths?
In this blog I am going to discuss some of the latest research looking at the link between language disorders, reading disorders and maths disorders. But more importantly, I am going to help break down the research and show you exactly how to put this theory into practice.

‘Building a Bully-Free Classroom’ an interview with Professor Peter.K.Smith
To promote anti-bullying week we’re releasing a free module from our CPD course ‘Building a Bully-Free Classroom’ by world-renowned expert Professor Peter.K.Smith. In this interview, Head of Counselling Helen Spiers talks to Professor Smith about the mental health implications of bullying and what schools can do to tackle it.

Supporting Students with the Second Covid Lockdown
News of the second lockdown has done nothing to ease the mental health crisis in schools. At Mable Therapy we’re helping schools in every way we can to support students’ wellbeing. In this blog, read how self-care, communication and building resilience are the key to helping your pupils’ through this difficult time.

Introducing the Mable Canvas
Adding more Mable magic to online child counselling and speech therapy. With new features and activities Mable is further adding to what is possible in online therapy.

What Speech Sounds should my child be using?
Children start to use different speech sounds in words at varying rates dependent on the child, so one child may be using all the speech sounds needed in all word positions by the age of 4 and other children may be slightly later.

Why is my child so angry?; The Lockdown Effect
Are you at home in lockdown and wondering how on earth other families you know on social media are spending their days blissfully baking cakes, colouring rainbows and smiling in the sunshine?. Well the chances are they aren’t ….. and if you too are wondering about this then you aren’t alone!
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