We are pleased to work with Dev Gurung, an Educational Mental Health Practitioner from MIND in West Essex.
Dev can offer weekly parent support sessions for those families with children experiencing anxiety, challenging behaviour or attachment issues at home. These are done with families on an informal 1:1 basis for 6-8 weeks to give parents the strategies needed to help them support the children at home. They do not directly involve the child. If you feel this free service may be something you are interested in please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or Amy Sargeant (SENCO).
He will also be working with groups of children in school to help develop their understanding of emotions or emotional resilience by running specific programs.
Further information about the support MIND in West Essex offers families outside of school can be found at: https://www.mindinwestessex.org.uk/
Previous comments from a family who attended parent support sessions with one of our Educational Mental Health Practitioners
“Abby offered an hour long session every week. These were individually designed for my son and his mental health needs. These sessions taught us new coping mechanisms and strategies to build up my son’s resilience.
The experience with Abby normalised my sons feels and emotions for me and allowed me to see solutions to help change his mind set to a more productive, happy one.
The positive results were more than we could ever have imagined for my struggling 6 year old, myself and family. Along with the support from his school headteachers and his class teachers, Abby was able to offer us a break-through that turned my sons challenging and anxious experience of school to one of understanding and joy.”
