‘Positive’ plans to improve mental health support for children and young people in Scotland News Published 19 Dec 2018 £4 million of mental health funding has been announced by the Scottish government
New report shows a quarter of children aren’t getting access to mental health care News Published 15 Sep 2017 BACP is concerned by findings in the Education Policy Institute (EPI) report which shows that over a quarter of children referred to specialist mental health services were not accepted into those services.
Critical time to respond to rising mental health needs of children and young people News Published 1 Jun 2020 Read our letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson
The role of presence when working with children and young people demonstrating harmful sexual behaviour Research Published 7 May 2020 Updated 8 Jan 2021 Poster presentation by Dr Melody Cranbourne-Rosser
Access to schools counselling vital for bereaved children News Published 19 Apr 2017 Prince Harry’s experience has shown that counselling changes lives and access to the right therapeutic support, at the right time, can have a positive and lasting effect.
School-based counselling for all children and young people News Published 16 May 2017 General Election 2017: This week will likely see the launch of the main party manifestoes. One of BACP’s asks over consecutive elections has been around school counselling.
New data shows seven in 10 therapists working with children saw an increase in stress over past year News Published 30 Oct 2023 New research shows increase in children's stress
Cut adrift on a sea of uncertainty, the peculiar position of our year 11 and year 13 children News Published 27 Mar 2020 Jane Darougar, executive member of our Universities and Colleges division and a sixth form college counsellor, looks at the experiences of school leavers
Reflecting on... fairy stories Journals Published 31 Mar 2016 In her regular column Jeanine Connor reflects on why children invent stories. BACP Children and Young People, March 2016