Newsbites – DfE, Teenage Boys & More
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DfE guidance: Counselling in schools
17 February, 2016
Departmental advice for schools about setting up and improving counselling services for pupils. Updated with new resources and guidance, including an additional section on vulnerable children in the section ‘Counselling in practice’.
DfE open consultation: Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography
16 February, 2016
This consultation is seeking views on protecting children from seeing pornographic material online.
DfE open consultation: Children and young people’s mental health: peer support
17 February, 2016
The DfE is seeking views on the most effective support methods to help improve the mental health of children and young people
DfE press release: £1.5 million to help young people spot signs of mental illness
17 February, 2016
Young people urged to help the government shape new peer support networks so they can talk openly about mental health.
Schools Week: Cuts to mental health services mean schools do more in-house
14 February, 2016
Schools Week is reporting that self-harm, exam stress, insomnia, and eating disorders are the main problems affecting young people today, professionals say
Telegraph: Teenage boys are increasingly worried about their body image, research finds
15 February, 2016
The Telegraph is reporting that a third of boys have admitted to dieting as a new report reveals body image issues is one of the most worrying aspects of life for young people today
The Mail: Increase in teenage girls poisoning themselves as form of self-harm
15 February, 2016
The Mail is reporting that doctors have warned of soaring numbers of teenage girls deliberately poisoning themselves as a type of self-harm
Research and good practice/statistics
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OECD report: Low Performing Students- Why They Fall Behind and How to Help Them Succeed
10 February, 2016
OECD has published a new report on low performing students which concludes that most countries have made little progress helping their weakest students improve their performance in reading, mathematics and science over the past decade.
The Conversation: Which countries must do more to help children who fall behind at school?
11 February, 2016
Dr Gijsbert Stoet, writing in the Conversation, reviews the new report from the OECD which compares the level of attainment of 15 year olds across the world