Social, emotional and mental health
For some children and young people, difficulties in their emotional and social development, can mean that they require additional or different provision for them to achieve.
Children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional and social development may have immature social skills and find it difficult to make and sustain healthy relationships. Difficulties may be displayed through challenging, disruptive or disturbing behaviour. The child or young person may also become withdrawn or isolated.
Children or young people with mental health problems may require special provision.
A wide range of mental health problems might need special provision to be made. These may develop into difficulties such as:
This could lead to mental health difficulties such as:
- problems with mood for example, anxiety or depression
- problems of conduct for example, oppositional problems and more severe conduct problems leading to high levels of aggression
- eating disorders
- self-harming
- substance misuse
- physical symptoms that are medically unexplained
Some children and young people may have other recognised disorders such as:
- attention deficit disorder (ADD)
- attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
- attachment disorder
- autism or pervasive development disorder
- anxiety disorder
- disruptive disorder
- schizophrenia
- bipolar
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