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Natasha Devon
All articles by Natasha Devon
‘Peer-to-peer mental health mentoring can be key to early recovery. Believe me, I know’
Schools are on the front line when it comes to mental health first aid. Education professionals often know when an intervention is needed. Now about the how...
22 February 2016
‘I suspect I have met someone who really might make a difference to the childhood mental health crisis’
Why it’s time to start listening to the amazing Steve Mallen, a wonderful campaigner who wants schools to be allowed to “end their blinkered obsession” with grades and instead focus on wellbeing and resilience
15 February 2016
Eating disorders and self-harm among under-21s may have doubled and the average age for onset of depression might be 14...
... but here are three simple things that teachers can do to make a difference – the kind of difference that might even save a life or two
12 February 2016
‘Wellbeing? Teachers and students must be allowed to judge their self-worth by more than a shrinking set of academic criteria’
The solution to de-stressing schools is three-fold: end the culture of suspicion and mistrust around the teaching profession, increase extracurricular opportunities, and, well, encourage everyone to relax
8 February 2016
In a world where school staff are treated with suspicion, we should remember that teachers transform lives
Teachers are some of the most influential members of society, writes the government’s mental health champion, and I’ll never forget my favourites
1 February 2016
‘Young people have become embroiled in our gender war’
We have created a generation of young people who see every issue through the prism of feminism, whether they are in favour or vigorously opposed, writes the Department for Education’s mental health champion
25 January 2016