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‘I’ll tell you what isn’t helpful at all: telling children with mental health problems that they’re namby-pamby’
The backclash against the growing interest in youth mental health problems has begun. We must not give these critics credence, writes one leading campaigner
13 June 2016
‘Today’s binary vision of people in the public eye sends a damaging message to young people’
Condemning young people’s choice of role model is damaging and dangerous, says the former government mental health champion for schools
6 June 2016
‘Boys underperform in schools because we look after their wellbeing less’
Schools are finally beginning to understand that boys have emotional needs too, writes the Department for Education’s former mental health champion
1 June 2016
‘In the Dark Ages of Austerity schools are being asked to absorb all of society’s problems’
And then they’re not even consulted about what should really happen – especially in the area of children’s mental health, writes the Department for Education’s former mental health champion
24 May 2016
The ex-DfE mental health tsar:‘My chronic concerns with the government’s approach’
Former government adviser Natasha Devon, fired for being too outspoken, including in her weekly TES column, outlines why she is worried about the government’s attitude towards children’s mental health
16 May 2016
The DfE’s ex-mental health champion: ‘Ministers may have dumped me, but my campaign will go on’
Writing exclusively for the TES, Natasha Devon explains why she’s parted company with the Conservative government
4 May 2016
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