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Rachel Hayes

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Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter, Children and Young People’s Mental Health

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a white child's face

a white child's face

Anni wasn’t happy at school. She was crying in the evenings and saying she had tummy aches in the morning.
Her dad went into school for a meeting. 1/

23.04.2025 16:58 — 👍 15    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 3
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I'm skydiving for CHSW Help Buzz Hayes raise money to support Children's Hospice South West

From my son:

My son has become a young ambassador for the children’s hospice and is doing a sponsored sky dive. The Children’s Hospice support families during the unimaginable. Any donations would be appreciated

www.justgiving.com/page/buzz-ha...

24.05.2025 11:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No! 😂

21.05.2025 08:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Really interesting results, highlight for me the reminder of how important staff are to address attendance issues.
‘Creating a culture where students feel valued and seen by the adults around them is protective not only against mental ill-health but also against disengagement and school refusal.’

21.05.2025 08:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This is how young people feel about school discipline
YouTube video by NIHR ARC West This is how young people feel about school discipline

This is such an important film - considering the impact on children who express outwards as well as inwards. Please can our schools listen to the actual people they serve. This is how young people feel about school discipline youtu.be/NvIq77h_rrY?si… via @YouTube

13.12.2024 08:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.

Are you or do you know a teenager who struggles with low mood? If so we want to hear from you & you can find out more about what we are doing here www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ATTE...

18.11.2024 09:35 — 👍 22    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 2

Currently recruiting 15-18 year olds experiencing low mood or depression across England with face to face options in Devon, Cambridge, London and Sussex. Can adapted mindfulness help them to recover?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Get in touch www.attendstudy.org

18.11.2024 17:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Currently recruiting across England with face to face options in Devon, Cambridge, London and Sussex.

Get in touch www.attendstudy.org

18.11.2024 08:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Self promotion always scare me, but I’d love to connect with more people. So please add me …

15.11.2024 07:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We’re recruiting across England now, we testing a new mindfulness treatment for 15-18 year olds with low mood who’ve had previous treatment but are not fully recovered. Get in touch to find out more

14.11.2024 21:20 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
The effects and costs of an anti-bullying programme (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core The effects and costs of an anti-bullying programme (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial

13% reduction in school bullying compared with controls-this was such an important UK study that has replicated the effectiveness of KiVa in seen in other countries. I am very proud to have led the Devon site and seen first hand the impact.

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12.11.2024 22:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Treating bullying as everyone’s problem reduces incidence in primary schools The largest trial of its kind has shown how a cost effective, structured, anti-bullying programme can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimisation.  The University of Exeter led...

13% reduction in bullying compared with controls-this was such an important UK study that has replicated the effectiveness of KiVa seen in other countries. I am very proud to have led the Devon site and seen first hand the impact.

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

08.11.2024 15:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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