(UK) Sunderland: "Increase in child mental health issues...autism, sensory conditions"

Oct 27, 2017, (UK) Sunderland Echo: New sensory room to meet increasing mental health needs in school http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/new-sensory-room-to-meet-increasing-mental-health-needs-in-school-1-8825149 A primary school has opened a new sensory room to meet the increasing mental health needs of students. … “As is the case nationally, we are experiencing an increase in child mental health issues within our children.” She said these include self-harming, depression, anxiety, stress and low self esteem and can be triggered by a number of things, such as family crisis, separation anxiety due to parent break-ups, neglect, domestic violence and even the impact of poverty. Mrs Weigand said: “We are also having to cater for wider ranges of individual pupil needs such as autism, sensory conditions, physical disability etc.