Over the years assessing children with neurodiversity it has become clearer and clearer to me that many children have the cognitive capacity to mask their distress and social communication difficulties in certain environments and situations. Ultimately if this not identified and sensitively and effectively supported, individuals can development mental health issues, emotional based school avoidance […]

What is the SPACE anxiety programme? SPACE stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions and is a parent-based treatment programme for children and adolescents with anxiety and/or OCD. SPACE was developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Centre and has been found to be effective in clinical trials. Who participates in […]